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Find out how to motivate your customers to share your content and the mistakes you need to avoid for a strong social media content strategy. Read More

Last year Apple became the worlds most valuable brand, in no small part because of CEO Steve Jobs. Yesterday, Jobs resigned as CEO and today, the world has been taking in the news and wondering what is next for Apple... Read More

Social bookmarking offers a chance to get your blog content out there and viewed by the world. If you can't see the wood for the trees on sites like Digg, you might think social bookmarking and social sharing sites aren't for you. But have you looked at these top niche sites? Read More

These days many potential customers will have their first experience of your business by checking out your website. Despite this, many businesses pay too little attention to how visitors behave when they first come to their site. What can we do to make a better first impression? Read More

Nothing in life is guaranteed but as Benjamin Franklin famously said: "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." By doing some preparation before you start your business you can prepare to succeed instead. Here are 10 things you can do BEFORE you start your business.

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Should you write content for search engines or visitors? You need traffic from Google but it's got to be useful or your site won't convert, won't sell. Here's a quick look at this false dilema and how to make search engine friendly content that users love. Read More

Google and Bing have confirmed that links from Twitter are being used as factors in their search rankings. But how are social signals being used and what can you do to make this work to improve your rankings? Read More

My experience has mostly been that how a site looks has little to do with how well it does its job. But you want to make sure that your pages aren't giving negative impressions. Here is an example of where overuse of Google ads and poor presentation will harm conversion rates, links and SEO results. Read More

A blog could be just the thing to kick-start your SEO. This post looks at 6 SEO benefits to blogging and why you should start a blog and post to it regularly. Read More

Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers? This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. At TEDxEdmonton, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish -- as kids and as adults. Read More