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Let’s face it; the biggest obstacle to starting a new business isn’t the economy or your bank’s strict lending requirements. Most likely what’s stopping you from getting a new enterprise off the ground is you. Categorize it however you want — procrastination, self-doubt, fear of the unknown, or literally not knowing where to begin — […]

Have you ever been an observer or an unwilling participant in an event — or even an entire era — that left you asking yourself, “What am I missing here?” Disco immediately comes to mind. For kids growing up in the late ’90s, maybe it was the Giga Pet craze. And whomever it was who […]

Acceptable use policies have the intent of providing a safe working environment, increasing employee productivity and providing a layer of security to company assets like individual computers and network infrastructure. Thinking back on my first office job, I recall my supervisor going to great lengths to explain to me that the company phone wasfor business […]

Every company wants to be the fly on the wall whenconsumers are talking about the pros and cons of their product or service, andnow PeopleBrowsr, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based social search engine and socialmedia analytics company, has come up with an online tool that does just that. ReSearch.ly, released this week, is a new search […]

Entrepreneurs face many legal challenges when starting a business. From writing a business plan, to determining which corporate structure is best and scraping together enough money to file the appropriate documents, starting a business is easier said than done.With attorneys charging as much $750/hr. to set up a business, and online legal documentation services like […]

Save time and money on your next website by first answering the who, what, when, where and why of your project.

Center for Marketing Research at theUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth Fortune 500 Twitter Facebook The Fortune 500 and Social Media: A Longitudinal Study of Blogging, Twitter and Facebook Usage by America’s Largest Companies Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. 5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Abandon Your Blog for Facebook

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Ask your target demographic what it thinks about yourwebsite’s usability, programming and design, and you’re bound to receive avariety of responses. These can range from “looks good to me,” to “I didn’t findwhat I was looking for,” or “I think it sucks.” Everyone has anopinion. A more likely scenario is that you’ve never taken thetime […]

Developing a website prototype with a wireframe tool will get you and your designer closer to what you envision.

I’m of the opinion there are two camps when it comes to online marketing and the use of social media to drive business messaging and customer action: • Those who mostly use Facebook • Those who mostly use Twitter Sure, many businesses display the blue-based badges for both Facebook and Twitter on their homepage, which […]

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Starbucks said it would be offering free Wi-Fi hackers crackers Fearless Leader say we steal computer access from moose and squirrel! Starbucks Connect In Private

NetProspex Fall 2010 Social Business Report a comprehensive look at the use of social media by business people across the U.S the 50 most social corporations in America Social connectiveness: The number of employees with at least one social media profile. Social friendliness and reach: The average number of connections per employee across these networks. […]

The Social Network Citizen Kane — The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal “People want to go on the internet and check out their friends, so why not build a website that offers them friends, pictures, profiles — whatever. You can visit, browse around, maybe it’s someone […]

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If you’ve tried logging onto Facebook today (Sept. 23, 2010), you may be wondering if there’s something wrong with your internet connection or if Facebook is down. Fear not; it’s not you! Sadly, it seems many people and their grandparents (yes, your customers’ grandparents are likely trying to access Facebook also) are receiving a message […]

How to use Facebook Places to boost business.

Whether your website is delivering the expected user experience lies in the perceptions of those who use it. Here's how to measure them.

Don't overlook the importance of a comprehensive jobs page on your company's website.

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The e-mail message was alarming and ominous: Thinking the above message must be spam, the folks at The Inn at Mount Snow in West Dover, VT, immediately logged onto their Facebook account, where they were promptly confronted by the following message at the top of their Page: Definitely not spam, and according a statement provided […]