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Regular people make money via employment. They wake up early every day, get to work, stay there for a fixed amount of time (plus possible overtime) and usually the day is almost gone when they come home Read More

Google announced some major changes to their search indexing algorithm yesterday. Here's what your business needs to know about Google's Caffeine update Read More

Highly visible translation mistakes can devastate an international marketing campaign. What you don’t often hear about are the less visible writing mistakes that can slowly bleed your company dry. The ones that aren’t plastered all over billboards and magazine ads, but handed directly to individual clients in letters, proposals, emails, etc. Although not as visible as public marketing messages, writing mistakes in your international business communication are just as toxic to your brand. Here's why .. Read More

Perhaps it’s not politically correct to talk about the role of power in business. We all know, however, that dealing with and wielding power is a day-to-day reality for sales reps Read More

On June 9th, Jeremy Victor of Make Good Media presented his tips for building a B2B community on Twitter, which I believe are also applicable for the B2C community and even individuals simply looking to create their own personal brand. Before getting started it is important to define “community”, which Jeremy did by describing it as “a like minded group of people that share common interests, feelings, situations and experiences.” Twitter provides an excellent channel for marketers as it is “a real-time information network powered by people from around the world” who are interested in discovery and communication Read More

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Today it's about comments. Respond to them and build good will. Get loyal readers and VOTES! Ignore them or don't bother to answer and don't be surprised if the opposite happens Read More

People are starting to set up their own businesses and are getting back to basics in their own community as well as on a bigger scale and online. But what if you don’t know where to go with your idea or how to turn it into a business Read More

As I mentioned in a recent post, I've been having some trouble becoming more productive.  As I try to branch out and do more and more with my online workin Read More

How Would You Market & Promote My Upcoming Book Smarter, Faster, Cheaper? A call for ideas for marketing a new book by David Siteman Garlan Read More

Once you've created products to offer on your site, one of the greatest things about the Internet comes into play: you can automate the entire process Read More