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3 Inspiring Social Media Case Studies for Fashion Companies

3 Inspiring Social Media Case Studies for Fashion Companies I remember going to the mall when I was in high school back in the late 90s. Most stores did a great job promoting the products of their suppliers. Today, many of those malls are shutting down and fashion brands are selling their products directly to […]

5 Free and Affordable Productivity and Lead Generation Apps

5 Free and Affordable Productivity and Lead Generation Apps There are many options for performance and lead generation apps — which do you use? It all depends on your budget and the extent of your contact management needs. Small businesses might be able to get away with a completely free basic management and lead generation […]

Bezos Richer Than Gates

Mr. Moneybags Amazon founder Jeff Bezos briefly overtook Bill Gates to become the world’s richest person; his net worth hitting $91.4 billion. But, as Amazon shares slipped, Mr Gates regained the top spot. Bezos owns roughly 17% of Amazon and has interests in other businesses. Game on. (Source: BBC News, The Verge)   Sexism in […]

Here Are Some of the Best Ways to Promote Your Blog on Social Media

Here Are Some of the Best Ways to Promote Your Blog on Social Media Every month, you spend a great deal of your precious and valuable time to create resourceful and engaging content for your blog. You do your research for creating your posts and add some amazing links. Obviously, you have to write good […]

You Have 8 Seconds to Impress Your Customer. What Do You Do?

You Have 8 Seconds to Impress Your Customer. What Do You Do? A lot can happen in eight seconds. While it may seem that it’s not enough time for anything significant to happen, in reality a dozen of your prospective customers have fallen either in or out of love with your brand within this time. […]

9 Best PPC Practices for Beginners

9 Best PPC Practices for Beginners Pay Per Click or PPC is an online marketing technique to generate better traffic to one’s website. Basically when an Internet user clicks on the website thereby entering into it, you pay a pre-assigned sum of money to the search engine. This is one way of getting more clicks […]

Optimizing Your Business: How to Make Your Office Space More Efficient

Optimizing Your Business: How to Make Your Office Space More Efficient If you are unhappy with your office or if you feel that you aren’t being as productive as you should be, some changes might be in order. Luckily, following these tips can help you create an office space that will allow you to get […]

Using a Business Debt Settlement Program to Save Your Business

Using a Business Debt Settlement Program to Save Your Business If you are running a business today, you will concur that these are indeed interesting times. The contemporary business is now fully global and with the advent of Internet marketing, the playing ground has been leveled. However, the Internet marketplace also poses new challenges which […]

How The Cloud Is Making HR Tech Available For All

How The Cloud Is Making HR Tech Available For All HR technology used to be a very exclusive tool. It was only used by giant corporations with bottomless budgets and armies of IT technicians. Yes, HR technology was an expensive investment – both to buy and maintain. But it gave these companies a significant competitive […]

The Doctor is Out

Pills Don’t Pay the Bills Attention all hypochondriacs: Internet Brands, run by the private equity group KKR, announced that it will acquire WebMD for $2.8 billion in cash. With WebMD’s trusted platform and performance, the merger will provide KKR with a huge repository of information and add to its portfolio of B2B and B2C sites. […]