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Where the VC Dollars Are—and How Female Entrepreneurs Might Benefit

by Molly Greenberg December 18, 2015 Follow @mollygreenbergDecember 18, 2015 According to the most recent Female Entrepreneur Index (FEI), the U.S. has the world’s highest number of female entrepreneurs. This represent a full-scale boom, and while the trend is promising for the future of women in the business world, women receive some of the lowest … Continue reading Where the VC Dollars Are—and How Female Entrepreneurs Might Benefit

You Might Hate It, But AdWords’ Smart Goals Are Pretty Cool for Certain Advertisers

by Larry Kim December 15, 2015December 15, 2015 AdWords just unleashed an easier way for the small business to machete its way through the jungle of code typically required to track paid search performance, and it’s called “smart goals.” This is kinda big news for the less-sophisticated advertiser. But, as expected, there’s no shortage of … Continue reading You Might Hate It, But AdWords’ Smart Goals Are Pretty Cool for Certain Advertisers

Robocallers Are Not Going To Like DialogTech’s New SpamSentry, But Marketers Might

The new technology for the phone attribution/conversion platform claims to block more than 99% of robocalls that pollute attribution stats. Barry Levine on November 12, 2015 You would probably rate a robocall during dinner as annoying. Now let’s suppose you’ve got a large marketing operation set up to field phone calls from an online ad … Continue reading Robocallers Are Not Going To Like DialogTech’s New SpamSentry, But Marketers Might

Can’t Get the .com You Want? That Might Be a Good Thing

by Jeff Sass November 11, 2015 Follow @sassNovember 11, 2015 Paul Graham, the highly regarded programmer, venture capitalist, essayist, and co-founder of the Y Combinator seed capital firm, recently wrote “Change Your Name,” a blog post in which he asserted that every startup should use the traditional .com web address ending. According to Graham, “If … Continue reading Can’t Get the .com You Want? That Might Be a Good Thing

Everything I’m Afraid Might Happen If I Ask A New Contact To Get Coffee [The Small Biz Owner’s Edition]

Tea SilvestreAugust 19, 2015 You and I have some seriously MAD storytelling skills. We might not always tell the best marketing stories, but we sure do tell ourselves some pretty amazing things on a regular basis. Unfortunately, those stories get in our way and keep us from creating the kinds of businesses we say we … Continue reading Everything I’m Afraid Might Happen If I Ask A New Contact To Get Coffee [The Small Biz Owner’s Edition]

Know Where You Owe: 4 Tax Compliance Offenses You Might be Missing

Matthew GrattanAugust 7, 2015 When it comes to sales tax compliance, ignorance definitely isn’t bliss. Proving you don’t need to collect tax can often be more difficult and time-consuming than proving you do. Should the state express concern about exempt sales, claiming “I didn’t think I owed sales tax,” likely won’t save you from an … Continue reading Know Where You Owe: 4 Tax Compliance Offenses You Might be Missing

6 Huge Marketing Pivots You Might Have To Make In The Next 12 Months

Columnist Neil Patel explains what steps you should be taking over the next year to adapt to a quickly evolving marketing landscape. Neil Patel on July 14, 2015 At the beginning of each new year, you see a bunch of articles on marketing “trends” for the upcoming year — things that are supposedly changing that you … Continue reading 6 Huge Marketing Pivots You Might Have To Make In The Next 12 Months

Why Multi-Channel Retail Stock Management Might Just Be the Holy Grail…

Ian NewcombeJuly 4, 2015 The quest for the perfect multi-channel retail stock management system begins and ends with inventory. Every item on every shelf represents cash that’s working for your business, but is that cash working as efficiently as it could be? Too much stock means cash is idle, while too little stock loses you … Continue reading Why Multi-Channel Retail Stock Management Might Just Be the Holy Grail…