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Workplaces are stressed these days, but managers need to understand the importance of positive employee feedback. Read More

What first started out as a consumer phenomenon has turned into a growing corporate trend: Blogs now provide opportunities for organizations to interact and share their stories and thoughts online. As of 2007, there were a reported 100 million blogs; and as of July 2008, some 15 percent of Fortune 500 companies maintained one. Accordingly, many Read More

Research indicates that businesses that maintain or increase their advertising budgets during a recession experience positive sales growth. During the 1981-1982 economic slowdown, businesses that maintained or increased their marketing campaigns actually averaged higher growth during the recession and in the three years following the recession. Read More

Newsworthy these days are the numbers of companies thriving, possibly growing. Let's hear those stories and discover their tips and resources so we can all get out of this recession, faster. Read More

It's all-hands now with small business. Make use of those hands to help plug those little cash-flow leaks in your business, the ones that can sink your ship. Read More

Publishers can complain and wistfully wish for the good old days of blog links and Google juice, or they can adapt to the new reality Twitter represents. Getting your content “ReTweeted” on Twitter (i.e. getting people to repeat what you've said, usually along with a link) can drive significant quality traffic to your site, which in turn can boost Read More

The good news is that it has never been easier to get your book noticed by the right people. In fact, before you put fingers to keyboard, before you type “Chapter One” on that pristine blank page — you should begin your marketing. You should be promoting yourself and your book, via the web, even before the book is done. Read More

This is a MUST watch video for every entrepreneur and business owner. John Spence discusses six high-powered tips that you likely haven't heard before, to surviving (and even growing) in 2009. This is really worth the 7 or so minutes to watch. Enjoy! Read More

The goal is to help participants create a social media strategy AND take a deep dive into the tactics and tools of social media. One of the challenges, of course, is integrating social media strategy with overall communications planning as well as Internet strategy without having the time in the workshop to drill down into those other topics Read More

In software publishing, as much as anywhere, the web continues to change the business landscape. Retail markets go down in a double-whammy of technology trends plus macroeconomic factors, users look to leave it all online instead of install it from a CD, the rich get less rich and the newbies keep growing. Read More