Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Small Business Ideas | 2012 Small Business Trends to Watch
The next decade will bring unprecedented business transformation. Whether it's the new global economy, technology, social media or the influence of emerging economies; one thing is clear…this is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time to be in business. Read More…
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Benchmark, Benchmark, Benchmark!
Benchmark, benchmark, benchmark...You are going to need numbers if you want to make good decisions!!!
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Getting New Customers with "Case Studies"
Case Studies have the quality of showing “real-life” scenarios, rather than just a marketing pitch. They can highlight real examples of how your company solved a customer’s problem. They can also demonstrate to a potential prospect, how they can benefit from using your services and/or products. Read More…
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Why Nations "Need" Entrepreneurs
New firms produce the most net jobs and net wealth in any economy. New firms in the U.S. create about 3 million jobs per year. America and the world will, as long as human beings walk this planet, need: Innovators, Inventors and Entrepreneurs!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Getting the "Story" Right
The single best indicator of whether a country is going to grow or not is the number of new firms that are created every year. That is a very powerful statistic. This is a compelling reason to start a business. BUT, If you don't get the "Story" right...You'll get the "Solution" wrong!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Small Business Ideas | What is Business "Vision"?
Having a "Vision" is solving a problem no one else sees. Startups solve problems no one else sees. Some great "Visions" are held down by the word "can't". Startups make sure these problems see the light of day. Read More...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Using a Hypothesis to Start a Business
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The old days of building a product, creating financial targets, writing a business plan, rolling out your product and crossing your fingers it will succeed…are long gone. The new business model calls for a hypothesis, then experimenting with a minimum viable product, testing, measuring and learning. The goal is to pivot as many times as necessary until the right business model is found. Only then, a company is rolled out. Read more...
Monday, December 5, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Mobile Marketing | Not Making Progress In Local Seachings?
Don't panic. As mobile search continues to increase your ranking on the local search engine results page will be less and less important. What will become more and more important is that your business actually shows up in these mobile applications...read more
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Small Business Ideas | Are We In A Tech Bubble?
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The $8.9 billion Linked-in IPO valuation at the end of the first day of trading, signals a strong interest in the market for tech IPOs. Silicon Valley startups are in a race to file S-1 documents for their companies to go public. Read the complete article here
Monday, August 29, 2011
Small Business Ideas | The Future of the Internet
Small Business Ideas | A big opportunity for entrepreneurs in the future Internet will be to become service brokers!
Read entire article here
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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Friday, August 5, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Small Business Ideas | $670 Billion Will be Spent Using Mobile Payments by 2015!
Is your business mobile ready?
Gartner: "141 Million Consumers Will Spend $86.1 Billion Using Mobile Payments In 2011...and $670 billion by 2015!"...Read More
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Small Business Ideas | The rise of mobile
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
m-Commerce Sales in the U.S. Between 2010-2015
Image Source: Barclay's Capital, "U.S. Internet, Internet Trends and Picks For the Year Ahead," Provided to eMarketer on 1/11/11
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Bootstrap | Elevator Pitch $5,000 Monthly Give Away Competition!
This is fantastic. Those of you thinking of starting a business cannot miss this wonderful opportunity!
VenCorps, which is a crowd-sourced collaborative venture capitalist firm and the Kauffman Foundation, are currently running an online elevator pitch competition. They will give away US$5,000 cash to the best video pitch every month. Contestants upload a two-minute elevator pitch video to YouTube and get feedback from VenCorps‘panel of judges and members of the startup community.
It gets even better. Monthly winners walk away with the cash without any catch – no equity is expected. The best-of-the-best will be invited to the VenCorps community for a chance at winning a further US$25,000 investment.
For details of the competition visit their Facebook Page
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Mobile Marketing | Mobile Advertising ROI
eMarketer estimates that by the end of 2011, U.S. spending on mobile advertising will reach $1.1 billion. That is an increase of 48% over 2010!
Read entire article here
Monday, June 6, 2011
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Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Local Marketing | Landing Page Optimization Terms
Interesting article on how people describe Landing Page Optimization testing efforts:
- A/B testing – 24%
- Landing page testing – 19%
- Testing – 18%
- Conversion rate testing – 15%
- Usability testing – 13%
- Split testing – 6%
- UX/UI testing – 2%
Read the complete post here
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Market Leadership | Five Tips to Increase Your PPC Conversion Rate
Excellent article written by Practical eCommerce.
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