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Be wary if some of your clients are getting slow on payments. More businesses filed for bankruptcy in April, 2008, than in any month since new bankruptcy laws took effect in 2005, according to a company that tracks federal court filings. The numbers show a 49% increase in commercial bankruptcies over last year, with an average of 235 daily fil Read More

Imagine a country of 146 million workers, where a massive database maintained by hapless bureaucrats determines who can hold a job. It's a place where simple statistical error alone can annually deny work to half a million of these workers, and those lucky enough to appeal the error must wait months, even years, to reenter the labor pool. Suc Read More

Case study on how to create an online community to spread word of mouth about your products. Read More

Site maps -- 2 side to the coin: Does your website contain a site map? If so, you may be handing your competitors a free gift -- all of your targeted keywords. Are you looking for competitive intelligence on your competitors' search optimization strategy? Your competitors' site maps are your best source for keyword research. Read more i Read More

Twitter has been a hot item in the uber-social media , micro-blogging crowd for the past few years. I have to admit that when I first heard about it I dismissed it with a cyber-sneer...but today I have Twitter open in a browser sidebar most days. This article is an excellent description of the attraction of the Twitter experience. Read More

HubPages.com and Squidoo.com was both interesting community blog-like sites. "How to Help Your Business Profit During a Recession" is a first attempt at creating a useful HubPages resourse. Read More

Consumers don't "trust" corporations, but they can trust the people behind the brand. Do your customers trust the people behind your brand? Read More

Preconceived notions about the Baby Boomer generation abound, but many are merely myth, according to the third Quarterly Boomer Report from AARP Services and Focalyst, titled “How Well Do You Know Boomers? Counting Down the Top 10 Boomer Myths.” “Contrary to many common assumptions, Boomers are making retirement obsolete, are very savvy about Read More

Market research (especially customer-focused research) must be taken with a sizable grain of proverbial salt. Here are four reasons why. Read More

Much of the valuable online-ad real estate is sold the old-fashioned way: through a salesperson. But now start-ups and major Internet players such as Facebook Inc. are giving advertisers the option of planning, buying and tracking online-ad campaigns all on their own. Just as the ability to buy plane tickets online steered business away from tr Read More