Latest Stories for June, 2011
Lightyear Network Solutions Launches New Hosted VoIP Product
Louisville, Kentucky (PRESS RELEASE – June 30, 2011) - Lightyear Network Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB: LYNS), a provider of telecommunication services to business and residential customers throughout North America, recently announced that it has expanded its network services portfolio by launching its…
Google Panda: Forcing Businesses to Create Better Content
If you haven’t paid any attention to the news around Google Panda but use content to market your business, here’s what you need to know. Google recently changed the way it ranks websites with content in search engine results. So all the dozens of article directories (also known as…
The Secret to Making Social Media Work: Get It on a Calendar
The other day I was talking with a colleague about marketing, social media and time. She was marveling at all that I have on my plate and wondering out loud about how I manage to get it all done. I told her that I actually created a social media calendar.
Let’s face it. There are multitudes of…
SBA Releases Scorecard Showing Significant Progress in Federal Contracting Goal
Washington (PRESS RELEASE – June 30, 2011) – The federal government awarded nearly $100 billion in federal contracts to small businesses in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, showing an increase in federal prime contract dollars to small businesses for the second straight year after four years of…
Tips and Tools for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes and all have special challenges. But there are some commonalities we all share, like the need to improve ourselves and our knowledge daily and to find new ways of leveraging our potential to create great value with limited resources. Here are some tips…
MapQuest Launches Local Business Center
Denver (PRESS RELEASE – June 29, 2011) – MapQuest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), recently launched MapQuest Local Business Center, a free platform for businesses to control and enhance their content for better consumer reach. Located at listings.mapquest.com, the…
5 Hot Industries Every Small Business Owner Should Know About
Want to know what industries are heating up? Industry analyst IBISWorld just released its picks for the 5 hottest startup industries for the next five years. The company analyzed revenues, growth trends and profitability levels of more than 700 industries to determine which ones are best poised to…
How Not to Join Facebook’s Walking Dead
Last week over at All Facebook, Brian Carter posted: Shocker 3% to 7.5% of Fans See Your Page’s Post, which was a wakeup call to many of us that perhaps our Facebook pages weren’t getting quite as many eyes as we had originally thought. Even more surprising was that, based on the data compiled…
Fonality Survey Finds SMBs Can Charge a Premium for Excellent Customer Service
Dallas (PRESS RELEASE – June 29 2011) - Fonality, North America’s fastest growing business communications company, recently announced the release of the “2011 Report on the Impact of UC on SMB Customer Service.” Conducted by Webtorials, the Fonality-commissioned survey revealed that on…
Small Business Startup: Where To Begin
There are many good reasons to start your own business from the independence it can bring to your lifestyle to the noble role you can play in helping to grow the economy, create jobs and opportunity and improve the world through a great product or service. In fact, the hardest part about becoming…
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