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More and more travel warriors are staying up to date with their favorite blogs and websites with the easy to use Kindle... Read More
The Friday FREE White Paper List is a summary of the free white papers that have been posted during the past week on Twitter. Each white paper is completely FREE and does not require either email registration or any other personal information. This is a great way to review white paper examples and learn new techniques. Read More

What is Your Customer's Lifetime Value?

Avatar Posted by ShawnHessinger under Strategy
From http://sethgodin.typepad.com 5476 days ago
Made Hot by: stillwagon428 on November 29, 2009 3:35 am
Seth Godin asks business owners to consider not what each customer represents in a single purchase or contract for services, but rather what the lifetime value of a happy customer who keeps coming back might be. If we did, Seth suggests, we might spend more time, energy and money to bring good customers in, give them great service, try to keep the Read More
A kind of a funny story from AOL Small business about how Oprah's projected ending of her extremely successful show in 2011 might impact small business. The article mentions the small businesses like Pure Color Jeans who literally had to increase infrastructure after the run away success resulting from a mere mention by the TV talk show queen. I Read More
Undeniably, social media has become a corner stone of nearly all industries, particularly the marketing sector. It is an efficient means to reach a vast area of target markets and particularly engages consumers in a way that fosters the development of long-term customer loyalty. The fact that people are inherently social-beings in turn makes socia Read More

Clean Tech & How to Fund Growth | Biz Money Matters|

Avatar Posted by TonyJohnston_CNi under Management
From http://blog.tonyjohnston.biz 5476 days ago
Made Hot by: smallbiztrends on November 28, 2009 4:10 am
It seems clear that Clean Tech is a really 'hot' sector today. But how much growth potential is there for companies with mid-sized or better ambitions? And can such companies get financing? Read More
Are you one of the many people out there looking to start a business? Or maybe you have just launched your own start-up company and are always on the lookout for some valuable advice. In either case, you've got to check out Ben Parr's fantastic list of 20 great resources to get your start-up off the ground. You can find all kinds of great informat Read More

25 Blogs To Help You Stay Current With Social Media

Avatar Posted by WayneLiew under Social Media
From http://freelancefolder.com 5478 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 27, 2009 6:23 pm
Most of us agree that social media is valuable — but keeping up with the latest trends can be difficult given the speed at which social media is growing and changing. Read More

8 Strategies For Bypassing Voicemail

Avatar Posted by wendyweiss under Sales
From http://www.wendyweiss.com 5482 days ago
Made Hot by: HeatherStone on November 21, 2009 1:11 am
What do you say when you reach your client's voice mail? The Queen of Cold Calling Shares her tips for bypassing voice mail, to reach your prospect, directly. Read More

3 tips to grow your online community 5-fold

Avatar Posted by ZaneSafrit under Human Resources
From http://zanesafrit.typepad.com 5482 days ago
Made Hot by: HomeBusinessMedia on November 21, 2009 2:08 am
David Zinger, founder of the Employee Engagement community, shared these three tips recently. They work. He's used them to grow this community from a few hundred members in May 2008 to over 1700 members currently: http://employeeengagement.ning.com Read More
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