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Rich media advertising may draw the eye, but it doesn't necessarily draw clicks, according to recently released results from an iPerceptions study. iPerceptions' latest survey into which ads are being clicked on, and by whom, appears to suggest that good old-fashioned text ads are the most likely to be clicked. The research firm found th Read More

A great story about how a TypePad representative used Twitter to provide stellar customer service. Read More

At 74 years old, he is still busy making people look good. Giorgio Armani is one of the preeminent Italian fashion designers in the world, still going strong after 33 years in the industry. Known for his classically tailored, sleek power suits and clean, high quality fabrics, everyone from the who's who of Hollywood to the bankers on Wall Street h Read More

Surveying your customer is a business necessity, however, asking your customers to complete a survey that takes 28 minutes and requires them to answer every single question is just absurd. Read these tips to make sure your surveys are customer-focused and customer friendly! Read More

Being the kind of person that likes to see things from all angles, I decided to take the opposite view and look at some reasons why starting a computer business may not be such a good idea for me. Read More

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is going digital on bulk mail service. Unique scannable bar codes will start to show up in May 2009 on business- and first-class mail and packages. The codes should speed up processing of that mail and will allow businesses as well as post offices to track the movement and delivery of each piece sent. Read More

Once you have established contact, submitted a proposal and a quote for a possible project, how do you follow up to ensure that you close the deal? Also, how much time should you allow between sending the proposal and following up regarding progress on the deal? Read More

People don't want to get in their car and drive to a restaurant that now costs more. Despite the long odds, however, many entrepreneurs are thriving by rewriting the standard “program” for how to run a restaurant. Read More

Look at today's headlines screaming about the collapse of some of America's most venerable institutions... http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/stocks-plunge-on-lehman-merrill-news/165607 Big Business as we know it is history and good riddance, I say. I've been advocating that entrepreneurship is the salvation of America and indeed Read More

Michael Taylor of Cedarcrest Capital writes on Slate's BizBox about his experience with Dun & Bradstreet. It...didn't go so well. Read More