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Hiring the right people — perhaps the holy grail of leadership skills — is a never-ending challenge and a constant learning experience. To offer insight on “getting the right people on the bus,” we pulled five of the most incisive statements we've come across in our talks with entrepreneurs and small business owners. Read More

Take one major global recession. Add slashed and gutted media and marketing budgets. Pour in a generous dose of traditional marketers groping for clients in a digital world. Finally, add social media marketing, for which both the cost and barrier-to-entry is near zero. Blend gently and presto -- social media carpetbaggers, in all flavors and colors Read More

The Friday FREE white paper list is a way to review over 40 new white papers each week without submitting registration or personal information. The list is made up of white papers submitted via Twitter and is posted each Friday. It is a great way to review white paper examples and learn new techniques. Read More

This post covers the unique core aspects of e-commerce sites that make online shopping possible. Customers appreciate the convenience of ordering online, but if a site is cumbersome, is veiled about its pricing and polices, or does not seem to provide personal benefit, they leave. Read More

According to a new research from Kamaron Research Institute, about 80% of the people use Twitter for business purposes. More than 8 in 10 listed “business” as the reason why they tweet. This holds true for younger twitter-ers as well. Nearly half of those aged 25 and under gave “business” as the primary reason they tweet. Read More

TRUSTe guides thousands of sites towards best Web privacy practices, backed by its “trustmark” that indicates certification, and also helps consumers surf and submit information with confidence. So when you click on the TRUSTe certified logo on a website — take Drugstore.com, for example — it takes you to the company's privacy statement page where Read More

If you've used Twitter for more than a couple of hours, you've probably already seen a tweet or two containing a word with the hash symbol ("#") attached to it. That's what Twitter users call a "hashtag," and at any given time at least one of them can usually be found among the trending topics on Twitter. But what exactly is a hashtag? Read More

A core competency of every organization is to be strong problem solvers. But why is it that some problems are so often avoided, go unnoticed and not solved? Read More

Not every future franchise owner knows the right questions to ask... Read More

Entrepreneurs and marketers get hung up on getting their first ideas as "perfect" as possible. But actually your first idea is just a vehicle to the best idea, so just get started! Read More