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
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Garrett Camp, Founder of StumbleUpon 
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How to Design and Build a Mobile Website
With 75 million Americans accessing the Web from mobile phones, your business can’t afford not to provide customers with a seamless browsing experience. He... Read more
How to Incorporate Badges Into Your Website
Companies such as Foursquare, Stack Overflow, and ThredUP reward customers with virtual merit badges. Read more
Using Predictive Analytics on Web Data
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How to Use WordPress for Business
If you're looking to expand your brand online with a blog, a website, or both, here's what you need to know about WordPress. Read more
How to Use Online Forums
It takes a village to build a business, and that's especially true online. Here's how to cultivate your customer base through a vibrant online forum. Read more
How to Choose a Website Content Management System
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How to Start a Website
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For small businesses just beginning to build an online presence, turning to cheap - or free - Google tools can be a simple solution. Read more
How to Handle Online Credit Card Processing
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How to Hire a Web Developer
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Good Domain Names Grow Scarce
Most of the good, short words you would want for making a great domain name are already taken Read more
Link Bait: Giving It Away Online to Get Traffic
Every small business yearns for "link love" -- links from other websites that can bring traffic to your site and raise your company's visibility. One way to ... Read more
4 Keys to Success with Social Media
To gain insight into how to use social media in your business, look to the successes of some of the entrepreneurs who use the medium best. Read more
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A Texas-based manufacturer of CD and DVD storage cases finds that allowing customer feedback on its website not only helps sell its products but gives the bu... Read more
The Domain Name Game
Companies can use descriptive domain names to draw traffic to their websites without having to pay big bucks for online advertising. Read more
And the Money Comes Rolling In
Markus Frind works one hour a day and brings in $10 million a year. How does he do it? He keeps things simple. Read more
How to Buy a URL
Here are 5 tips on finding and obtaining the rights to a good domain name. Read more
Do-it-Yourself Web Design for Small Business
Small businesses can save money on Web design by doing it themselves with a variety of new online applications such as Wix, Sprout, and Weebly. Read more
How I Did It: Matt Rutledge, Woot
How Matt Rutledge came up with the website, Woot, which sells products in small bursts and prides itself on being absolutely, painfully honest with its custo... Read more
If You Build It, They Will Shop
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Now Is the Time to Start an Internet Business
Gloomy economic predictions have scared away many would-be entrepreneurs. But now is an excellent time to start a new business on the Web. Read more
How to Collect Money Online
PayPal, merchant accounts, shopping cart software -- what should a new online retailer choose to use? Read more
Stop E-Mail Overload with Wikis, Blogs, and IM
Businesses are getting bogged down by their reliance on e-mail to alert employees about everything from landing big clients to donuts in the kitchen. Other t... Read more
Raising the Bar for Web Content
Everyone seems to be creating content on the Web these days. As a small business, you are competing with established media companies for eyeballs -- so you b... Read more
Is Your Domain Name Killing Your Business?
Was the name of your company taken in the dot-com world? Or did you add a hyphen or change an "s" to a "z" at the end of your company name figuring that cust... Read more
Drive Traffic to Your Business Blog
You won’t get any business from your company blog if nobody knows about it. To reach its full potential, a blog needs traffic. To get visitors, use a mix o... Read more
How to Jazz Up Your Website
Do you want to have a top-notch website? Here are 8 important questions to ask yourself. Read more
Fight the Faux: Battling Cybersquatting
It's not only the Coca-Colas of the world that have to worry about protecting their brands from abuse on the Web. Small companies can also easily fall victim... Read more
2008: What a Mashup!
The technologies that will take off among small businesses in the coming year build upon last year's fascination with Web applications and collaboration tools. Read more
The Venerable Blog Gets a Facelift
Web veterans and professional bloggers are leading the way with new blog homepage designs. They do a better job of highlighting popular old posts, contributi... Read more
Web Development Done Right
Doing-it-yourself website design might seem easy, but for the better of your business you should go with hiring a pro. Read more
Ajax On Rails: A Web Application Shortcut
The Ruby on Rails application framework and the Ajax programming language are together becoming a "dream team" for small business Web developers. To make the... Read more
