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Have you ever filled out a contact form on a website or sent an email and weeks later you are still waiting for a response? Unless you have been extremely lucky you probably have experienced this and felt a little frustration or even felt angry.
Although we receive an increasing amount of emails, not replying could mean lost opportunities. Read More

Have you decked out your Droid with business apps yet? If not, take heed: Google Android phones still have a ways to go in terms of business functionality. But there are a few promising apps already. Here are some of the best Android apps for business we could find. While the apps below are good, expect to see many improvements from developers in the coming year. Read More

That is a violation of Olympics rules, which say advertisers that don’t pay the tens of millions of dollars an official sponsorship costs may not associate themselves with the Games or the athletes during the events or the weeks surrounding them. Read More

As technology is becoming an integral part of a business, small business owners need to stay updated on those that are going to be useful in creating a more efficient and effective business operations. This report explains 5 technologies that matter to businesses without buying into the hype of the technology world. Read More

43% of marketers don't know how to make a case for mobile. What you need to know to build a case for mobile marketing: Read More

With banks unwilling to lend to any but the most credit-worthy businesses, small businesses are increasingly turning to asset-based lending as a source for capital to fill orders and expand. The Wall Street Journal reports that in 2008, according to figures from the Commercial Finance Association (www.cfa.com), asset-based loans other than mortgages grew by 8.3% to almost $600 billion. And in th Read More

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For many readers of this blog social media is mainstream, but I travel the highways and byways of this country and experience first hand in my workshops and presentations the amount of folks that “just don’t get” social media. I think they’ve heard the hype and know they should Read More

We’ve written on some pretty interesting small business rewards programs here on this blog. We’re always big proponents of small business rewards programs because people love a good deal. What’s more, people love knowing they’re a part of a program where they can be rewarded – for lack of a better word – for their loyalty towards a specific company. The more you shop, the more you save. Read More

It's critical to stay in touch with new prospects especially in today's highly competitive world. However, there are right ways and wrongs ways to achieve this. Here is what you need to avoid doing... Read More

AVAYA, a global leader in corporate networking solutions and services, reported in a May 2001 Press Release, Don't Play it Again, Sam, "Poor 'hold music', or even worse none at all, had the potential to cause over half of callers to abandon calls to customer contact centres" and that "15 percent of all callers will not call back." AVAYA goes on to say; "Most surprisingly, the research concluded t Read More