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It's been the retailing story for years--and new research says it still is! Yes, online sales continue to soar, recession be damned. We were all probably at least vaguely aware of this phenomenon but to see it in such stark numbers astounds anew. Perhaps the most eye-opening figure of all is the average amount that an Internet shopper spent last year: $1,006.50. Read More

Do we value the opinions of our friends on the internet? An article by the Ad Contrarian suggests that about 75 percent of us do not trust friends as ‘credible sources of information about products or companies’. The implication is that companies may need to re-evaluate their approach on the internet; after all, why tap into online marketing if it cannot drive consumer spend?
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Here's a list of some terrific franchise blogs that I read regularly. (I'm subscribed to a few of them, too) Some of these top franchise blogs are run by folks that I know fairly well, while some of them are... Read More

Project managers need to be allowed to re-adjust their focus away from project management methodology requirements back onto being focused on people management Read More

Travis Campbell wrote this blog post while at InfusionCon (@infusionsoft) the email marketing 2.0 experts and their user conference. Followup marketing isn't nearly as hard when it's profitable. Follow these strategies and see for yourself. Read. Learn. Connect. Read More

These past few years, online media formats have steadily marched towards market dominance; proven by the latest press release of Outsell. According to the Burlingame, CA and London, UK based research company, spending on digital and online advertising and marketing will overtake print in 2010. Outsell includes categories such as search, webinars, business events under the term digital marketing w Read More

Amongst the local universities in Singapore, there’s only one that caught my attention; Singapore Management University (SMU). With the rise of popularity in using social media, SMU took that in their stride and naturally went on to set up a Twitter and Facebook page account; SMU Admissions and @SMUadmissions respectively.
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Google Webmaster Tools is a free web service by Google for webmasters. It allows webmasters to check indexing status and optimise visibility of their websites. Also, it is a great tool for reporting statistics and diagnosing your website’s performance in Google. Read More

I'm currently at the InfusionCon marketing conference in Phoenix, Arizona.  I'm here as part of Anita Campbell's Small Business Trends team and our objective Read More

Evoking the right frame of mind; getting and staying motivated; learning to lead, grow, and innovate. These are all reasons we entrepreneurs read books. Amazon lists nearly 27,000 titles under Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Some are good, some not so much, and a few are outstanding. Read More