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Yes, right up front, by using the “our” in this blog post, you should know that I’m involved with a new startup, Snappay that is a mobile POS system built for merchants to use their smartphone to charge a customer/client’s credit card. And I’m very pumped on this venture into the financial payments Read More

Nick Stamoulis ( http://www.brickmarketing.com ) explains how the search engines are using social signals to impact a site’s position in the SERP. It’s time to ramp up your social media efforts and fully integrate your social media marketing campaign with the rest of your Internet marketing. Read More

This is going to sound strange coming from an SEO professional, but organic SEO alone isn’t enough when it comes to developing an online marketing campaign. While SEO is incredibly important for online success, it is only one piece of the online marketing pie that a website needs to invest in if it Read More

When it comes to interacting with prospects and customers, a lot of companies bombard them with the latest offers, hype and news announcements. This can get monotonous and really turn people off and toward your competitors.

But there is a better way to draw your customers and keep them coming ba Read More

Sigh. And I mean just that….sigh. What are we going to do now, Canuck startups?

The US Senate, as nicely as you please, just passed today, the new JoBS Act, and guess what startups -crowdfunding is now LEGAL in the US.

You heard me. It’ legal. Sure, there’s a few i’s to dot and a couple of t’ Read More

Situation: You’re a smallbiz anxious to keep growing. Question: Is there still growth from within your current product line or do you need to diversify? Read More

This gets the award for most creative link-building. Creative is good; dirty, rotten, sticking, liar is less good. I wonder whether there is anybody out there gullible enough to be fooled by this. Read More

Been thinking a long time about this post, which to be totally honest is about the whole TED movement which as I see it is truely a spectacular way to use “blue sky” thinking to make this world a better place for you and me. Or…is it?

First the background. TED stands for “technology, entertainme Read More

Nick Stamoulis ( http://www.brickmarketing.com ) explains how a B2C company can take one piece of content and recycle it across a variety of platforms to get more SEO value and online brand exposure. Read More

Google says it flat out in their Webmaster Guidelines, “Your site’s ranking in Google search results is partly based on analysis of those sites that link to you.” The more quality sites that link to pages of your website, the more valuable it becomes in the eyes of the search engines. Although this Read More