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Can Google Fix Its MySpace Problem With Demographic Targeting?

Avatar Posted by Aaronontheweb under Online Marketing
From http://www.techcrunch.com 6065 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 25, 2008 3:47 pm
"After years of telling advertisers that the way they place ads is totally wrong, Google is finally coming around to accommodate Madison Avenue on its own terms. By perfecting paid-search and contextual ads, Google has done a lot to reinvent advertising. But old habits die hard, and advertisers still like to target ads based on good old demograph Read More

The Deviant Approach to Creativity

Avatar Posted by JohnH under Marketing
From http://www.marketingprofs.com 6068 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 22, 2008 7:36 pm
Take a look around your office—what do you see? The traditional mix of memorabilia, photos from company golf tournaments? But you probably don't have a poster of the Sex Pistols above your desk. And Amantha Imber of Inventium says its deviant imagery, or something of similar shock value, might be just what you need for optimum brainstorming. Read More

Venture Capital Financing

Avatar Posted by jrjr under Raising Capital
From http://www.evancarmichael.com 6068 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 24, 2008 2:05 pm
Raising money for starting your own small business and defining what venture capital is. Read More

7 Things Innovators Do That You Don't

Avatar Posted by bradjennings under Self-Development
From http://open-source-innovation.com 6068 days ago
Made Hot by: thesmiths on March 22, 2008 4:39 am
What prevents you from being a great innovator? Not much. Innovators by and large aren't creative geniuses gifted with da Vinci-like talent. It's not what they ARE - it's what they DO. They do these seven things you most likely do not. Read More

Open Source VoIP: What Your Smaller Business Needs

Avatar Posted by mssux under Technology
From http://bmighty.com 6069 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 24, 2008 2:05 pm
With its ability to lower the cost of voice applications and spur additional deployments, open source VoIP could be the solution smaller businesses have been looking for. Read More
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SBA Loan Programs Face Cuts as Credit Crunch Looms

Avatar Posted by ArmadaIG under Raising Capital
From http://www.allbusiness.com 6072 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 18, 2008 2:43 pm
Given the current economic climate, you would think the government would be doing all it can to bolster Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs. But the Bush administration is proceeding as if it was business as usual. The administration, in fact, is once again proposing substantial SBA budget cuts, as it has every year since the preside Read More

28 Resources For Paid Search Strategies

Avatar Posted by luckycharmer under Online Marketing
From http://www.searchengineguide.com 6073 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 17, 2008 6:32 pm
Paid search is much more than bid management and click-throughs, it's about devising a strategy that compliments your overall online marketing program and providing ROI based on performance which has been quantified at the keyword level. Here are 25 paid search resources ranging from the basics, to best practices, to advanced strategies to measu Read More

Elevator speech expert gives terrible elevator speech

Avatar Posted by jnelson under Sales
From http://www.bnet.com 6073 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 17, 2008 1:48 am
I'll let you be the judge, but I thought the advice from this so-called sales expert was awful. It's so old school. His own example started putting me to sleep. I can't believe he has Fortune 500 companies for clients. What do you think? Read More

Turning Your Small Business Into a Corporation

Avatar Posted by ArmadaIG under Legal
From http://www.usnews.com 6074 days ago
Made Hot by: on March 18, 2008 1:43 am
The most recent data show that only about half of self-employed people in the U.S. workforce run incorporated businesses. Entrepreneurs who fail to incorporate are making a huge mistake. Corporations have a much higher rate of success than sole proprietorships, even when it comes to small businesses. Incorporated small businesses outperform uninco Read More
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