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When you are just too busy and need that last minute advice on gifts, Harmony Thiessen has the best 10 staff gifts making the grade for Christmas in 2009. But hurry! Time is of the essence. Read More

Today's podcast is about 10 Things That Will Not Change About Social Media in 2010. There have been 1000's of bloggers who have put fingers to keyboard and pounded out their predictions for social media in 2010. While there's many predictions about future technology advancements, new demographics and debatable Twitter growth there are many things that are not going to change. So here is a summary Read More

As the New Year approaches, you might be reflecting on how you spent your marketing budget in 2009, and what you might change in 2010. Chances are you’ve spent some of it with Google Adwords. Search marking is a critical first step of online ad buys. But with only 5% of pages views on the web come from search, there is likely some room to get a better ROI by diversifying your online ad strategy. Read More

There are plenty of marketing experts who believe sex sells in a marketing campaign or advertisement. Why? Because there are plenty of consumers who buy into it. Of course, using sex in marketing is one of the oldest tricks in the book, especially when you consider that sex has been used as a marketing ploy as far back as the Greek and Roman empires. Read More

Small business will spend big on technology in 2010 says a report by a major mobile network according to the V3.co.uk Website. The company says small business has become convinced of the benefit of technology and is likely to keep up spending and investing in technology despite recession economics. It will be interesting to see what form this spending takes, whether in software packages, gadgets Read More

If you're a small to medium sized business using Microsoft Word, it might be a good idea to stock up on the word processing program before a federal deadline that could see the software disappearing from shelves and no longer available loaded on new computers. It seems Microsoft is embroiled in a patent case which, unless resolved before a Jan. 11 deadline, could see the software no longer availa Read More

You’ve heard of companies rebranding themselves for a fresh start. So is it possible for an entire city to rebrand itself to shed an old image and introduce a new one? Check out what’s happening in Fresno, Calif. But the rebranding is directed at an audience you wouldn’t think of first - its own residents. Thus, the city set out to find a variety of small business branding ideas. Read More

Let’s face it; most small businesses do the bulk of their business locally. So, the thought of gaining access to Facebook’s 300 trillion Read More

Most Local SEO gurus agree that citations are a key, if not THE key, factor in how Google determines rankings in the 7-Pak of Local Business Listings. Everything else being equal, the business with the most citations, especially citations from recognized Local business sites, wins the ranking game, getting their listing pushed to the top. Read More

Are you looking to get more targeted Twitter followers? We'll teach you Twitter list-building methods that are both efficient and effective. Read More