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Research by Convergys Corp. has shown that a negative customer review on YouTube, Twitter or Facebook can cost a company about 30 customers. Read More

Your web designer will make a number of choices during the design and setup phase of your website. Some of them will affect your positions in Google, now and for years to come. This article takes a look at some of those factors and lists 7 tips to ensure the web design phase helps your SEO instead of harming it. Read More

BY adopting the WOW approach to sales negotiations you achieve the best results for your company, your customers, and yourself. Read More

Seth Godin asks business owners to consider not what each customer represents in a single purchase or contract for services, but rather what the lifetime value of a happy customer who keeps coming back might be. If we did, Seth suggests, we might spend more time, energy and money to bring good customers in, give them great service, try to keep the Read More

A kind of a funny story from AOL Small business about how Oprah's projected ending of her extremely successful show in 2011 might impact small business. The article mentions the small businesses like Pure Color Jeans who literally had to increase infrastructure after the run away success resulting from a mere mention by the TV talk show queen. I Read More

Undeniably, social media has become a corner stone of nearly all industries, particularly the marketing sector. It is an efficient means to reach a vast area of target markets and particularly engages consumers in a way that fosters the development of long-term customer loyalty. The fact that people are inherently social-beings in turn makes socia Read More

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Here is a 10-step guide to set up your own business and make it successful as well. Read More

For new businesses that are still finding their feet in a highly competitive marketplace, the size of their profit margin may be more of a concern than the size of their carbon footprint. So how can budding businesses ensure they stay in the green and out of the red? Read More

One of the best ways to promote your business is to join an online network, and then regularly take part in discussions on that site. Read More