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The results are in from our most recent poll! I asked you what the best business advice was that you ever received and you replied in full force! Here are the results below. Thank you everyone for participating and I hope you find kernels of wisdom here that you can apply to your business: Read More

So you've got your business's website finally ready to go, after months and months (perhaps a year or more) of being “in the works”, and now it's time to call up your trusty ol' SEO Master to give the site that extra push as it's being launched. Your SEO optimizes, finds some great partner linkage, delves into keyword lists, and assures you that y Read More

What will Obama's election mean for small business healthcare insurance plans? 10 things to watch for. Read More

It's no secret that anchor text of your links help increase your prominence in Google's rankings. The simple idea here is that instead of having your links say “click here” or “more info”, you should put your keywords in the the anchor text to increase your relevancy score for those keywords. Read More

Well America has a new President, Barack Obama. Some of Obama's plans for small business include: - Increase the minimum wage and index the rate to inflation so that it goes up every year - Wants to eliminate all capital gains taxes for new business start-ups - Give a $500 credit to business owners to offset the self-employment tax Read More

On Thursdays I usually discuss Google and ways to get your website ranked at the top of the search engine. Today I wanted to change course a little bit and talk about Alexa. If you're not familiar with the company, they've created a ranking system to help display how popular websites are in relation to each other. For example, YoungEntrepreneur Read More

If you have not started blogging, here are some thoughts from a Boston based VC. He shares his thoughts on why startups and young businesses should blog. Even if you are not looking to raise money, there are some good insights that will help your business. Read More

Jim Kukral was nice enough to create a video on how to use bizSugar. Read More

Healy Jones, a Boston VC, shares his thoughts on whether it makes sense to pay for impressions or for conversions. Something to think about in this downturn - better to pay to generate revenue than brand building. Read More

Obama and his team understood their target demographic/markets and how to use a mix of multi touch, multi level and multimedia platforms to reach these people where they were already hanging out. By using video game ads, Twitter, an active online community, and a list of other marketing vehicles, the Obama marketing team understood the importance Read More