I’ve noticed a pattern lately. Many people are quickly promoted and moved to another part of the business. This has happened time and time again.

What do you think the most important ingredient to a successful internet marketing strategy is? It might sound a bit silly and basic, but you would be surprised how many business owners and marketing professionals don’t really think through what is necessary to successfully market a business on line so that their website actually generates new business.

HOW DO SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES IDENTIFY SUBSTANDARD HOSTING COMPANIES?

The importance of fresh content for any website cannot be understated. Not only are returning visitors greeted by new material, but more importantly, search engines are. For this reason, every site should have a content strategy to capitalize on this potential opportunity.

We can all spot a web 2.0 design when we see one. If it isn’t the rounded corners or faded backgrounds, it’s the bright colours, huge fonts, or BETA tag. These flashy, tacky designed used to have VCs at their mercy, but not anymore. The era of design is on its way out.

I am amazed at the blog-reluctance of many small businesses. I hear things like “I don’t have time to blog”, “blogging doesn’t make sense in my industry”, and sometimes even the dreaded “what the heck is a blog?”

What's in a business name? Plenty. Not only must your name reflect your brand and be memorable, there are also a host of legal issues to consider.

How To Track Your Competitors In business, you always need to know what your competitors are doing. To survive you must perform competitive intelligence activities and monitor the broader market for new developments that could affect your company, your products and brands, suppliers, and distributors.

Take note of recent strides in understanding how our brains control sleep, learning, memory and other functions, and–even more important–how we can improve these faculties. Improved brain imaging has opened windows into how we learn, remember, recover and rest.

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