Latest Stories for June, 2004

 

Small Business in the Shadow of the Pyramids

Small business is a hot topic these days. In the United States and other developed nations, it seems everyone wants to jump on the small business bandwagon. There is hardly a newspaper or business magazine that doesn’t offer a “small business” section — or at least cover…

CRM and Small Businesses

I stumbled upon this insightful discussion about CRM (customer relationship management) software for small businesses. Check it out if you want a lesson in small businesses’ attitudes toward CRM software. You will even find specific recommendations on CRM software packages for small…

Marketing to Opinion Leaders

Colleague and friend Valdis Krebs was one of the featured speakers at last week’s Supernova 2004 Conference. Valdis spoke about the growing field of social network analysis — and, specifically, how savvy companies use it to identify opinion leaders. You may be wondering, just what is…

PowerBlog Review: Project, Process & Business Improvement

Editor’s note: This is the twentieth in our popular weekly series of PowerBlog Reviews of other weblogs… The Project, Process & Business Improvement weblog is a great resource for businesses of any size. As the title implies, it is all about using project management and processes…

Small Business Banking in Australia

The small business landscape in Australia consists of a large number of very small companies. According to a recent report by Datamonitor, SMEs account for more than 95% of the companies in Australia. There are 624,010 SMEs. The vast majority employ fewer than 20 people: Approximately 66% of…

Keys to Small Business Growth

A recent Yahoo! Small Business survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, shows that many small business owners believe an online presence is important, as is leveraging the Internet. In a survey of over 1,000 small business owners, the following activities were listed as the most beneficial to…

eBook Sales Hit New Highs

eBooks are increasing in popularity and have hit new highs in sales. Open eBook Forum reports that the number of eBooks sold in the first quarter of 2004 was up 46%, and revenues were up 28% year-over-year. A total of 421,955 eBooks were sold yielding $3,233,220 in revenues. A year ago the numbers…

Lawyers Now Into Marketing

Over at the [Non]billable Hour blawg (law blog) Matt Homann has assembled a fascinating group of posts on how lawyers should — and should not — market to women as potential clients. Part of his Five by Five series, featuring five insights each by five guest bloggers, it can be found…

The Entrepreneurization of Space

Today marked history for space travel. Planet Earth saw its very first commercial, non-governmental manned flight into space, by a craft aptly named SpaceShipOne. OK, so it did not go very far nor last very long. But that doesn’t make the flight any less momentous. What’s so special…

Visit Carnival of the Capitalists

I am back from a great vacation in the Carolinas on the U.S. East Coast, just in time for this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists. It is posted over at my friend, Wayne Hurlbert’s excellent Blog Business World blog. Check it out for links to a showcase of great articles on business…

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