Posted by admin in Sales and MarketingDec 31st, 2008 | No Comments
This post comes from Small Business Labs.
“2009 Top 10 Small Business Trends. It’s prediction season and we’ve prepared our annual top 10 small business trends list. The economy is obviously the key issue facing small business in 2009. With the global recession and economic turmoil as our back drop.” Click here to read their list.
Posted by admin in TechnologyDec 30th, 2008 | No Comments
This article comes from the L.A. Times.
“It is the privilege — or possibly the curse — of each new generation to be different from the last. But rarely has a generational divide been as noticeable as that between those in their early 20s and the baby boomers.
This, at any rate, is the proposition put forward by Don Tapscott, a management professor at the University of Toronto and author a decade ago of “Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation.” In his latest book, “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World,” he argues that...
Posted by admin in TechnologyDec 11th, 2008 | No Comments
This post comes from CNBC. “Global Communications and IT Solutions Leader Identifies Top Technology Trends to Help Businesses Reach New Heights in Year Ahead The global economy is front and center, and enterprises worldwide are looking to get the biggest bang for their buck in 2009. With that in mind, Verizon Business has identified 10 business technology trends to help corporate and government information technology (IT) leaders do more with less.
“These challenging times present IT leaders with an opportunity to make technology work harder and smarter to get the job done,”...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Dec 3rd, 2008 | No Comments
This is a great video by WebPro News. It is a recent interview with Matt Cutts were he provides real information about Google’s trends in 2009 and discounts the notion that rankings are dead as expounded by Bruce Clay.
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Posted by admin in Internet MarketingDec 2nd, 2008 | No Comments
One of my favorite forums is a search engine forum called, “SEO Chat.” This is a great forum for learning basic and advanced search engine optimization techniques. In today’s complex world of online marketing there are other components you have to look at besides making your site search engine friendly. One of the most important issues is website usability. If you want to learn from the best of the best, I highly recommend joining Create8asite’s forum on website usability.
Posted by admin in Blogging - Social BookmarkingDec 1st, 2008 | No Comments
Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value.“It might surprise parents to learn that it is not a waste of time for their teens to hang out online,” said Mizuko Ito, University of California, Irvine researcher and the report’s lead author. “There are myths about kids spending time online – that it is dangerous or making them lazy. But we found that spending time online is essential for young people to pick up...
Posted by admin in Blogging - Social BookmarkingNov 17th, 2008 | No Comments
This post comes from Search Engine Land.
“YouTube is formally announcing “sponsored videos.” This is an evolution and expansion of what was has been informally running under the heading “promoted videos.” The effort seeks to marry Google AdWords-like bidding and targeting with YouTube video content. Accordingly, it’s an auction marketplace but somewhat simplified vs. AdWords. And while there apparently will be a view from AdWords of sponsored videos the two marketplaces are largely separate — for now.
It’s a smart move for Google/YouTube and will enable content creators, publishers,...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Nov 14th, 2008 | No Comments
AceWare Student Registration Systems is sponsoring a free online webinar on search engine optimization. The presentation is being conducted by Daryl Clark, President of Internet Search Marketing and Director of Online Marketing for Gatlin Education Services. Daryl has lead the search engine optimization strategy for Gatlin Education Service for over four years. During that period, Gatlin’s leads from search engine rankings have grown 1000% and Gatlin now has over 950 number one Google rankings and over seven thousand top ten rankings. The presentation covers the essential elements of making...
Posted by admin in Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Oct 28th, 2008 | No Comments
I’ve been an online marketer for almost ten years now. I attended my first Internet marketing conference back in Las Vegas in 1999. The keynote speakers at that conference were Cory Rudl (who has since passed away) and Marlon Sanders. These guys were and are the kings of marketing automation and direct marketing via online sales letters. It was a very interesting conference and I learned a lot. Since then I’ve been to a number of conferences and many of them I felt I knew as much or more information than the so called expert presenters.
Recently I attended the Online Marketing Summit...
Posted by admin in TechnologyOct 13th, 2008 | No Comments
WOW….how times have changed! Today is the 25th anniversary of the cell phone. It has gone from a device that cost almost $4,000 to a one that is virtually free. Twenty five years ago I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. At that time it took four days to get a telegram to my local site from St. Louis where I grew up. Today you can text message real time from virtually anywhere in the world to the small town I lived in back in those days. In fact, the Philippines has become the largest text messaging nation in the world. You can’t conduct business in the Philippines without...
