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31 Days of Business-Savvy suggestions for the entire month of March that are sure to leave you feeling great about your business mindset and productivity. Read More

Perhaps you're familiar with Kiva or MicroPlace; both of these sites facilitate loans between comfortable individuals and needy people in third world countries, and they've gotten a fair amount of press for their good deeds. Other entities do the same sort of thing for less disadvantaged folks. Read More

By 2012, buying power in the African-American demographic will reach more than $1.1 trillion; nearly half of that buying power (45%) will be place within the Affluent African-American segment. Read More

Need to build brand awareness in an over-communicated market? Consider using a tagline. Slogans like Maxwell House's "Good to the last drop" can answer the prospect's question "Why you, not your competition?" before they even ask it. If you want to develop a new tagline for your product or service, try these ideas.... Read More

Marketers love big events like the Super Bowl or Valentine's Day, but most events are very crowded when it comes to marketing messages. As a result, it's tough to stand out. When you are having a sale on the same day as everyone else, you are forced to compete on the same terms as them. In a post at the Influential Marketing Blog, Rohit Bharg Read More

Mitch Anderson was an electronic engineer who started an online computer parts company, LaptopsForLess.com, which filled a cataloging niche that his large corporate competitors were unable to fill. The ingenuity of his business enabled Anderson to sell his company and retire at the age of 37, when he launched a new career in filmmaking and DVD dis Read More

Consumers expect to find what they're looking for quickly — particularly when looking online. As a result, providing relevant search results is imperative for the success of any business on the Web. When customers can't find an item, they'll assume you don't stock it — even when there's a chance they just used a search term that you hadn't t Read More

Even as small and midsize companies struggle with Web 2.0, it's time to look ahead at the even newer opportunities and challenges posed by Web 3.0 and the next generation of Web tools and techniques. In this first of a three-part series, a look at where the Web was and where it is now. Read More

Cybercriminials' latest effort involves a combination of VoIP and phishing and is aimed squarely at small and midsize businesses. Cybercriminals have become quite adept at taking advantage of the latest technology. Their latest foray centers on leveraging the significant acceptance of Voice over IP (VoIP) to steal personal information. Th Read More

SmugMug in Mountain View, Calif., is an example of how a startup can grow from an at-home operation to a $12 million-a-year subscriber-driven online business. Don MacAskill tapped his family to staff an ad-free photo-sharing site. Read More