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There are many ways to find an IT service provider for your business. Most of those ways take a lot of time and searching. Gorilla-Force is a new way that is fast, free, and easy to use. The power behind Gorilla-Force is the search function and here is what it does. Read More

Internal communications are just as important, if not more so, as external communications. Why? Because a business owner can never fully exert a consistent and strong message externally if their internal communications are not foundationally sound (not to mention poor internal communications can make for a very difficult and 'soap-opera-esque' daily operation). Read More

It may seem like a stretch, but little changes in how you communicate can result in instantaneous and dramatic improvements in behavior, performance, customer service, branding, and profits. So says Stacey Hanke, a Chicago-based strategic communications expert. For example, if you don’t know how your messages are perceived by your customers, you will never make improvements. Read More

Interview with the founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK Brian Scudamore on how he built his business, the keys to good PR and advice for the new generation of entrepreneurs. Read More

I was recently offered my largest hourly freelance writing fee thus far to script an online gambling website. It became an inner battle between the need for a paycheck, ethics and morals. Sometimes in business, as in life, it is to our conscience and gut instinct that we must turn for the answers... Read More

So I’m a freelancer…where should I advertise my services? There are so many options available. I could advertise in the newspapers or in industry magazines, on TV (if I win the lottery), on radio or online. These are the main avenues that I could go down. Read More

The mobile web is a booming industry; and that’s not an overstatement. In a report by Morgan Stanley, they forecasted that the future of the Internet is mobile by 2015. The report came at the right time, just as I’ve covered the massive potential of the mobile market yesterday. The prediction is further boosted by a report by Quantcast, where they found that iPad; a mobile device itself accounts Read More

I am not an expert on maintaining focus. On the other hand, I have found a few principles and a couple of to-do's that if honored brought focus and results. See if they help. Or share a few of your own. Read More

Four entrepreneur-friendly talks on maximizing the web. Includes speeches by David Siteman Garland of The Rise To The Top, Chris Reimer of Rizzo Tees, tSunela, and Brad Hogenmiller of Rehab Care. Read More

Woody Allen was attributed with the quote – “eighty percent of success is showing up” but I would add that in marketing it’s all about following up.

follow-upMost marketers get that at the most basic level – you send out a mailing, someone asks for more information, and you jump on the phone and try to sell them something. Read More