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How to Make Money on Facebook

Is your Facebook page a real snoozer? You won't make much money that way! Even the smallest business can make money on Facebook. Here's how.  Read more

How She Got Spanx on Oprah 

The steps Sara Blakely took to land her girdles on Oprah and, ultimately, built the Spanx brand.  Watch video

See the Coolest Sleep Technology at CES

Three innovative products that monitor, analyze, and improve your hours of shut-eye, straight from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.  Read more

Who Will Survive After CES?

The Consumer Electronics Show is great for getting buzz, but it's no guarantee for success for start-ups. Here's what it takes to survive after Las Vegas.  Read more

What Does Your Company Look Like From the Outside?

Do you know how a client, prospect, potential hire, or member of the media really experiences your company? You need to find out now.  Read more

Chip Conley: The 5 Things Everyone Wants From You

Joie de Vivre Hotels’ founder explains how your customers, your employees, and even your investors have the same five needs. Deliver on them and you can’...  Read more

How to Build a Brand from Scratch

My company set out to revolutionize the workout. But first, we had to put our name on the map.  Read more

How to Build Your Personal Brand 

Five tips to help you create and proliferate your most important brand asset--you--and gain notoriety for your business. Dan Schawbel, founder of Millennial ...  Watch video

Lessons From the Launch of Google Music

Here's what you can learn from Google Music's entrance into the music marketplace, and how to make your next product a stand-out in a crowded market.  Read more

Success Stories: How to Build Your Brand

Arthur Ceria, founder and executive creative director of CreativeFeed, talks about how he creates brands for Chiquita, Sisley, and Microsoft--and himself.  Read more

Should You Hire a Celebrity Tweeter?

Here's how two companies turned B-List star power into A-List promotions.  Read more

Thanks for Coming Clean Domino's; Comcast Should Take Notes!

We all can learn a lesson or two on how to correct a negative image. Here's what Domino's is doing right.  Read more

Hashtag Techniques for Businesses

Here are some starting points about how to promote your business through Twitter hashtags.  Read more

How to Self-Publish Your Book

So you're interested in self-publishing your book? Here are 10 things to consider before you go the indie publishing route.  Read more

How Hipmunk Learned to Respect Its Users

Hipmunk's Alexis Ohanian's site-building philosophy centers around loving users. That's because his last company, Reddit, was made by them.  Read more

Managing By Mea Culpa

With straight talk and lessons in sacrifice, a new generation of leaders is changing the way that companies are managed.  Read more

Peter Guber on the Power of Effective Communicators

In his new book, Tell to Win , the Hollywood producer and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment addresses the importance of storytelling in business.  Read more

4 Ways to Block Brand Competition

Is your company's brand unique, innovative, and rock-solid enough to not only capture and hold customer loyalty, but also to dominate the market by knocking ...  Read more

Tactics Are the New Strategy

Strategic management can be a huge time drain for managers. Why not just ditch the conventional wisdom and go with your intuition in order to innovate once i...  Read more

Turning Fierceness Into a Brand

Designer Christian Siriano of Project Runway fame takes time out from Fashion Week to talk about growing sales and falling models.  Read more

The Sugar Made Him Do It

Siggi Hilmarsson, founder of Siggi's Skyr yogurt, discusses his trial-and-error process of starting up, the American diet, and the importance of sleep.  Read more

Jason Ross, Founder of JackThreads 

The founder of this men's fashion e-commerce company based in Columbus, Ohio, talks about building a brand, bootstrapping a start-up, and where he finds his ...  Watch video

How to Take a Local Brand National

"It's all about Facebooking, Tweeting and friending people," says Elaina Scotto of Scotto restaurant in New York City.  Read more

How to Maintain Brand Consistency Across Product Lines

With a diversity of products, how do you keep your brand name pure? It's all about who your brand resonates with and why.  Read more

A Little Self-Promotion Never Hurts

How to get the word out about your new business  Read more