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Work Won’t Make You Happy

February 11, 2012 by Kneale Mann with 6 views

We are stressed and overwhelmed. Information and deadlines are coming at us faster than our minds can comprehend them. Multitasking has become the new badge of honour. And being busy is apparently a good thing. The reason why unhappiness in the workplace has become an epidemic may not be about the work. The cause could be... [read more]

How Social Media Can Makes Us Antisocial

February 10, 2012 by Tac Anderson with 82 views

The more prevalent social media becomes and the closer we become as a society we seem to be more and more stuck on the differences. Quick social media interactions also seem to be replacing deeper, real life relationships and interactions. [read more]

Why Stalking Your Website Visitors Isn't a Very Good Idea

February 9, 2012 by Bob Apollo with 43 views

 I recently received a LinkedIn message from someone whose profile I had accidently visited, saying something along the lines of “I just noticed that you visited my profile on LinkedIn. Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with.” This is the second time this has happened in the past couple of weeks, and I hope that... [read more]

Turn Your Business Into a Community Building Platform

February 8, 2012 by John Jantsch with 25 views

Does your business serve your community? Its success may depend on it. [read more]

The Growth of the Recommendation Economy

February 7, 2012 by Kate Carruthers with 60 views

Seth Godin wrote about the the attention economy. But it seems to me that we are also seeing the evolution of an online social recommendation economy. [read more]

Marketing Cloud Computing to Non-Believer CIOs

February 3, 2012 by Ardath Albee with 18 views

Cloud computing is a pretty big deal. It's one of the top priorities for many CIOs. So, it should be a pretty easy process to build a B2B content strategy that helps CIOs make a purchasing decision. Or is it? I subscribe to a lot of newsletters and have a ton of Google Alerts to help me mine for information I use to learn more about the... [read more]

Facebook Goes Public: Facebook IPO Filed with Securities and Exchange Commission

February 2, 2012 by John Lawson with 92 views

Facebook has official filed a $5 Billion IPO today. The bets are on that this could be the largest tech IPO in history, some have said it could go as high as $100 billion. WOW! [read more]

The Value of Writing Things Down

February 1, 2012 by Bill Ives with 49 views

Here is an interesting bit of research. Kevin Purdy reports in, The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For Writing Things Out, that “a Forrester Research survey of business professionals found that 87 percent of them supplement gadgets with paper productivity, and 47 percent thought their personal and company efficiency would improve with better note-taking.” [read more]

Do You Really Need a Virtual Assistant?

January 30, 2012 by Tushar Mathur with 87 views

A lot of business owners eventually come to the decision that they could benefit from employing a part time virtual assistant to help manage some of the clerical or administrative work that goes along with business management. Other business owners reach the conclusion that there is really no need to do this since, after all, noboby... [read more]

20 Social Media Blogs You Should Read in 2012

January 29, 2012 by PamDyer with 341 views

Social media is now an essential component of doing business. It’s important for marketers to keep up with the ever-changing social media landscape so they can align their strategies and achieve the results they’re looking for. Here’s a list (in alphabetical order) of some great social media blogs to read in 2012. [read more]

Launching a Social Command Center (Without the Center)

January 28, 2012 by David Armano with 69 views

"Social command centers" are all the rage today, and it's not without some merit. Many organizations now find themselves in a real-time business environment where news travels faster than sound, and information is set free.As a result, some forward thinking companies have put "monitoring" in place either in-house or in combination with... [read more]

Moving Your Web Site Into the 21st Century

January 26, 2012 by Bill Ives with 26 views

Geoff Bock provides a useful look at what firms need to do to make their Web sites relevant to today’s Web users with is article, Beyond the Web page: Broader Web strategy a must for business success. He sees 2011 at the end of Page-oriented Web sites.Geoff notes, “Enterprises can no longer afford to maintain their digital presences... [read more]

Getting the 411 on Social ROI

January 25, 2012 by Brent Leary with 33 views

As part of the One on One conversation series I do over at SmallBizTrends.com, I recently talked with Cory Hartlen, a product marketing manager with Radian6.  During our discussion Cory mentioned quite a number of things that hit on the topic of social media ROI. One story that really caught my attention was around how some of... [read more]

Why Every Entrepreneur Needs a Blog

January 23, 2012 by Small Biz Bee with 190 views

In this fast paced world, things are becoming more technical. We have entered the digital economy and most people nowadays are dealing with the largest network in this universe, the internet. [read more]

Clay Shirky says SOPA and PIPA are Bad

January 22, 2012 by Kneale Mann with 54 views

Millions have been vocal online lately about two pieces of legislation in Congress in the United States. One is SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy Act and the other is PIPA - the Protect IP Act Mainstream media have been trying to figure out a way to stop us from sharing (and in some people’s minds, stealing) content for years.... [read more]

What Mattered In 2011 For Social Media [Infographic]

January 20, 2012 by PamDyer with 106 views

  2011 was a giant year for social media. Pandora, Groupon, and LinkedIn went public, Google+ launched, Twitter reached 100 million active users and was valued at $8 billion, and Facebook rolled out some big changes, including its major Timeline redesign. This infographic from Flowtown takes a look at the major social media events... [read more]

When the World Changes...

January 18, 2012 by Seth Godin with 38 views

It's painful, expensive, time-consuming, stressful and ultimately pointless to work overtime to preserve your dying business model. [read more]

Tebow Time for Entrepreneurs: 4 Ways to Peak Performance When It Counts

January 12, 2012 by Small Biz Bee with 27 views

Tebowing: Love it or hate it. [read more]

You Cannot Ignore Google+ for Your Business

January 11, 2012 by Drew McLellan with 231 views

How you connect on Google+ will impact your business in search results. [read more]

Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2012

January 5, 2012 by Steve King with 259 views

Our overall economic outlook is for continued moderate growth with U.S. GDP increasing 2.5%-3.0%.  While we expect hiring and the job market to improve, unemployment will remain high, finishing the year around 8%.  Social Trends  1.  Being Human:  A trend that has rippled through our research the past couple... [read more]

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