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Like most small web-based startups, my business relies exclusively on traffic that is generated through the major search engines with, of course, Google carrying the most weight. When I started this business I understood intuitively that Google placement would most likely predict the success or failure of this venture but I truly had zero experien Read More

When Google is the front door, the side door, the hidden key under the mat, the cash register, the finder of everything we ever lost, and everything we wished we'd lost, what comes next? When everyone is a newspaper, a magazine, a TV station, a radio station, a conference, a curator, an educator, a business owner, a shopkeeper, what do we have? Wh Read More

Search engines keep their methods and ranking algorithms secret, to get credit for finding the most valuable search-results and to prevent spam pages from clogging the results. A search engines may use hundreds of factors while ranking the listings where the factors themselves and the weight each carries may change continually. Read More

CRM software or (Customer Relationship Management) software is one of the most widely used software applications used by businesses to store critical information related to customers or prospective customers which can be used for marketing, sales, customer service and other areas of business which involves contact with potential or existing custom Read More

The survey found that everybody was spending money on demand-generation programs, but was missing a trick in not looking closer to home at their existing customer data and leveraging it further. We all know that it is easier to sell more of a product or service to a current customer than it is to try and get a potential customer on board, so it b Read More

In these economic down times when cost cutting is the mantra the positive effect is that it forces you to think out of the box and come up with alternative solutions to ensure you get the most out of your marketing and lead generation dollars. After having discussed this with a number of marketers and bloggers who have debated how will the recessi Read More

Social media is growing like the proverbial weed, and getting the attention it deserves. I think even to the most casual observer the effects of social media not only on individuals, but small businesses as well, is apparent. Most small business owners realize a need to leverage social media to grow their businesses, but in my conversations with o Read More

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic recently experienced first-hand the impact social media can have on their brand perception, when disgruntled employees from each company separately posted complaints on Facebook. What's worse, it appears that some of these employees were posting while at work. Actually, that's not too surprising, considering t Read More

One way to build awareness, brand, credibility and buzz about your blog is to appear in mainstream media (read more about the Benefits of being featured in Mainstream Media). A lot has been written about how to get your blog featured on other blogs - but how do you get press coverage whether it be TV, Radio, newspapers or magazines? Read More

Still, the question that has been on my mind for several months now is whether we are seeing a shift where some of the core benefits and skills that people expect to recieve from an MBA are now readily available through social media. In particular, I'm thinking of four areas: Read More