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Recent Online Marketing Articles

Are You a David or a Goliath?

Small companies taking on big rivals. Plus, the art of the pivot, Hollywood smiles on Vita Coco, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Building a Successful Food Blog

With great recipes and a commitment to editorial integrity, Deb Perelman’s smittenkitchen.com has attracted a legion of fans. Here's how she did it.  Read more

Shoppers Combine Search, Social Media to Fuel Decisions

A whopping 86 percent of consumers say search engines are very important in the buying process, while just one percent use social media alone.  Read more

Tech Companies Host Internships for Middle Schoolers

A New York teacher is recruiting tech start-ups to offer micro-internships to his 12- and 13-years-old students.  Read more

How to Avoid a Social Media Lawsuit

Businesses are utilizing social media to develop their brand and connect with customers. They often overlook the legal ramifications that could arise. Here's...  Read more

Imagining a Post-Steve Jobs World

What will Apple look like without its visionary CEO? Plus, Ashton Kutcher's latest venture, the most influential women in tech and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Future Facebook Culture Change?

Facebook announced at the beginning of this month that they are Read more

The Shared Experience

In the old days, businesses would blast a single message through newspapers, radio, and TV.  Interaction was reduced to snail mail, phone calls, and ...  Read more

An SBDC Helping Businesses With Social Media

The Iowa Western Community College Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Center teaches small businesses how to engage their customers online.  Read more

How to Design a Great Press Page for Your Website

Looking for media attention? Make yourself accessible and appealing by laying out the right information online.  Read more

How to Measure Your Brand's Online Influence

How certain diagnostic and analytic tools can help spread your online influence and spark interest in your brand  Read more

Steve Huffman, Co-founder of Hipmunk 

Steve Huffman founded Reddit in 2005 when he was 22-years-old. Hear how he took the lessons from there to his newest company, Hipmunk.  Watch video

Slideshare: An Easy Way to Present

I am really becoming a big fan of author and speaker Sally Hogshead . Her book, Fascinate ,...  Read more

Facebook's Role in Revolutions

The social networking site has kept a low profile amid uprisings in the Middle East. Plus, an employee strikes back and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Should You Make Consumers Register to Buy Online?

New research says consumers will lie on forms, leave them unfinished, or favor websites that don't require registration.  Read more

7 E-mail Marketing Tips for Valentine's Day

These tips will help you to capitalize on Valentine's Day (or any holiday) with effective e-mail marketing.  Read more

Groupon's Boardroom Shakeup

Starbucks boss Howard Schultz is joining the daily deal site's board. Plus, Obama's wireless pitch, a renegade Google executive and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

A Hidden Social Media Opportunity

At Social Media Camp New York yesterday, I picked up an unexpectedly simple tip on how to get your customers to listen to what you have to say.  Read more

Firing the "So-So" Workers

Jay Goltz on how to handle hiring mistakes. Plus, Mark Zuckerberg's stalker, the new social media elites and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Why I Don’t Use MySpace

MySpace has admitted to claims of Read more

Groupon's Game Day

Will the social coupon site's Super Bowl ad be a fumble or a touchdown? Plus, Google's hiring spree and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

3 Trends Shaping B2B Marketing

Here's how the savviest B2B companies will be delivering their message and proving their value to customers this year.  Read more

How to Get Retweeted

Remember my Klout Score of 30?  Since then, I've been...  Read more

Who Turned Down $100 Million?

Path, that's who. Plus, a Super Bowl gamble, highly successful companies you've never heard of, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Rebranding on the Internet

After Action Envelope made a domain name change to Envelopes.com, it struggled to rebrand without losing Google traffic.  Read more

The Way I Work: Gary Vaynerchuk

Gary Vaynerchuk, a social media marketing guru, splits his time between two companies, and spends every free second tweeting his heart out.  Read more

5 Tips for Bringing a Third-Party App to Market

These days, you can create an app for just about anything. But so can someone else. How can you go about differentiating yourself from the competition while ...  Read more

LinkedIn Files for an IPO

In its S-1 filing, the Mountain View, California, company reported revenue of $161.4 million in the first nine months of 2010.  Read more

How to Best Utilize the New Foursquare for Business

The check-in giant recently relaunched their business page offerings, making it easier for local businesses, retail chains and individual brands to reap the ...  Read more

A Chief Digital Officer for New York

City picks entrepreneur to lead digital efforts. Meet Rachel Sterne. The 27-year-old entrepreneur was tapped by New York City Mayor Michael Bloombe...  Read more

How to Build Better Business Relationships

Whether you realize or not, relationships are the fuel that feeds the success of your business. Here's how to make ones that last.  Read more

Is 2011 the Year of a Digital Privacy Revolution?

Federal legislation for digital privacy is poised for a major overhaul in 2011, kindling a heated dialogue among policy makers, start-ups, and legal scholars.  Read more

The Klout Score, a Way to Measure Online Influence

Klout has been in the public eye lately, especially after closing an Read more

A Million-Dollar Tweet?

Quantifying Twitter's networking power. Plus, a fast-food breakup, five myths to watch, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

Fix Your Profile Picture

Your profile picture! Remember: this is the answer to the following questions. What's the first thing a potential employer or client or business coll...  Read more