
Many small business owners and marketers understand the benefits of using e-mail marketing and online surveys to develop relationships with their customers. Yet, a surprising number of businesses send e-mail communications without thinking about their long-term goals. Take some time to think about…

As we get closer to the day Microsoft officially takes over Yahoo search (look for that in late summer/early fall), small business owners are going to put more focus on optimizing for search engines not named Google. And that means learning the tools that go along with them so that they can…

New York (PRESS RELEASE – July 22, 2010) — Portfolio.com, the national business news site for small and mid-sized business (SMB) executives, revealed results from a study conducted by American City Business Journals (ACBJ) illustrating how SMB are increasingly leveraging wireless…

Small business in the Internet age is still about marketing. In this case much of that marketing takes place online. The tools you will use include social media and Search Engine Optimization. This Small Business Trends news roundup looks at both and the many methods of small business marketing…

Join me tomorrow, July 22, 2010, for another interview in the HP Input/Output series. Jason Fried, founder of software company 37 Signals, will be interviewed.
As with other interviews in this series, HP has asked me to live tweet the interview and they are also looking for questions from this…

San Jose, California (PRESS RELEASE – July 21, 2010) — A recent Techaisle survey of small businesses (1-99 employees) within US, UK, Germany, Italy and Brazil shows that only 37 percent of SBs have heard about cloud computing. Among those who have heard about cloud computing, 13 percent…

Worketc operates in the large and very competitive business software market, competing with well-known companies such as Salesforce.com and 37 Signals/Basecamp.
Marketing To Micro-Multinational
Worketc’s customers are mostly micro-multinational and they also operate this way.
Worketc has…

Yesterday I mentioned the new changes that had been made to the search features on Yahoo Answers. The site upgrades were designed to make it easier for users and business owners to keep tabs on the most relevant discussions on the Web site. These question and answer sites have been a goldmine for…

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – July 21, 2010) — SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” announces the winners of the 2nd annual SCORE Awards for entrepreneurial excellence and support of America’s small businesses. The SCORE Awards gala will be held September…

Who’s in your small business corner? If your small business has no one to turn to, how can you work to improve your company’s opportunities on your own? Unfortunately much promised help for small business has not materialized and new regulation on the horizon will only make it harder…