Tuesday 31 March 2015
Will Instagram shut down this 17-year-old's app?
It's a 17-year-old kid against a $35 billion company.
5 Phrases That Should NEVER Be in Your Business Vocabulary
Your choice of words makes all the difference in business. Use the right ones and positive responses happen. Use the wrong ones and watch your customers and even your employees walk out the door.
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6 Awesome MailChimp Automation Hacks – Lead Scored Emails, Pre-Filled Forms & More!
For the last couple of years, I have been running marketing automation campaigns for large corporations and multinational brands that want to take their marketing strategy to the next level. The work involves advanced clustering and segmentation, automated email flows, social media integration, lead management, and other push and pull mechanisms for personalizing the brand’s […]
Queen's royal workers locked in labor dispute at Windsor Castle
A revolt is brewing at Windsor Castle.
Monday 30 March 2015
How Onnit Can Use KISSmetrics to Drive Their Growth
Launched in 2010, Onnit is a fast-growing company that sells nutritional supplements, food, and fitness products. Most products Onnit sells are their own private label, while a few are from third-party sellers. Many of Onnit’s products are consumables, meaning that customers need to reorder on a regular basis. Therefore, the key to Onnit’s success and […]
Trevor Noah to replace Jon Stewart as new host of 'The Daily Show'
Read full story for latest details.
Sunday 29 March 2015
Ford's big Lincoln Continental is coming back
The Lincoln Motor Company, Ford's luxury division, unveiled a big, richly-appointed, luxury car called the Continental in New York City Monday.
The U.S. economy is showing cracks
America's economy is starting to see cracks after closing out 2014 with Superman strength.
Saturday 28 March 2015
Driving SaaS Growth With Customer Success
A business cannot survive without loyal customers. SaaS companies depend on recurring customers. Ecommerce companies need repeat purchase customers. Consumer internet companies need visitors to keep coming back on a routine basis. Happy customers are loyal customers. That’s why within many SaaS companies there is a department for customer success. It’s more than a support […]
Angie's List halts Indiana expansion over anti-gay law
Add Angie's List to the roster of companies and business interests taking a stand against Indiana's new anti-gay law.
Friday 27 March 2015
Germanwings crash compensation: What we know
Lufthansa and its insurers have begun the grim task of working out how to compensate families of the victims of this week's Germanwings plane crash.
Thursday 26 March 2015
15 Google Analytics Tips to Speed Up Your Website Data Analysis & Optimization
Would you like to achieve more in less time and with less effort? The success of any online business depends on how quickly it can turn insights into action. This is true for data analysis as well. The good news is that you are about to learn 15 actionable tips you can use with Google […]
The Halo Effect: The Trap That Makes You Hire the Wrong Person
A team full of good people is an admirable goal for any leader. But there’s a common trap on the road to a goal like this that has snared many a well-meaning hiring manager.
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Wednesday 25 March 2015
4 Home Business Tasks You Should Be Outsourcing
If you find yourself swallowed in soul-sucking tedium, outsourcing might be the way to free up your time to focus on your business again.
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Lumber Liquidators flooring in safety probe
Federal safety investigators are investigating whether Lumber Liquidators' flooring has dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde.
Tuesday 24 March 2015
SeaWorld says PETA 'lies' about killer whales
SeaWorld is taking on its critics but is finding that the tide of public opinion - and investor sentiment - is not easing up in the wake of attacks by animal rights groups.
Spring Cleaning for Your Brain: How to Recharge and Reconnect with Your Entrepreneurial Creativity
Many of us use this season to do a little spring cleaning of our office. And while it’s beneficial to operate with a tidy desk, we also can benefit from clearing the cobwebs from our brains so that we can reignite our business creativity.
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Monday 23 March 2015
How to Develop “Strategy” In B2B Content Marketing
If you’re judging by the title, this could be one heck of a scary article to read. Scary, long, and way too complicated. You don’t have time for this, do you? I’m going to go ahead and tell you the point of this article, so you know upfront what I’m trying to accomplish, and why […]
Yacht parking spots go for $3 million
If you thought you paid a lot to park your car, try looking for a spot for a yacht.
9 Tax Scams Every Small Business Should Beware
As if the IRS wasn't enough to fear, small business owners also have to worry about tax scams. Here are nine cons to watch out for this 2015 tax season.
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Wilson buys Louisville Slugger brand
Wilson Sporting Goods is buying the Louisville Slugger brand of baseball bats for $75 million, marrying two of the leading brands in baseball just weeks before the new season starts.
Saturday 21 March 2015
Top 5 CMO Mistakes & How to Avoid Them (The Mistakes, Not the CMOs)
Introducing the 5 most difficult jobs in America, according to Career Overview: Coal Mining President of the United States Alaskan Crab Fishing Mercenary Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Confession: I may have bumped up CMO a few spots. OK, a few hundred spots, but that job is darn hard. (I’m blending CMO and Director of Marketing […]
Invention Ideas We’d Like to See in the Next 50 Years
There's no telling what invention ideas will occur over the next 50 years, but certain types of innovations are necessary as we move towards a more technological, connected society.
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Friday 20 March 2015
Protect Your Brand: Push Your Product, Not the Promotion
Brand promotion through email marketing is a crucial tool for customer acquisition and engagement. Many businesses waste precious effort and resources because they don’t plan their brand promotion properly. Traditionally, retailers have been able to just post huge signs and distribute flyers making consumers aware of the sale in the back. Their storefronts could remain […]
Thursday 19 March 2015
10 Ways to Capture Email Leads Without Disturbing Your Visitors
Your email list is your biggest asset! Michael Hyatt, the “intentional leadership” author has built a multimillion-dollar business on the strength of his email list (115,000 and counting). (Source: His blog.) According to him and other industry experts, list building is the key to a regal online presence. But list building often annoys people. The […]
Body found where Wall Street Journal reporter mysteriously vanished
On the day the family of missing Wall Street Journal reporter launched a fresh effort to track him down more than a year after he vanished, New Jersey investigators recovered a body from a nearby river.
Gates, Bloomberg join forces to fight big tobacco
Two of America's richest men have teamed up to fight big tobacco.
Target hack victims could get up to $10,000
Target is proposing to pay customers who suffered from a 2013 data breach up to $10,000 each in damages.
Wednesday 18 March 2015
4 SEO Data Reports You Haven’t Looked at In a While (and Should)
We marketers are drowning in a sea of metrics. We have more numbers, statistics, analytics, percentages, pie charts, line graphs, and data crunching than we know what to do with. Why in the world am I going to tell you to look at four more? Here’s why. Often, we look at the same metrics over […]
Microsoft will let you unlock Windows 10 with your face
With a quick glance at your Windows 10 laptop, you'll be able to unlock it -- without entering a password.
How To Resolve Past Due Accounts Without Damaging the Relationship
Here are six steps to help you resolve your past due accounts without damaging the business relationships.
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Oil price slump is choking this OPEC economy
Plunging oil prices are taking a heavy toll on one of Africa's top producers.
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Satya Nadella can see what every Microsoft employee is working on
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How to Multiply App Downloads with One Simple Localization Test
As of last July, there was a combined total of 2.5 million apps in the Google Play App Store and the Apple App Store. The app stores get more and more competitive every year, and app publishers are using every available advantage to increase their downloads. Number of apps in each of the app stores, […]
Monday 16 March 2015
101 Ways to Source Content Ideas
As the author of thousands of blog posts, one question I often get is: How do you think of new ideas for blog posts? I have had occasional writer’s block; but for the most part, coming up with ideas has never been an issue. If you pay attention to the world around you and listen […]
Facebook: Here's exactly what we mean by 'nudity'
Facebook has updated its "community standards" for its 1.4 billion users, getting super-specific about what is and isn't allowed on the social network.
5 Guaranteed Ways to Get Denied for a Business Loan
We hope you’ll read between the lines in the tips provided, and learn a thing or two about what not to do when you’re in the market for a business loan.
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China's state broadcaster targets foreign automakers
Foreign automakers from Land Rover to Volkswagen are under fire in China, accused by the country's state television broadcaster of selling defective products and overcharging customers.
Sunday 15 March 2015
Scientology mounts media offensive against upcoming HBO documentary
The church of Scientology delivered a closing argument against "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" on Friday, the day the documentary premiered in theaters.
Saturday 14 March 2015
Driving Sustainable Business Growth
Growth is unique challenge. Knowing how and when to grow are just a few of the challenges young companies face. Three panelists at Airbnb recently chatted about these challenges. The panelists were: Annie Chang, who runs product at Homejoy. Sam Schillace, who is VP of Engineering at Box. Gustaf Alströmer is a product manager on […]
Friday 13 March 2015
GM settles second suit with recall whistle-blower
The mourning parents who helped expose GM's coverup of the ignition switch defect have settled a second lawsuit with the company.
Don’t Talk Your Way Out of a Sale
I often say that words are the tools of a salesman’s trade. When you talk your way out of a sale, you are using the tools incorrectly.
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Want to be a CIA spy? Be careful on Facebook.
Oversharing on Facebook is posing a unique challenge for the CIA's recruitment of future spies.
How to Solve the Biggest Pricing Challenge in the SaaS Industry
Don’t kid yourself. SaaS pricing is not easy. I understand. I have made a few mistakes when it comes to pricing. Through trial and error (life’s greatest teachers), I’ve learned how to price a product, how to improve customer LTV, and how to add features that improve sales and don’t cannibalize business resources. I want […]
The hottest stock market in the world right now is...
Beer, bratwurst and a booming stock market... there are plenty of reasons to love Germany right now.
Thursday 12 March 2015
The Forbidden Channel: Grow Your SaaS Business Through Direct Email
Some argue that the cold call is dead. However, if my growing business is any proof, the cold email pitch is alive and thriving. And, besides, in a world where spam filters are increasingly sensitive and most cold emails are decidedly unwelcome in a decision-maker’s inbox, then how could anyone be so successful with this […]
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Tyson shares fall after bird flu report
Shares of Tyson and other poultry producers fell Wednesday after government officials confirmed a case of bird flu in one flock of turkeys in Arkansas.
How to Assemble a Social Media Dream Team
You need a social media team that can absolutely nail it. That doesn’t happen by just putting warm bodies in front of computers. You need a team of innovators, mold-breakers, thinkers, organizers, brainstormers, collaborators, and strategists who are wicked smart, insanely skilled, and ready to push your business to an extreme level on social media. […]
eBay Search Algorithm Getting Dirty with eBay Watchers
It’s no surprise that eBay’s Profits were damaged by the Google Panda 4.0 Algorithm Update where they lost an estimated 80% of it’s search listings. However, eBay has opened the door to “Black Hat” type practices that force Sellers to spend money on “FAKE Stats” in order to get better visibility. In this post, I will dive into some of the specifics of this new and questionable practice.
“eBay Watchers” Rank smells like Old Fashioned Link Farming
According to a great article by eCommercebytes.com entitled “You Can Buy eBay Watchers – But Should You?“, author Ina Steiner states “eBay gives greater exposure to listings that have a greater number of views and watchers than other listings. In addition, shoppers on eBay are naturally attracted to listings that have many watchers and views, often believing that popularity indicates a sought-after item that they should be looking at too. ” So now, there are ...
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Tech stocks aren't at bubble levels
March 10 is the anniversary of the dot-com bubble, a reminder of just how foolish investors can be.
5 Lessons from David Ogilvy That Still Work for Mobile App Marketing
He cooked for the President of France, sold stoves door-to-door, wrote questionnaires for a research firm, and worked for British Intelligence. Later, he built Ogilvy & Mather. Yes, we are talking about David Ogilvy, often described as the “Original Mad Man” and “The Father of Advertising.” He created some of the most successful marketing campaigns […]
Why You Should Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for Your Website
As your website grows and starts receiving more and more traffic, it's time to start thinking about using a content delivery network service.
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These temporary tattoos measure glucose
At the local office supply store, a roller-ball gel pen will cost you about 50 cents. With a little tinkering, researchers are taking that same pen and using it to measure glucose levels.
Meet Apple's super-thin new MacBook
Forget all your wires and cables. You won't need them if you buy Apple's new MacBook -- it only has two ports.
Credit Suisse replaces CEO with insurance exec
Credit Suisse has named a new boss -- one with no direct experience of banking.
You can already buy a fake Apple Watch in China
The Apple Watch doesn't go on sale officially for more than a month, but China is already awash with clones.
Monday 9 March 2015
Five Reasons Why Prospects Object to Your SaaS Product and How to Overcome Each Objection
You’d think that by now nearly everyone would be sold on the idea of SaaS, cloud services, and the power and flexibility of a subscription service to meet their needs. You’d think. Unfortunately, not everyone is convinced that SaaS is a legitimate model for software usage and purchase. I’m going to go through their main […]
Greece wants tourists to spy on tax cheats
Heading to Greece this summer? You might have a secret mission to complete.
Europe finally starts pumping markets with cash
Better late than never! Europe is finally getting the massive monetary stimulus launched years ago by the United States, Britain and Japan.
Sunday 8 March 2015
Saturday 7 March 2015
What The Pulse App Co-Founders Learned About Building Products
Pulse Co-Founders Akshay Kothari and Ankit Gupta are two Stanford graduates that were always building side projects. All this experience made them learn some valuable lessons that helped them build the Pulse app, which earned them a $90 million acquisition from LinkedIn. Two weeks after the acquisition, they gave a talk at Stanford University and […]
Major Mobile Search Rankings Overhaul as Google Goes Mobile-Friendly
Google is set to refine its mobile search rankings this spring with an initiative that will benefit mobile-friendly businesses.
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Friday 6 March 2015
Your SaaS Is NOT a Product: How to Change Your Mindset and Boost Your Revenue
It’s hard to think of something as both a product and a service. This whole both/and scenario is tough for those who view the world in black-and-white. But that’s what we have with an SaaS. The acronym spells it out — software as a service. We have software. And we have a service. We have […]
Judge tosses out Applebee's face-burning fajitas lawsuit
A diner who sued Applebee's after burning his face on a platter of fajitas got his lawsuit tossed out by an appellate court in New Jersey.
Thursday 5 March 2015
Words That Don’t Sell
Words are powerful. It's important that salespeople understand the power of words when they sell, since words are the tools of their trade.
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How to get your selfie on a billboard in 45 cities
Want millions of people to like that bathroom selfie? Put it on a billboard.
The Psychological Trigger That’s Confusing Your Customers (and What to Do about It)
For countless years, businesses have been searching for their own unique selling propositions, trying to differentiate themselves from their competitors and convince customers to choose them. Businesses go about this in many ways, such as by highlighting the different features they have, lowering prices (or, in some cases, increasing prices), or focusing on the competitor’s […]
Ringling Bros. to phase out elephants from circus shows
The Greatest Show on Earth will soon be without elephants.
Wednesday 4 March 2015
5 Simple Ways to Increase LTV for an Ecommerce Business
In the ecommerce business, you can pick all kinds of numbers by which to judge and analyze your business. You can calculate visitors, bounce rates, CTRs, conversion rates, and micro-conversion rates — all of which are important. But there’s another metric, the importance of which far outweighs all the others. It’s called LTV — the […]
Tuesday 3 March 2015
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