I have called it a conspiracy in the past. Here’s how I presented it. First, you eat the Thanksgiving turkey. The very next day (Friday) you have the sudden urge to shop. You continue to shop until you eat the Christmas turkey or ham. The urge to shop is then terminated. Where does the…
The legal profession in the United States has gotten a bad rap in recent years. All too often lawyers are the butt of jokes. They are the target of criticism every time some outrageous jury verdict is issued. (No one, of course, seems to criticize jury members — those 12 members of their…
Rumors about the death of email marketing have been greatly exaggerated — to borrow a Winston Churchill phrase.
Email marketing is alive and well. But you had better know what you are doing, or you will fail with it.
That seems to be the message from a recent MarketingSherpa report on the…
Wow — even in the face of concerns about rising energy costs, U.S. small businesses have confidence in holiday sales. Sixty percent (60%) expect to have a strong holiday season this year, in 2005. That is according to a recent survey of nearly 1,300 small businesses taken by Constant Contact,…
The authors of “Selling is Dead” have asked Ron McDaniel, the CEO of Buzzoodle, and me to participate in naming their new eNewsletter, which will have all kinds of innovative sales advice.
So we are holding a naming contest. This is the voting post for that contest. We would like…
The latest small business economic reports are out in the United States. They show the economy remains strong and continues to grow, despite slight hiccups in the form of hurricanes that hit the Southeast, and higher energy prices.
We had real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.8% in the…
There are 700,000 small business bloggers. At least, that is what Warrillow & Co. says, in its most recent weekly newsletter.
What’s more, these business bloggers shop online, and they network with one another online in fourms and discussion boards where they share information about…
Venture capitalists are finding themselves being squeezed out by … Google.
Google? Yes, VC firms are in competition with large tech companies like Google. They are in competition to give money to small technology companies.
A recent essay by tech entrepreneur Paul Graham outlines the…
Software-as-services is the rapidly growing model for how software will be sold in the future. The impact on small businesses will be significant — both for small businesses that use software and also those small businesses that sell software.
“Software as services” or SAS, its…
The price of web hosting, software and other technology has been steadily going down for years. In light of that, could it be possible to build a profitable online business with zero cash outlay?
Jennifer Laycock, the Editor of Search Engine Guide, is going to try to create a profitable online…
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