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No Tax For Amazon, Associate Members to be Terminated

By razavi | June 29, 2011

Amazon has notified its Associate Members in California that it will be terminating its Associate program. This is in response to the State legislatures passing a bill requiring Amazon to collect sales tax. The following is the text of the notice by Amazon to its affiliates in California: For well over a decade, the Amazon [...]

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Consumer Behaviors & Attitudes toward “Social Commerce”

By razavi | May 27, 2011

Consumer behavior & attitudes towards “Social Commerce” is examined in this report on popularity of “Group-Buying” Sites & “Location-Based” Apps- Shoppers are willing to interact with retailers through a variety of social networks and retailers have limitless opportunities to capitalize on the momentum, according to the 2011 Social Commerce Study. The report, which evaluates shopping [...]

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Tips for Managing Your PPC Campaigns

By marijana | February 24, 2011

PPC campaigns are the basic of online advertising and can potentially bring targeted traffic to your company’s website and convert leads into sales. Unfortunately, quite often people don’t get to see the results in terms of ROI. Setting up a PPC campaign isn’t all that difficult, but managing it properly so that it becomes profitable [...]

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Cost to merchants for offering deal of the day

By andy | January 6, 2011

Deal of the day websites gained huge popularity in the past few years among online shoppers.  These websites are based on the concept of selling one item a day until they are sold out. The featured item is available for 24 hours for a special discounted price which inspires shoppers to make quick purchasing decisions and buy [...]

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Increase product visibility by leveraging affiliate network

By andy | January 4, 2011

Affiliate network acts as a match maker for affiliates and merchants enabling affiliates to find thousands of offers in one environment and allowing merchants to put their offers in front of affiliates who will advertise their products. Affiliate networks help merchants increase their sales by providing fully managed and integrated affiliate marketing solutions. The affiliate [...]

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How to Start Exporting

By marijana | May 18, 2010

The Department of Commerce recently published a research that shows that the percentage of GDP represented by exports is the highest in almost a century showing that exports are going to play an important role in supporting the economic growth and new job creation in the US. The report shows that the growth of trade [...]

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Strong Dollar – Good or Bad for U.S. Economy?

By emma | May 14, 2010

In last couple of weeks one of the top news and topics in the world of economy is the strong U.S. dollar. We hear about how it influences the prices of oil and gold, and about compared values of dollar and other world’s currencies. What people do not know and do not hear about is -  what [...]

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The Numbers Game-Making Sales Calls

By admin | March 25, 2010
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Many years ago when I started my career in sales, I was working in Account Development for Bay Networks and few other companies in the Silicon Valley. The first few months I was given the Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama as my sales territory. Nothing like going to bed at nine at night so I can [...]

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Create an effective Small Business Content Marketing Strategy

By jovana | March 24, 2010
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The content marketing is incredibly present in business world. It is used by some of the greatest marketing organizations in the world, including P&G, Microsoft and Cisco Systems. Nevertheless, it is also developed and executed by small businesses and one-man shops around the globe. So if you are part of the small business, you might [...]

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5 Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property

By jovana | March 9, 2010

The term Intellectual Property or the acronym IP means (and provides) protection for creations of the mind. More specifically, they grant the creators/owners exclusive rights to these creations. IP is divided into two categories: artistic and industrial. • Artistic Intellectual Property rights are protected by Copyrights. • Industrial Intellectual Property rights are protected by Patents [...]

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When I grow up I want to be a salesman!

By admin | March 9, 2010

Ask any CEO what is the most important job in the organization and they will respond by saying it is sales. Sales and marketing are responsible for not only bringing revenue to the company but good sales folks drive product innovation that helps create the next generation of go to market strategy and products.

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SBA Loans For Small Businesses

By andy | February 22, 2010

Last week, the Obama administration said it would try to make it easier for borrowers to apply for SBA loans, and for lenders to make the loans, which are guaranteed in part by the government.

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Maximizing the Value of Your Business

By helen | February 17, 2010

There are several strategies to build a better company and increase its value. The overall value of a business is generally determined as a function of your earning and financial position and the inherent strength of your business. It is a common issue that two businesses with similar financial profiles are for sale on a [...]

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