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How to Dramatically Improve SEO

Here's an easy way to determine what your customers want--and how to best meet their needs.  Read more

Can Spotify Stem Its Losses?

Leaked financials suggest the start-up is unsustainable. Here are a few ideas on how Spotify can get in the black.  Read more

How to Choose the Best Platform for Your App

Do you develop on Apple iOS, Google Android, or Windows? Or all of the above? Check out the pros and cons for the major platforms.  Read more

Do One Thing & Do It Better Than Anyone Else

Become the best darn whatever-you-are that you can be. Set aside your other good ideas. The rest will follow.  Read more

Simple Tips to Make Your Website Look More Credible

Credibility makes--and breaks--online businesses. Here's how a newcomer in a competitive industry can build trust with customers.  Read more

The New Rules of Viral Videos

They're getting longer and funnier--and they're barely recognizable as advertisements.  Read more

8 Ways to Improve Your 'About Us' Page

Chances are, it's one of the most-visited pages on your site. It's probably also the weakest. Here's how to fix it.  Read more

7 Web Tools Every Start-Up Needs

Whether you're just starting up or need a way to manage existing operations, these tools have you covered.  Read more

4 Secrets to Building an Online Community for Your Business

You don't need a storefront on Main Street to create a cozy community for your start-up; you can do it online. HootSuite's community manager explains.  Read more

Future of Mobile Apps: 4 Predictions

More than 5,500 software developers were asked to look into their crystal balls. Here's what they saw.  Read more

It's Baaack: Myspace Plots Another Relaunch

If at first you don't succeed, redesign, redesign again. This time, it just might work.  Read more

Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs

Technology can make your job easier. But when something goes wrong, you need basic business instincts to back you up.  Read more

Why Apple's Maps Flap Could Make Your Life Harder

Don't think Apple's buggy new Maps app affects your business? Think again.  Read more

Quick! Get Apple a New Map--for Smart Crisis Control

A buggy product launch? That's familiar territory for most tech founders... but not for Apple. Here's how the company could have minimized the damage.  Read more

Want to Ride the iPhone 5 Wave? Get into Apple's Passbook

iPhone 5 customers will be able to store loyalty cards and coupons on their devices. Here's how to make sure they can access yours, too.  Read more

Innovation Secrets From Apple, Priceline & Spotify

Find out why your customers come to you. And focus on making whatever that is faster and easier to get.  Read more

Don't Skimp on This Tech Expense

When you're building your start-up, save money wherever you can. Just don't go cheap where it really matters.  Read more

Inc. Alums Pivot at TechCrunch Disrupt

Last year, truRSVP's founders made Inc.'s list of Coolest College Start-ups. But a lot has happened since: Now the company has a new name and bigger ambitions.  Read more

Eight Ball, Corner Pocket: Think 6 Steps Ahead of the Competition

Want explosive growth? Strategize like a world-renowned pool player.  Read more

Don't Let Technology Slow You Down: 4 Tips

All of those whiz-bang gadgets and tools are great--until they get in the way of running your business. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen.  Read more

How to Make Conference Calls Fun (Sort of)

ÜberConference promises to solve all of the usual technological headaches and make phone meetings more enjoyable. Here's how it works.  Read more

Google+ Gets Down to Business

If it can't lure more users away from Facebook, Google has another plan for its social network: go after business users.  Read more

Better Social Media Strategy: Show, Don't Tell

There's a reason Pinterest and Instagram are so popular: People like pictures. Here's how to use them to your advantage.  Read more

An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Inc.com columnist Phil Simon says Facebook could solve a few key problems with one simple solution: Charge users--they'll pay.  Read more

An End to Silicon Valley? Not Even Close

One month after Microsoft acquired his company Yammer, David Sacks declares Silicon Valley near its deathbed. Here's why he's wrong.  Read more