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I'm sick up and fed with the misuse of the word "literally." Everywhere I turn, people are using the world "literally" as if it meant "figuratively." Salespeople are doing it, too. "I am hungry enough to literally eat an entire cow" means you can eat an entire cow. Don't say that unless Read More

The Friday FREE White Paper List is a summary of the free white papers that have been posted during the past week on Twitter. Each white paper is completely FREE and does not require either email registration or any other personal information. This is a great way to review white paper examples and learn new techniques. Read More

Social Media is a great opportunity for marketing and one which provides many new ways of thinking about and organising marketing efforts. However, social media can also be hard to grasp; objectives and strategies might be difficult to handle. The widespread possibilities of social media marketing also make it a challenge to identify key strategic issues and possible problem areas. Read More

Video is becoming a powerful marketing tool to promote your small to medium sized business on the World Wide Web. Here are five important things to look for when seeking someone to produce your video for an effective online marketing campaign. They can provide a checklist for deciding what you expect from a company providing Web video for your online marketing needs. Read More

The internet is hitting every industry on the planet like a global tsunami, and real estate is no exception. Real estate is moving online in a big way: listings data is becoming aggregated and widely available. Even Google is getting into the game. This makes life very… interesting for real estate agents. Read More

Achieving and sustaining work life balance is critical in entrepreneurship and most careers but in home based businesses where you may work literally a few feet from where you live and in proximity to family it becomes even more important. Get sucked into family related issues on a regular basis and your business will suffer. On the other hand, fail to take time away from work making time for you Read More

A master of networking and best-selling author Bob Burg sits down with David Siteman Garland Read More

I'm sure everyone will have a slightly different list when it comes to top tools to improve small business productivity, but here are the selections from About.com guide Susan Ward of Small Business Canada. I'd love to get a discussion going in the comment section about whether you agree or disagree because I've always been of the belief that these are highly subjective matters anyway. Isn't it p Read More

An important consideration, depending upon the type of small business you operate, will be how to go about protecting your trade secrets. These are important details of your business ranging from intellectual property to customer lists and if they must be protected to avoid a former employee going to work for a competitor and taking your secrets with them or starting their own business in competi Read More

Get your holiday sales promotions ready. Check out these new holiday sales tactics for your business. Increase your holiday seasonal sales this year! Read More