
The key to being successful at innovation in business or in life is to never quite be finished with it. There is no such thing as perfection in this imperfect world and your small business certainly falls, and will continue to fall, into that category unfortunately. This means there will always be…

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom & San Francisco, United States (PRESS RELEASE – November 30, 2010) – MobiCart announced that its free, mobile-optimized e-commerce storefront development solution for Apple iOS and Google Android devices is now available for download and deployment.…

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If you’re like me, you prepare a lot of PowerPoint presentations. I’ve been creating slide presentations for nearly 20 years. In that time I’ve learned a few things about how to make presentation slides…

Mobile has been promoted as the next big thing almost every year for the past 10 years, but today it truly is becoming the platform, the technology you need to listen to (pun intended). Here are four ways that mobile is impacting your marketing efforts.
1. Mobile devices have a smaller screen.…

While your eyes were on Thanksgiving, eMarketer reported on a RatePoint survey from August 2010 that shared two pretty disheartening statistics about small business owners and their views on social media. Curious what they were? According to RatePoint:
47 percent of SMB owners either aren’t…

Needham, Massachusetts (PRESS RELEASE – November 30, 2010) – As consumers around the U.S. flock to the computer for the biggest online shopping day of the year, Cyber Monday, small businesses may not be fully prepared to take advantage of the opportunity, according to new research from…

It really shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Ultimately, social media is about boosting sales. No, it isn’t just a fad that’s there because everyone says you should be involved in social media. Yes, it builds brand, but guess what? The ultimate goal of branding is also…you…

San Mateo, California (PRESS RELEASE – November 29, 2010) – The U.S. online retail sector delivered double digit growth on Black Friday 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to analytics-based findings by IBM (NYSE: IBM). These findings expand on IBM’s earlier…

I recently had the good fortune to attend a session on landing page optimization at PubCon.com, the annual conference about search, social media, Internet marketing and website operation. I learned a lot, so I thought I’d share the 14 top takeaways from the session with Small Business Trends’…

Irvine, California (PRESS RELEASE – November 29, 2010) - Built from the ground up to deliver cutting-edge features and functionality at industry-leading prices, Alliance Virtual Offices has rolled out a completely new Web site that makes it easier than ever for its clients to take advantage…