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AVAYA, a global leader in corporate networking solutions and services, reported in a May 2001 Press Release, Don't Play it Again, Sam, "Poor 'hold music', or even worse none at all, had the potential to cause over half of callers to abandon calls to customer contact centres" and that "15 percent of all callers will not call back." AVAYA goes on to say; "Most surprisingly, the research concluded t Read More

I received an email announcing a new Twitter management tool, MarketMeTweet. The application promises to offer many of the same tools I’ve grown to love from HootSuite while providing several new features, including the ability to “brand” every Tweet. Read More

As Gen Y continues to mature and grow they’re becoming increasingly important to your marketing efforts. Do you have a marketing plan and budget that reflects reaching them efficiently and correctly?

This quote from Gordon Gould will make you begin to think about the power of Gen Y and your business. Read More

Justan Brandt at Best Damn Consultant has a post called Planning Is Easy, Follow Through Is Hard.

That started me thinking about the subject of planning versus follow through. I have to admit, I have far more things 'on paper' (written down) than I have actually followed through on. Sometimes there are legitimate reasons NOT to follow throw on some plan I've made. In the process of committing Read More

Videos that succeed as viral videos need to be identifiable, spontaneous, genuine, creative, informational, inspiring, and funny. If you are trying to create a video, for the online medium, to generate some buzz for your business, this is a blog post that you should be reading. There are a few very interesting examples too! Read More

Businesses can innovate and raise the bar by trying new things that will help them stand out amongst the competitors. Read More

Women network with women because they know they can create more opportunities for one another. Is this true? Read More

FriendFeed is a powerful aggregator of social media. What really makes it interesting is that it is an aggregator of others aggregations. That means you potentially get the best of everyone else’s social media monitoring.

What does that mean? Simply put the best of social media monitoring–aggregation and pretty good noise filtration. Read More

Common mistakes made by businesses (big and small) on social media sites and how you can avoid them. Read More

Here are three ideas to help grow your small business. The trifecta of growth is a way to grow revenue and your client base. Read More