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There are choices for businesses who want to make the smart investment, invest in their employees' health and healthcare, to createa sustainable brand. Here's a description of some of them. Read More

More and more companies face difficult choices on how to grow your company. Two choices facing all companies is employee healthcare or advertising. Which one would you invest in to grow your business? Read More

As part of his "Are You An Entrepreneur?" series, BizBox's David Feldman identifies the characteristics that make for successful leadership. Read More

I've noticed more and more folks taking shots at the value of social media. For example there's Beware of Social Media Marketing Myths from Gene Marks in Business Week. Read More

Don't discount the community building opportunities that exist with offering exceptional customer service. Read More

It used to be that you only had to worry about keeping your customers happy. It just isn't that easy anymore. As small business owners, it is so important to also keep your employees happy. By keeping them happy, you are building trust and security in the respect and performance that your employees not only give you, but give your customers, as we Read More

Jennifer Laycock and Andrew Goodman of Page Zero Media follow up their SES San Jose 2008 ""Igniting Viral Campaigns"" session with a discussion of the best tips on viral campaigns and social media. Read More

No matter what you do for a living, there's always an incentive to make more money. Maybe you're trying to pay off credit card bills, save up for something special, or have a little cushion should something unexpected happen in your life. It used to be that if you needed to make a bit of extra cash, you needed to pick up a second job, like bussing Read More

I often get questions about creating, maintaining, and optimizing an online presence from small businesses and non profits; how to get into search engine results, how to redesign an old site, what tools are available that are useful, inexpensive or free. Read More

OK, so you've got your twitter account up and cooking, you're using 3rd party apps to filter and aggregate search and you've got a tweeting routing down pat, now what? Now it's time to take a much deeper look into the social web and start slicing conversation themes, discovering who's influencing what, who's saying what and how often, and what's Read More