RSS Feed
TwitterInteresting infographic from Mashable today. Talk about jobs!
Archive for the ‘B2B’ Category
5 Reasons FourSquare Posted 3,400% Growth Last Year
Posted by TTeel on February 8th, 2011
Okay, double-digit growth is usually something to celebrate … but quadruple-digit growth? That’s pretty impressive. So, it’s hardly surprising that FourSquare is thumping its chest a bit on its corporate blog. After all, the young company’s 3,400 percent growth in 2010 justifies a bit of bravado. So, how did FourSquare pull this off? Let’s take [...]
8 Reasons To Fear Freelancing
Posted by CBennett on October 17th, 2010
Many freelancers love the lifestyle once they get into it, despite the difficulties. Freedom to make our own schedule, do the type of work we want to do, work with whom we want to work with and more are all among the benefits. There’s nothing like waking up in the morning and not taking a [...]
Translation Advertising: Where Shop Meets Hip-Hop
Posted by CBennett on October 4th, 2010
By Stacy Perman Steve Stoute, the marketing force behind boutique advertising shop Translation, has made a living by pretty much ignoring the barriers Madison Avenue has traditionally drawn around demographics and ethnicity. Ten years ago, Stoute left the music business — just before it tanked — and jumped into advertising and marketing. He saw an [...]
The Dark Side of Web-Based Savings Schemes: No Free Launch
Posted by CBennett on August 25th, 2010
Groupon and a host of other Web-based spending incentive schemes, including location-based games like Foursquare, are transforming one corner of the marketing game. But for some retailers it’s bringing a double-edged benefit. Groupon’s first big national promotional partner was Gap, with a seemingly amazing sounding offer of a $50 gift certificate for a knock-down price [...]
How I Collect Customer Data
Posted by CBennett on August 25th, 2010
Entrepreneur Avesta Rasouli explains how he uses Wufoo to collect customer data. As Told to J.J. McCorvey | Aug 24, 2010 My partner and I run a shared workspace for entrepreneurs and freelancers, and we were looking for an easy way to collect information from members. In February, we started using Wufoo, an online service that [...]
Exotic Business People
Posted by TTeel on July 26th, 2010
I have always been intrigued by exotic dancers. Funny right? The majority of my intrigue does not come from the athletic pole dancers, the plastic surgery enhanced bodies, or the beautiful faces that often grace (if you want to call it grace) the stages across the world. I am intrigued by the business. These dancers [...]
Does an MBA Make a Difference For Entrepreneurs?
Posted by CBennett on July 25th, 2010
How an MBA can help and hurt entrepreneurs. Over at Vator.tv, Bambi Francisco Roizen talks to Tom Patterson, a Harvard Business School-educated entrepreneur who recently sold his company Wize to NexTag, about the pros and cons of business school. Yes, business school certainly helps with developing connections, some of which helped Patterson find investors, advisors, [...]
Why Complaining Customers Can Be Good For Your Business
Posted by CBennett on July 19th, 2010
Companies love positive feedback. They share it on Twitter (), post it on their website and use it as marketing fodder. But what about when feedback is, well, less than pleasant? What can you do with a handful (or more) of irate customers? Do you ignore them? Bury them out back? Not in today’s social [...]
Posted in Advice, B2B 
Tags: business owners, customer satisfaction, Customers, Entrepreneur, small business owner 
18 Comments »moBistro Takes Your Business Mobile
Posted by CBennett on June 29th, 2010
moBistro is an easy-to-use, web based application businesses of all sizes can utilize to create and completely customize mobile websites. This powerful, user-friendly tool enables business owners to extend their marketing reach to the mobile sector while maintaining the consistency of their brand. Features such as traffic tracking, social media links and the creation of [...]
Posted in B2B, Featured Articles, Technology Tags: business tools, Mobile, mobile apps, PDA, Technology 3 Comments »Video: eVoice – Boost Your Company Image
Posted by CBennett on June 27th, 2010
Posted in B2B, Media, Technology Tags: Applications, CRM applications, CRM tool, small business owner, Technology, video 1 Comment »Move Over Friends & Family Discounts
Posted by CBennett on June 21st, 2010
With the emergence of several websites dedicated to providing customers with bargains they thought they could only get with a “Friends And Family” discount, this may be the new way for businesses to generate brand recognition with the possibility of establishing brand loyalty; Daily Deal Recommendations. For any success in offering great deals, the product [...]
Posted in B2B, Featured Articles Tags: Applications, customer satisfaction, Entrepreneur, Technology No Comments »Twitter Considers Selling Trending Topics
Posted by CBennett on June 12th, 2010
Twitter is exploring a new addition to its Promoted Tweets ad platform. It’s called Promoted Trends, a feature that would allow advertisers to insert their own terms into Twitter’s trending topics.
How Dana White Built a UFC Empire with Social Media
Posted by CBennett on June 10th, 2010
When the media refused to cover the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the league cultivated its own massive following through grassroots social media rapport. Now the UFC is the fastest growing sport in the world, and its firebrand CEO, Dana White, still spends almost every day reaching out to fans on the Internet.
Facebook
Twitter