Archive for July, 2010
Welcome to the golden age of small business technology. If the grueling Great Recession has a silver lining, it’s this: Tech vendors are innovating and discounting. From furnishings to computers to mobile devices, consumer electronics have never offered the start-up enterprise more for less. What it used to cost for a computer, printer and some [...]
There is a proven sequence of steps you can follow to guarantee your success when you’re starting a small business online. I’ve seen thousands of people start and grow successful businesses by doing the following: 1. Find a need and fill it. 2. Write copy that sells. 3. Design and build an easy-to-use website. 4. [...]
From jewelry designers to musicians, from shop owners to authors, everyone is looking for a way to sell products or services online. How do you begin, and what do you need to know about setting up and managing an online store for your business? Whether you do it yourself or hire a firm, you are [...]
This early embrace by businesses stands in contrast to the iPhone’s first days on the market, when its lack of enterprise-class connectivity and security options led businesses to consider it more of a cool toy in comparison to the “professional” Blackberry. Eventually, businesses warmed up to the iPhone–Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said earlier [...]
At this point, we’re used to Eminem debuting at #1. After all, he’s done it six times in a row, including two records that sold more than 1 million copies in their first week on the charts. But following last year’s comeback album, Relapse, which sold nearly 2 million copies despite Em admitting that it [...]
For a third week in a row, Eminem’s new album, Recovery, sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. According to Nielsen Soundscan, the set pulled in another 229,000 copies. Having already crossed the platinum mark in its second week of release, Recovery’s new tally is just under 1.3 million copies. Recovery also [...]