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Understanding Search Engines

Oct 21, 1999

Understand how search engines work Identify keywords and key phrases that succinctly describe your siteRead more

Group Gripes -- and Kudos

Oct 21, 1999

At the Motley Fool, an online investor-education company based in Alexandria, Va., the company intranet offers a team forum for constructive criticism tha...  Read more

Just Balls! An E-commerce Success Story

Oct 21, 1999

An interview with Jim Medalia, president and founder of " Just Balls!" Q: What types of products do you sell at Justballs.Com?
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Look before You Lease

Oct 21, 1999

Mark Pahmer, president of 22-employee Graphics for Industry, in New York City, is a big fan of employee leasing. That's because employee...  Read more

Selling on the Internet: How to Get Started and How Much Does it Cost?

Oct 20, 1999

For many, the biggest barrier to getting started with doing business on the Internet may very well boil down to two basic questions. How, exactly, do you ...  Read more

Planning for the Perfect Online Store

Oct 20, 1999

Here are several successful online stores and the site features that helped make them a success.  Read more

Boosting Consumer Confidence

Oct 20, 1999

In this report, we offer some helpful hints for merchants to keep in mind when setting up their online stores and offer five tips for turning casual "wind...  Read more

Site Maintenance Utilities

By Rogers, Martha, Kasanoff, Bruce |  Oct 20, 1999

An often ignored yet critical element of maintaining an Internet presence is Web sitemaintenance. Sloppy HTML, dead links, oversized graphics, and slow do...  Read more

Backing Up Your Business Data

Oct 20, 1999

One day - maybe 10 years from now, maybe tomorrow - the computer that servesyour Web site will break down, destroying your business records. If yo...  Read more

Brandapalooza

By Thea Singer |  Oct 15, 1999

A look at how Michael Dorf, cofounder and CEO of the Knitting Factory, branded a culture and used strategic sponsorships to grow his fringe-music venue into ...  Read more

Cartoon Character

By Emily Barker |  Oct 15, 1999

Here's how a good reputation and even better timing helped Shawne Kleckner, CEO of Right Stuf International, turn a simple exercise in nostalgia into a boomi...  Read more

Identify Keywords and Phrases

By Larry Swanson |  Oct 13, 1999

It's easy to get a top placement in the big Internet search engines if youput very specific keywords in your site's content and meta tags. So, if your goa...  Read more

The Little Engines That Could

Oct 13, 1999

When managers want business information, many now routinely look on the Internet. They use search engines like Alta Vis...  Read more

Seven Questions to Ask Before Opening an Internet Merchant Account

Oct 12, 1999

Having an Internet merchant account is an essential part of accepting credit cardsover the Net. Here are some questions to keep in mind when setting out t...  Read more

Choosing a Credit Card Clearing Service

Oct 12, 1999

Processing credit card orders online is a complicated process. First, you need a secureserver and some form of shopping cart software to acceptcustomers' ...  Read more

Merchant Account Providers: Compare Fees and Technical Capabilities

By Aaron Spitzer |  Oct 12, 1999

Once you've developed a list of merchant account providers who might offer you anaccount, you need to compare the different MAP offerings. Be certain to a...  Read more

Design Your Web Pages for Fast Loading

By Larry Swanson |  Oct 12, 1999

As they watch page after slow-loading page gradually appear on their computer screens,some folks have started to refer to this medium as the World Wide Wa...  Read more

An Online Checks Primer

Oct 12, 1999

Accepting checks online is legal under certain circumstances. Three laws were passed allowing Internet check acceptance: the Uniform Commercial Code, Titl...  Read more

New Ideas for Fighting Spam

Oct 11, 1999

An organization focused on controlling spam has come up with new proposals that give Internet service providers more effective weapons to fight unsolicite...  Read more

Just Looking

By Cheryl McManus |  Oct 1, 1999

They don't call it a Web browser for nothing. According to a recent survey of 25 top E-commerce sites, conducted by Net Effect Systems, 67% of the merchan...  Read more

Metatags, Newsgroups Help to Recruit on the Web

Oct 1, 1999

There are currently about 5 million resumes online in career sites, resume banks and job boards. But there aretens of millions of passive candidates who h...  Read more

What Data Warehousing Can Do for You

Oct 1, 1999

Data Warehousing Advice for Managers by Patricia L. Ferdinandi. AMACOM, 208 pages, $29.95. There's been a lot of buzz ...  Read more

HR Keeps Business Disaster Plans Focused on People

Oct 1, 1999

Hurricane Floyd was just the latest of the reminders that companies receive from time to time to keep theirdisaster plans up to date. It's an important re...  Read more

Layoffs: A Wrong Way and a Right Way

By Bob Nelson |  Oct 1, 1999

Best Practice: Layoffs with Integrity Cruel and Unusual A controller for a state agency in Wisconsin was ask...  Read more

Business for Sale: Business-to-Business Web Site

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1999

Dying to get in on the Web frenzy? Consider this already-profitable business-to-business Web site. Profile includes price, how the business was valued, outlo...  Read more

Turn Techies into Trainers

By Matthew Berk |  Sep 22, 1999

Now's the time to learn to navigate the Internet. The longer you postpone it, the more onerous it will seem. "You'll be frustrated in the beginning...  Read more

Checking Data More Than Twice

Sep 22, 1999

Whether they are test-marketing a new fruit drink, beta-testing computer software, or running clinical trials on an antibiotic, companies share a common c...  Read more

Why Hackers Love Small-Business Networks

Sep 22, 1999

Most Internet users know by now that hackers can target any account. But the conventional wisdom is that hackers are only looking for "interesting" target...  Read more

Down by Law

By Joshua D. Macht |  Sep 15, 1999

After years of lagging behind in all things wired, Europe finally appears poised to embrace the Internet. The Continent's on-line population will quadrupl...  Read more

Get Smart

By Bronwyn Fryer |  Sep 15, 1999

Should your company be doing knowledge management? Many companies are profiting from combining business processes with technology to create a collective corp...  Read more

Rapid Transit

By Ramon Ray |  Sep 15, 1999

Need faster, cheaper Internet access without a T1 or an ISDN line? Here's a sampling of cable, DSL, and fixed wireless providers that can give you more speed...  Read more

You've Got Mailings

By Ilan Mochari |  Sep 15, 1999

To relieve the hassle of direct mailings, David Gerdner, sole proprietor of Next Generation Software, turned to ELetter, a Web-based direct-mail service.  Read more

Block that Megabyte

By Shane McLaughlin |  Sep 15, 1999

With increasing numbers of dancing babies, holiday greeting cards, and space games whizzing through cyberspace as E-mail attachments, servers across the c...  Read more

Things We Love

By Anne Marie Borrego |  Sep 15, 1999

Last year Karl Meyer, the founder of Gentle Giant Studios, a maker of toys and 3-D models for the film and television industry, got a call from Lucas Lice...  Read more

The Show Must Go On

By Mie-Yun Lee |  Sep 15, 1999

Lightweight and affordable, LCD projectors can maximize the effectiveness of your computer-generated presentations.  Read more