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‘Sell smart’ is the mantra today among business to business marketing and sales professionals. From the time of launching an all out attack on every single name one could gather in their database, b2b marketing and sales has evolved int to a more careful, well thought out and strategic approach based on qualifying prospects before engaging them. K  More...
Guest posting is a great way to get your name out there, build links, enhance your credibility and gain subscribers. If it is done well it is also a good deal for the blogger who gets fresh content. Just make sure you are not making these common mistakes.  More...
Many people (including some sales and marketing coaches) think selling is a matter of manipulating, pushing, or tricking customers. And some selling is just that. Con men and boiler room operations are at the extreme edge of persuasive communication, and they give the rest of it a bad name.  More...
Two years after trying to build a consumer antivirus business, Microsoft has decide to throw in the towel. The software vendor said Tuesday that it will discontinue retail sales of its Windows Live OneCare product at the end of June next year, and instead offer Windows users free antivirus software, code-named Morro.  More...
It’s easiest to keep doing what you’ve been doing. It’s no effort at all to keep looking at the same metrics, make the same moves, do the same thing with a new name, even. Your customers are good enough. Why prospect for more? The way you tell your product’s story is excellent. It’s worked for several years. Why change it?  More...
It’s been a while since the last domain names blog post, but here goes another episode of “Domain Names for Blogger”, with some great finds today!  More...
We spend a lot of money on business development. We spring an average of $2,000 per person to send folks to conferences and trade shows in pursuit of the almighty warm lead. We golf with our clients, with our clients friends. We buy cocktails, break bread together, all in the name of establishing favorable connections on a personal level. We hope  More...
Google has decided that it will no longer prohibit businesses bidding for keyword searches of trade marks owned by competitors. In effect, a Google search against a household name may result in a rival business topping the results. Trade mark owners, therefore, will have to outbid competitors if they want their ads to be at the top of the search  More...
To get started, you’ll need to identify keywords that are important for tracking your industry, key trends or issues, the competition, your company and product brand names, as well as company spokespersons’ names. Once you’ve come up with a manageable list, configure the following tools to scan and collect that data.  More...
Ryan Anderson recently did something remarkable. He wrote a post, but it wasn't just any post to me. He wrote a post a few days after sending me a check for $60, money that was never meant to be paid back. Since the check was unexpected and unnecessary, I donated it in his name to the Arthritis Foundation where it will do the most good.  More...
Implementation is a critical part of the SEO process. This is where we actually make the recommended changes to the Web site. It's also where way too many SEO projects go wrong. As much we try to ask all the hard questions before an agreement is signed or a single check is cut, there are some who fail to realize the commitment of time/resources  More...
Step 1: Choose a Domain Name This took more time than we thought, but we got it within 30 minutes. We went to Ajaxwhois.com and used that for brainstorming. It’s a domain name finding software that works quickly, and shows you quickly (very!) which domain names are taken. We decided on OMGPittsburgh.com, which was halfway funny, a little irrev  More...
MySpace launched a beta version of its do-it-yourself advertising platform that's aimed at letting individuals and small businesses create their own ads that can be customized to specific users of the social network. The new MyAds service, which MySpace first detailed in November, will enable anyone to create customized banner advertisements u  More...
The email has a subject line that reads, “Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows” and supposedly came from the "Microsoft Official Update Center" at a domain named securityassurance[at]microsof[dot]com.  More...