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AdAge reports that the Federal Trade Commission is moving closer to a proposed plan that will begin regulating viral marketing and blogs. Regardless of what side of the political fence you are on it's starting to get a bit scary as to just how much the government wants to be the overseer of everything. Read More

1. You lose the fresh content bonus. When you first put a piece of content online, it will often rank extremely well right out of the gate. This happens because Google has a filter in their system that gives a bonus to brand new content. You'll notice that after a week or two, your ranking can start to slide. This happens because the fresh content Read More

A humorous British skit on classic mistakes made by B2B email newsletters: failure to deliver value, use of no-reply addresses, poor targeting, failed personalisation, etc...have fun. Read More

Small businesses will soon feel a little more love in their love-hate relationship with Yelp, the Web site whose users post reviews of restaurants, dry cleaners and other local businesses. Starting next week, Yelp will let small-business owners publicly respond to reviews. This is a big change for the site, which has until now steadfastly refus Read More

Video tutorials are usually long, drawn out and boring. Guy Kawasaki offers some examples of great tutorials that are around 60 seconds and would be a great way to explain what your company does on your website. Read More

Businesses large and small shell out huge amounts of money for training every year. In some industries, almost a quarter of those expenditures are earmarked for customer service training. But to be effective, the training must be presented in ways that match employees' learning styles. Here are three specific learning styles to consider. Read More

Aside from the personal toll, losing highly skilled workers can inflict long-term damage on a business, making it hard to bounce back and forcing managers to spend precious time and money recruiting and training when conditions improve. Yet many entrepreneurs are trimming payroll costs without laying off hard-to-replace employees. Naturally, t Read More

BizBox goes after ten Democratic senators plus the National Federation of Independent Business, who are misleadingly casting the estate tax debate as a small-business issue. Read More

Small businesses seeking financing from venture-capital firms need not worry about writing up a solid business plan, since it doesn't sway funding decisions anyway, concludes a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Read More

For our marketing to succeed, we, as marketers, need to understand what successful publishing is. The majority of our marketing spend needs to be dedicated to the creation of consistent valuable and relevant information to our customer segments. Read More