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6 Apps that Can Help You Optimize Your Business

There’s an app for that—well, there almost is. App startups and freelancers are creating some incredibly useful tech that’s about to make your life a lot easier. Particularly if you’re part of a virtual team, the right app can help keep those cats herded. A lot of businesses initially try to keep app development in-house, […]

Arianna Huffington Leaves Huffington Post

Arianna Huffington Leaves Huffington Post Arianna Huffington is closing her laptop on The Huffington Post, a website she co-founded a decade ago. The decision comes from Huffington’s newest venture, Thrive Global, a health and wellness company. Huffington has realized that Thrive will be taking up most of her time and won’t be able to juggle […]

Four Places Where You Cannot Surf the Web Freely

Are you free to surf the internet as you please? If so, you’re luckier than those who cannot use the internet freely. Limitations, including those at school, work, and in certain countries, makes it so that the internet is a lot smaller for some people than it is for the rest of us. Countrywide Censorship […]

How to Write the Perfect Introduction for Your Next Blog Post

More than half of the visitors that land on a website don’t spend more than 15 seconds to decide whether they will be checking out the rest of the website or bounce back. This might sound astonishing but the reality is most people are very impatient on the web. They just skim through the first […]

5 Ways Social Media Can Improve SEO

Social media is one of the most popular ways to market your business today. It’s affordable, efficient, and constantly improving.  But many companies, small businesses in particular, don’t know how to approach social media in order to improve every aspect of their marketing. It shouldn’t be treated as a separate entity. Instead, it should be […]

Facebook Engineers Vote for Digital Stamp

Facebook Engineers Vote for Digital Stamp Remember that one time you found your journal from your 13-year-old self? It probably read something like this: “Today I accidentally threw out my retainer in the school cafeteria, so I had to spend 30 minutes digging through beef lasagna and stewed tomatoes.” Oh to be young again. That’s […]

Social Media Simplified: Useful Browser Extensions Catering to Busy Marketers

If you are looking to increase productivity by ditching the conventional browser getaways, this article will surely come in handy! Most social media marketers are always looking to leverage internet browsers for simplifying things without compromising on the functionality. Here are the nifty little ways which can propel things in a positive direction, helping marketers […]

15 Advantages of using a Market Research Tool

Carrying out a market research before starting a business is very critical. Market research enables you to know the desires of the customers. This information will make you to sell those products that are needed. Selling the wrong merchandise will not guarantee sufficient sales. The research will give you a better understanding of the market. […]

Hulu Ends Free Streaming

Hulu Ends Free Streaming Hulu as you know it is about to end. The video streaming site used to allow you to watch TV shows supported by advertisements. This was annoying because that one-minute car advertisement came up every ten minutes but also okay because you didn’t have to pay to catch up on The […]

6 Key Elements of Content Marketing for Small Businesses on a Budget

Content marketing has been picking up rapidly over the last few years. Most companies already have a content marketing strategy in place or are planning to implement one. Small businesses struggle to come up with a content marketing strategy that is compliant with their budget as well as goals. Competition within the industry has driven […]