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41st Parameter announced survey results from a recent event sponsored by the Merchant Risk Council (MRC). Findings indicate fraud and risk management experts from leading e-commerce companies believe current economic conditions will yield increased online fraud activity this holiday season.  More...
The SOX Institute at The GRC Group announced that it will conduct a three-day training in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act Section 404 Internal Controls over Financial Reporting implementation on December 15-17, 2008, in the New York area. According to Sanjay Anand, Chairperson of The GRC Group, the global leader in governance, risk management, and compli  More...
Typically, a company engages a firm when it lacks time or internal resources to accomplish certain tasks. While this reasoning is effective and can deliver results, the most significant value of working with a third party is the opportunity to gain an unbiased perspective and deep subject matter expertise.  More...
The point is that the ideas and conversations fly fast and furious online, so you have to be ready to give up your ToDo list and participate where you can deliver the most value, based on what people are engaged with at the time.  More...
After having worked with a number of clients as well as listened to my colleages talk about companies and folks they've worked with, I thought I'd draft up a handy list identifying the various types of clients you may run into. I've found that this list is extremely official and scientific, so you should be able to refer to it and instantly ide  More...
Helpful summary of 3 modern online marketing strategies from Scott Fox (me), author of best-selling book, Internet Riches. New marketing approaches include "Product Presence", "Distributed Engagement", and the "Reputation Cloud" - critical info for anyone trying to make more money through online marketing.  More...
This fabulous article is by Mark Tewart, whose websites include: www.marktewartlive.com,superstar www.marktewart.com and www.howtobeasalessuperstar.info He’s on a virtual tour for his book, How To Be a Sales Superstar. 1. Manage things and lead people Processes should be defined and managed daily. People should be lead by example daily.  More...
We have literally bludgeoned the poor social media ROI horse to death recently. There’s a lot of sage discussion that’s happened around the topic, but it all seems to boil down to a few things, an ROI credo of sorts: 1. We agree that having some kind of gauge for success is critical if you’re to learn anything from your efforts. 2. We embrace the  More...
The worst mistake you will make as a web site owner is to ask someone to “look” at your web site. It’s like the dreaded, “Do I look fat?” question. There’s never a safe answer. For starters, someone may look slim standing up, but resemble the Buddha when sitting on a couch. You need to assign tasks to get honest answers to these tough questions.  More...
Having checked out Mike Damphousse’s blog post Ethics & Wonder/Amazon’s Mechanical Turk/Kiva on his experience getting a data related task done through the new online marketplace, I had a chance to check it out myself and ponder what this means for us as a B2B Marketing Database Management company. Amazon’s Mechanical Turk has been making buzz wav  More...
Tis the season for socializing at the annual office holiday party. As you attend the affair keep in mind that the company sponsored office party is still a business event. It is an extension of the workplace and provides social interaction at the business level. Below are some tips for using the company sponsored party to your career advantage. En  More...
It is natural, in an age of bailouts and government intervention, to denounce the actions being taken “for our own good” by the President and Congress, and write at length about what we shouldn’t be doing. It is my view that people look entirely too  More...
Whether you are a search engine optimiser, a web master or you simply want to know how search engines work, you need to know about Google page rank. This article explains how Google determines trusted sites and elaborates on some of the factors in detail including the PageRank algorithm.  More...
Last week at a Tweet up organized for the Research Symposium for the Society of New Communications Research in Boston I chatted with Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communications at Clemson University in South Carolina and a research fellow with the society. We discussed the concept of agenda setting* in the press.  More...
It's encouraging to see that companies have increased interest in social media, but I'm hoping they stop and think about what's in it for the customer more than they think about what's in it for themselves. Companies who've listened first and continuously learn from participation in social networks have seen improved engagement levels.  More...