Most companies are struggling with how to adapt to serve a new wave of consumers from the Millennial Generation (or Gen Y) - those born between 1982 and 2001 - according to a global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit and Alcatel-Lucent company Genesys.
The survey asked C-level and other senior executives from around the world how they a
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Consumers saddled with old cellphones, TVs and computers are flocking to electronics recycling events, which have sprung up in more than 1,000 communities over the past four years.
But don't be fooled, activists warn. Items collected at free events are sometimes destined for salvage yards in developing nations, where toxins spill into the wate
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MSNBC.com is offering local retailers and SMBs the opportunity to run ads on its site for as little as $50 per day, reports MediaBuyerPlanner.
Businesses can build and run customized online display ad campaigns in minutes through a new self-serve option through a partnership with AdReady.
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This is great post that details three different methods that businesses can use to utilize Facebook for market research. The best thing is that these methods are all free!
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Lately I’ve been pondering the part that social media plays in my blogging business.
This post is an attempt to make some sense of it. I’d value your thoughts in comments to help me take these half thought through ideas to something more concrete.
Those who have been following me for a while know that I not only spend a lot of time on my blogs b
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List of annoying things people do on Twitter and some of the ways you can avoid these same Twitter mistakes .
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How to stand out in a crowd and to better network yourself and your small business.
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Having a mentor is helpful because someone who has already been there and done that can shorten your learning curve saving you time, money and failure.
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Jerry Kalish explains how you can take a tax credit for your employee retirement plans that comes in addition to your deductions on what you pay into them. Act now before it's too late!
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Why some people aren't cut out ot be entrepreneurs and why that's okay.
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Different design tactics can boost the response rates to your online advertising. Results for the third chart in this four-part series focus on seven top design tactics.
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Free tools to research businesses for sale
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Dear web site visitor.
I can’t tell you how glad I am that you found my website. You have no idea the great lengths we’ve gone to get you here, let alone what we’re about to do to keep you on this web site.
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When McKenzie Tuttle walked down the aisle to say “I do” to her husband-to-be Jeff Bezos, she thought she was marrying into a secure future. At the time, Bezos was in his 30s and serving as Vice President of an investment firm in New York City. It was a job he liked – and one that paid well – but Bezos couldn’t shake this crazy idea from his head;
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Procrastination is not a time-management problem. It’s a complex problem involving personality, situations and motivation.
Here are three psychologically sound tips to help us procrastinators overcome this problem.
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