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Should small/local businesses bother with social media? Or is local search where it's at — targeting potential customers in their own cities and towns? The good news is that small business owners don't have to choose one or the other. Listed below are eight sites at the intersection of social media and local search. Read More

First of all, for Joe the Plumber, the tax is on net income and not gross sales. According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obam Read More

We are bombarded with messages that tell us the how, why, should and must of business. Much of the information is solid but blindly applying it can be deadly to your spirit and your business. Here are 3 reasons why Purpose is essential in business (and life!): Read More

There are two things these outbound marketing programs have in common. First, they all cost of a lot of money. Second, they are all becoming less and less effective over time as people like you get better at better at blocking out these traditional forms of interruption and you turn to search engines, bloggers, and peers on social media sites to m Read More

Search is complicated, but it's still search. No matter how things change, a marketer's goal is still to maximize search coverage. As SERP listings and functionality changes, there are still two types of listings that have weathered the storm and are still attainable for marketers: traditional organic listings and paid search listings. Read More

Fundraising marketers have always leaned on great copywriting to get results from direct mail. Email is no different for them now. That's why you have to check out the dozen tips we got from a test-happy authority, who says that nonprofits are a microcosm of the rest of the marketing community. Includes how YouTube can inspire copy and a wealth o Read More

Talk to people inside the SBA and they'll say the agency is poised to emerge from several trying years of restructuring a stronger, business-friendlier organization. Then there are SBA critics like Sen. John Kerry who, as chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, contends the agency, under President George W. Bush, has l Read More

There are a number of tools that aggregate plenty of useful SEO related information on one page. The idea is that you can quickly evaluate any page and get an instant access to each individual source for more information. I can't say I use them very often but at times that's really very convenient when you need a quick SEO overview (the star-ratin Read More

SEO remains one of the most cost-effective marketing strategies, especially over the long haul. If your site and the pages on it have historically responded well to desired search terms, you should be tweaking your site to speak to the changing market. Here are seven inexpensive strategies to help you win during these challenging times. Read More

According to BIGresearch's Simultaneous Media Survey, the effectiveness of product placements varies by product category and consumer group. Consumers indicate product placements have the most influence on their grocery purchases with 14.8% saying so, up from 13.0% one year ago. Electronics and apparel round out the top three categories most infl Read More