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According to Oneupweb's Social Media Eye Tracking Study, search is going social and paid ads on Facebook, YouTube and in the future, Twitter are no waste of money. Read More

There are many businesses who are (very) skeptical about this whole social media idea. Are you that stubborn businessman who is unwilling to try these new tools? If you are, you will most probably agree with the points stated but look out for the counter-arguments! Read More

I have spoken to many small business owners recently. I wanted to know from them what their plans to grow are. This is what I realized when I talked to them. Read More

Small business owners resist creating marketing strategy like many resist getting their teeth cleaned. Over the years, I've discovered why this is: An effective marketing strategy requires understanding who you are, choosing to be different than everyone else, and committing to one simple way of doing, acting and creating — to the exclusion of Read More

BizBox's Anonymous Banker explains how the federal government's small-business lending program has utterly failed, and which banks are to blame. Read More

Twitter is planning to tag location to your tweets more accurately. Tagging location right now depends on users to fill in their current location manually. With people putting their location as “at the top of your mind!” or “in your heart”, it doesn't really make up to reliable location data. This new API will allow developers to add latitude an Read More

Harry Potter inspired? At last! Entertainment Weekly, a Time Warner Company magazine will start the ball rolling to making this a reality. While The Daily Prophet has moving pictures, Entertainment Weekly will have advertisements played in video. Read More

Social media is becoming more and more relevant in the marketing industry.

Besides big brands like Dell, Whole Foods, Pringles and Zappos, many small businesses are pouring time and money into this new media.

However, the big brothers didn't just throw their money in without sophisticated matrices to measure their ROI. But how about us, the smal Read More

These 10 tips for using Google Alerts in your small business come from Small Business Informer and are a great resource for any small business. Bloggers have long known the value of using Google Alerts to keep up with breaking news in their niche and to get topic ideas based on the latest buzz. No matter what your product or service, you'll find Read More

Every franchise company needs to have a clear understanding of the type of person with the best chance of success in their franchise system. Although a blank statement such as 'veterans make great franchisees' is not correct 100% of the time, it holds a lot of truth. Check these five reasons why veterans make great franchisees. Read More