You've owned your own business for a short while now, and in your world, things have been going swimmingly. Word of mouth is traveling fast in your community and your fresh, modern coworking space is packed. People love the atmosphere. Your employees are kickass. But there seems to be trouble in paradise...

Browsers built by Microsoft and Mozilla jettisoned some of their precious user share in January, while Google's broke out of a months-long malaise by grabbing what its rivals lost, and then some. According to California-based analytics vendor Net Applications...

They told you to build a website, so you did. They told you'd you get customers if you had a website, but that hasn't happened. I've been involved in building and marketing thousands of websites since 1999, but I realize it's easy to get in a bubble. So...

A lot of businesses do social media marketing wrong. They hear everyone screaming, "You must have a social media presence," but what that entails isn't always spelled out correctly. Social media marketing should be effective and affordable, and when done correctly, it can help scale businesses of all sizes. Just like with traditional channels...

More website traffic is always a good thing. And most online marketing strategies do revolve around building traffic to your site. Yet it's sometimes challenging to come up with new ideas to boost your site's traffic. That's why I've come up with this list of 50 easy strategies to try, to increase your website traffic so you'll never run out of ideas...

Content marketing is an increasingly popular strategy for online brand success, and content budgets are still growing, with no signs of lost momentum. Why? Part of the reason lies with content marketing's multifaceted benefits:...

We're seeing a number of shifts this year in hiring as technologies mature, new ones emerge and companies work to cut costs by blending full-time IT staff with contract work. While some see the gig economy as a flexible new way to work, one that appeals to solo entrepreneurs, others see a general consequence of the Great Recession. Either way,...

When you buy a new car, a sticker on the window tells you how many miles per gallon it gets. It's not a perfect measure, but automakers can't just make wildly-inflated mileage claims because the U.S. Department of Transportation checks the stickers. However,...

Barak Obama IS the king of the United States. Republicans are Nazis who clearly hate the Constitution. Dinosaurs are being used to indoctrinate both children and adults into believing that the earth is millions of years old. Women can't love men. Fire trucks are red because Russians are red. If you took Google for its word,...

The message arrives on my "clean machine," a MacBook Air loaded only with a sophisticated encryption package. "Change in plans," my contact says. "Be in the lobby of the Hotel by 1 pm. Bring a book and wait for ES to find you." ES is Edward Snowden, the most wanted man in the world. For almost nine months,...

Want more customers? Then you need to make sure potential customers find you before they find your competitors. Which means you'll need to be highly visible in search engine results. So when people search for something related to your business online, your name pops up in the top search results. To increase the visibility of your business, and...

As the latest and fastest-growing online threat, ransomware-a form of malware-is becoming a lucrative business for hackers and a looming threat for businesses large and small. According to the FBI, operational and financial costs related to ransomware in the first quarter of 2016 reached...

Amazon plans to break into physical retail in a new way. The online retail giant revealed a concept for a physical store in a video published Monday. The store, called Amazon Go, doesn't work like a typical Walmart or supermarket - instead, it's designed so that shoppers will use an app, also called Amazon Go, to automatically...

Amazon has a growing role in the U.S. economy that extends far beyond its retail business, according to a new report. "Behind the packages on the doorstep, and behind the inviting interface and seamless service that has consistently put the company at the top of corporate reputation rankings, Amazon has quietly positioned itself at the center of...

If you're reading this, it's highly likely your personal information is available to the public. And by "public" I mean everyone everywhere. And while you can never remove yourself completely from the internet, there are ways to minimize your online footprint. Here are five ways to do it. Be warned however;...

November has arrived, and that can mean only one thing: non-stop Black Friday hype between now and Black Friday (otherwise known as November 25). For those new to these United States, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, so named for its unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season, but today better known as...

This week we learned that astronomers looking at a star in our cosmic backyard found three "potentially habitable" planets spinning around it, scientists from the U.K. discovered a source of true green energy when they turned grass intro copious amounts of hydrogen, and biologists in Africa observed humans and birds communicate with one another and exchange honey-hunting tips. Read on and marvel...

Announced in a press release, Aspiring Minds (an employability assessment company) has launched a first-of-its-kind, [no cost], interactive platform that links job qualifications to job vacancies and compensation. "The U.S. Skill Map fills a huge information gap between...

This paper examines how recent trends in Internet trust marks can help restore confidence in online shopping, and as concluded by at least one recent study, even induce those who do shop to spend more.