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Bucking the perception that environmentalism is a youth movement, a new survey finds that male and female consumers over age 55 are the most prolific users of green products in the United States. Read More

Asked if they preferred shopping on the Internet or in brick-and-mortar stores, the largest group of responding US online buyers (38%) said they used both channels about the same amount. Slightly more respondents (31%) to PriceGrabber.com's "Back to School Survey" said they preferred making their purchases online than said they preferred bu Read More

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine rank the best undergraduate and graduate programs for entrepreneurs. Read More

Jill Lublin, author of Get Noticed...Get Referrals, tells you how you should go about deciding which groups to join in order to receive the best networking opportunities. Read More

Great list of which companies are doing what online with blogs, microblogging, social networks. Would LOVE to see a list of which small b2b are doing same ... A poll we did of smbs said 70% had no plans to do social marketing at all, including blogging. You can see the survey here http://eimr.blogspot.com/2008/06/social-media-no-thanks-say-70-of-o Read More

When retention rates started sinking, this organization sent a postcard to members saying "Please Come Back. What can we do to get your back?" It worked. Read More

Seven in ten consumers (72%) use more coupons now than six months ago, some three-quarters of them (equating to about half of all consumers) ascribe the increased use to the troubled economy. About 8 in 10 (81%) of the 1,386 consumers surveyed say they use coupons for grocery items. About half (51%) of those polled said their main coupon source Read More

A loyalty program, of course, will not increase a customer's loyalty, so that should not be the overriding goal. Rather, the purpose of the program is to demonstrate the company's loyalty to a good customer, and often that surfaces in economic value like discounts, gift certificates, points, etc. Read More

However you define success, everyone seems to want it. Whether it's achieving goals, living according to one's calling, or making a difference in the world, everyone wants to accomplish something. But the truth is that most people struggle in the effort, and that begs the question, what is needed to get past the obstacles on the road to succ Read More

Many people often use the terms “entrepreneur” and “small-business owner” interchangeably. But some entrepreneurship experts — like Bo Fishback, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation — argue that a distinction should be made. Read More