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Google operates its own type of jail: keeping websites out of its rankings if certain “rules” have been violated. Jailbait is simply those things a webmaster would do to promote his website that appear to make sense, that seem like they should pose no problem, but can land a website in jail anyway Read More

Managing today's highly skilled professionals takes special skills — and not the ones that you may think. Oftentimes, knowledge workers know more than you do about their jobs. So, how do you manage people who know more about what they do than you do?

In such instances, you have to look at leader Read More

It’s no secret that operating a small business has its challenges. One of them is selecting the proper office tools to do the job without overspending on unnecessary items. The items in this list are ones I have found to provide the greatest value and flexibility.
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Do you know how your brand is perceived in the digital world? You should. Like it or not, your online reputation — fueled by what consumers choose to share with one another about your company — can make or break your business.

In fact, blogs now rank as the third-most influential online resource Read More

Most businesses operate — with budgets, sales goals, performance evaluations, and so forth — on an annual basis. But if you wait until the end of the year to assess your operations, it will be too late to make adjustments that could boost your bottom line. So it makes sense to take your business’s Read More

In an era when media is largely created and broadcast by the few to the many, social media emerged to facilitate the co-creation of media in addition to creating it. While difficult to trace its origins, the philosophy of social media dates back to the mid-1990s. It wasn’t until the mid 2000s howev Read More

One area that is often ignored or not maximized in the effort of driving revenue is sales performance management. I sat down for an interview with Nick Stein, of Salesforce.com to discuss the opportunity and tools they provide to leverage sales performance management, and integrate it into your da Read More

Small businesses need exposure and you need advertising getting it. Digital advertising often comes up as a solution, but one question remains: Does it work? Read More

Insights from 12 months of affiliate marketing experience and the one thing you need to know to make affiliate marketing work for you. Read More

Family business planning can be an incredibly painful. However, failure to plan well for so many of them is the cause of missed revenue opportunities. Family business so often grows out of a passion for something or a particular expertise that has been developed in a field. Getting others to hel Read More