Why Money Can Hurt Your Marketing
The size of your advertising spend has little to do with your success. In fact, sometimes too much cash can be a very bad thing. Read more
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Does Hard Selling Still Work?
Even though customers hate high pressure sales tactics, some companies still use them. How come? Read more
Ask Questions That Are Easy for Your Community to Answer 
Likeable Media CEO Dave Kerpen gives examples of humorous questions you can ask to inspire responses on social media. Watch video
Don't Waste Your Time and Money on Email Marketing
Email can be a powerful tool in the marketer's tool kit. Don't get it all wrong. Read more
4 Ways to Deal with the Fiscal Cliff
Regardless of what happens in Congress, here are four ways to effectively deal with whatever the coming year brings. Read more
No. 1 Marketing Mistake You're Making
Marketers need to inject a bit of this into their efforts to catch the most customers. Read more
How to Win a Customer Back
Departing customers can teach you how to win them back, but only if you're open-minded. Read more
Your Online Bio, Supercharged
The skinny on three services that help you create personal webpages to encompass your entire online life. Read more
Give Prospective Hires a Tryout
Indigo Triplett, a human resources consultant, recommends you don't try to predict how a new hire will turn out. Give her a trial run. Watch video
How to Get Anyone's Attention
With all the noise today it's difficult to get someone to give you the attention you deserve. Here are three tips sure to get you noticed for the right reasons. Read more
Yelp's Jeremy Stoppelman: 'What the Hell Am I Doing?'
When Yelp launched in 2004, Jeremy Stoppelman and his co-founder thought they were super geniuses. But the site flopped. Watch video
8 Reasons Not to Hire a PR Firm
If you find yourself agreeing with any of these statements, save your money. A PR firm isn't for you. Read more
Why the Microsoft Surface is Doomed
Why you should think twice about betting your business on Microsoft's new device. Read more
How to Land a Customer for Life
Here's how one recent experience cemented my loyalty to a chocolate company. Read more
Customer Gripes: 4 Smart Ways to Respond Online
Do you delve into the fray when you get a bad review or a tweet bashing your service? You should--here are the best ways to do it. Read more
Success Means Learning to Let Go
Success results not from adding things to your life but from letting go of them. Read more
Proof For Skeptics: Cyber Monday is Huge
Here's the backstory on Cyber Monday and what this year's statistics mean for retailers. Read more
4 Business-Friendly Tools From Pinterest
From best practices to marketing buttons and widgets, here are some Pinterest resources to help you get more out of the platform. Read more
Dude, What Happened to Your Marketing Emails?
Turns out, a significant portion of your emails might be going directly into a black hole. Here's what you're doing wrong. Read more
Marketing Lies & What They Really Mean
Find out what the top ten marketing messages really mean to your customers. Read more
Creatively Kill the Competition: 5 Tips
Vying to emerge ahead of your rivals? Here's what you need to know. Watch video
Winners & Losers of the Next 10 Years
The futurist and founder of InfoSpace and inome makes some bold predictions about the landscape of tech 10 years out Watch video
3 Design Principles to Better Your Business
Design is now at the forefront of innovation. Does your company have the best design team it can? Check out how the landscape has changed. Read more
5 Tips to Keep Your Home-Based Business Legal
It's that time of year when people think about starting a new home-based business. Here's how to find the right legal structure and stay-out of trouble. Read more
6 Reasons Sales Campaigns Fail
Are you making these six common selling errors? Find out what they are and how to easily avoid them. Read more
