Latest Stories for June, 2010
Something To Watch: Twitter Places
On Monday, Twitter revealed that they’ll soon be giving users the ability to give context to tweets by allowing them to tag tweets with specific locations via Twitter Places. Once tagged, users can click the location cited in the tweet and see a list of ALL the tweets coming from that…
How to Rewrite Your Job Instead of Retiring
Not to bring up a sensitive subject, but are you getting older, but not wanting to retire? Are you getting tired of the day-to-day details of the business you started, own, and love, but not wanting to leave it? I found a way to have my alleged cake and eat it too – a solution to both these…
Small Business News: Blogging For Business
Blogs aren’t just for personal journaling anymore. In fact, they may arguably be the most powerful marketing tool on the planet. Few marketing efforts will generate more leads at a lower cost. Of course, blogging is also a craft, so don’t expect miracles over night. Perhaps the best…
InterCall Launches eCommerce Platform and New Conferencing Product Packages for Small and Medium Size Businesses
Chicago (PRESS RELEASE – June 15, 2010) — InterCall, the world’s largest conferencing and collaboration services provider, today announced the launch of a new line of conferencing packages designed for small and medium size business (SMB) users. Everything from pricing, experience…
68 E-Commerce and Shopping Carts for the Small Business
Making it easy for your customer to buy from you is a mantra most online retailers know well. Just as important for many small business owners is finding an e-commerce solution that is easy for you to set up and to run that e-commerce storefront.
Reminder: Many of the top web hosting companies…
Google Rolls Out Local Tags. Should You Care?
You may remember that in April Google rebranded its Local Business Center to a more succinctly named Google Places. You may also remember that as part of the sprucing, they gave us a look at a brand new ad format coming to help small business owners bring prominence to their 7-pack listing. The…
Small Business News: Invest-igation
Investigating investment, we call it “invest-igation,” can be one of the most important activities for a startup small business owner or an entrepreneur looking to expand a small business into new markets. Always remember, however, to have a look at the changing economic and policy…
Why Opt-In Marketing Matters
The other day a friend of mine asked me what I thought about text marketing. My answer was this – for some industries, like retail, it makes a lot of sense. However, no matter what kind of marketing it is, I believe it has to be opt-in.
How many times do you go to a networking event, meet…
Contrary to What You May Have Read, the Recession Hasn’t Been Good for Entrepreneurs
If you’ve been reading the newspaper recently, you might have heard that the Great Recession has been a boom time for entrepreneurs. No less an authority than former Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote in a New York Times opinion piece, “LAST year was a fabulous one for entrepreneurs,…
Verizon Wireless Highest In Satisfying Small and Mid-Sized Business Customers
BaskingG Ridge, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE – June 14, 2010) — Verizon Wireless, the leading wireless company with the largest, most reliable wireless voice and 3G data network*, has been ranked highest among wireless providers in small to mid-sized business customer satisfaction in the…
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