Although education directory CourseAdvisor was receiving more than one million unique visitors a month, it still wanted to maximize the percentage of users that completed information requests and converted into qualified leads. In testing the TRUSTe Web Privacy Seal's impact on conversions when displayed, CourseAdvisor saw a 9% boost.
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Boosting online conversions with the TRUSTe privacy services
Posted by heatherwills under Success StoriesFrom http://bx.businessweek.com 5371 days ago
Lessons Learned from Acquiring a Web Business
Posted by McLaughlin under Success StoriesFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 5378 days ago
It's been a little over two months now since my company, Small Business Trends LLC, acquired BizSugar.com, a site for small business news.
It's been a learning experience, and it occurred to me that it might make a good case study about acquiring a Web business. So I plan to periodically report on how it's going.
It's still early but I'm rea
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How to Diffuse Angry Call Center Customers
Posted by daphne4d under Success StoriesFrom http://www.callcenterconsultant.net 5384 days ago
Under any circumstance, the sale of your home can be emotionally challenging. The sale of your house under difficult circumstance, for example, pursuant to a court order after divorce, can be even more difficult.
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Outlook turning positive for small businesses
Posted by andynew under Success StoriesFrom http://www.theage.com.au 5389 days ago
Small-to-medium sized businesses have benefitted from the Federal Government's stimulus packages, registering a profitable outlook for the first time since September 2008, a survey shows.
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Talk to your customers
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Success StoriesFrom http://www.5min.com 5425 days ago
For small business success, it's important to talk to your customers. In this excerpt from Small Business School, we hear one unusual example of how this paid off against prevailing market trends.
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Starting a family business
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Success StoriesFrom http://www.businessweek.com 5426 days ago
Starting a family business presents many challenges, experts say, but sisters Brenda and Mary Maher bucked the odds with their successful baking business Cakegirls.
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Starting a business as a virtual assistant
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Success StoriesFrom http://www.womenhomebusiness.com 5433 days ago
Starting a business as a virtual assistant allows you to choose your own hours, who you work for and even the kind of work you do. Kimberly Mann talks about starting her own virtual assistant business in the following profile.
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Work at home online with Squidoo
Posted by ShawnHessinger under Success StoriesFrom http://www.squidoo.com 5433 days ago
You can work at home online with Squidoo. A stay at home mom describes how she has made as much as $984 in a single month using the popular website building community. Is there a viable business model for content creation on Squidoo?
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Another Google Work at Home Scheme - Can it Get any Funnier?
Posted by andynew under Success StoriesFrom http://homebusiness.about.com 5453 days ago
None of these schemes being advertised are in any way associated with Google, as mentioned previously on this site. The irony of it all is not only are these ads being served through Google AdSense, that if you Google the so-called opportunity, you'll see what other people have to say about it - and it ain't pretty. The other part of the irony i
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Globalpreneur: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in Business!
Posted by luzspielberg under Success StoriesFrom http://luzglobalpreneur.blogspot.com 5457 days ago
So, the question is, are you still trying to peddle you industry's version of the Walkman or are you willing to take a look at every aspect of your business, your products, your services, and your processes in an effort to give the market what it demands.
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