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Refined searches equal more sales

July 16, 2009 | Robert Scoble

PrismaStar search software AnswerOil offers buyers and sellers what both are looking for: better results. During a visit we made to Cambridge, England, Joshua…

 

A freemium cookbook for your company

July 15, 2009 | Alex Wilhelm

Business models are a tricky subject. There is an old saying among entrepreneurs that there is no real value to writing down your business…

 

Web leading edge coming to Main Street

July 14, 2009 | Robert Scoble

John Kao, an internationally-recognized expert on innovation, thinks 2010 will see some of the most promising developments on the web go mainstream and be

 

Chat Catcher finds missed feedback

July 13, 2009 | Shannon Whitley

For blog authors, reading the comments can be as important as the post itself. Blog comments help authors gauge the popularity of a post.…

 

Helping people 140 characters at a time

July 9, 2009 | Robert Scoble

We met Lon S. Cohen on the streets of New York and, when he told us how the ALS Association is using Twitter to…

 

Small business part 3: Funding

July 8, 2009 | J. Bruce Hughes

Editors note: This is the third article in a three-part series on starting small businesses. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series,…

 

The business card innovator

July 7, 2009 | Robert Scoble

Allen Stern, editor of CenterNetworks in New York, offers a new idea with CloudContacts for making business cards useful. You send him that stack…

 

Twitter business help and promise

July 6, 2009 | Andy Santamaria

Chris Preston is executive vice president and creative director for the Preston Kelly advertising agency based in Minneapolis, Minn., and Peter Tressel is the…

 

Gary Vaynerchuk and the wine family business

July 2, 2009 | building43

Gary Vaynerchuk’s dad moved to the U.S. from Belarus with nothing in 1978, and built the Wine Library in New Jersey into a business…

 

Small business part 2: Counseling and training

July 1, 2009 | J. Bruce Hughes

Editors note: This is the second article in a three-part series on starting small businesses that will be posted on Wednesdays. In the first…