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Should your company opt for e-commerce or social commerce?
Wide Open Spaces acts as a social marketplace for a specific niche: hunting, fishing and outdoor gear.
Small-business web host becomes Google reseller
Wix, which is behind a free HTML5 publishing and hosting service, now represents the Google Apps for Business portfolio.
Small businesses describe technology as strategic, but lack dedicated resources
Dell-Intel research shows that while most companies with less than 100 employees are leaning more on IT to fuel growth plans, just one third considers dedicated staff necessary.
The lock-in problem of email newsletter management
Email-based mailing lists may be here to stay, but so are the systems they're mailing from. This is lock-in and you're pretty much stuck with what you were doing back in 2005.
Label me this: Seiko's latest thermal printer options
Sure, many business communications have turned electronic. But for SMBs that still send out mass mailings, Seiko Instruments has released a new product lineup that starts at $62.50.
Service aids SMBs with mobile web, local marketing
Hibu, the company behind the Yellowbook business directory site, introduces a new solution to help small businesses beef up their mobile websites and local search results.
Concur offers additional perk for business travelers
Customers who sign up for the Concur Small Business Edition will also receive a 12-month membership with Regus, giving them access to more than 1,500 business lounges in 100 countries.
Secure cloud search service adds Box support
SearchYourCloud.com acts as a universal search tool that helps find items in more than one cloud-stored services without exposing that activity to the public.
SumAll links social media activity with sales trends
The service, used by about 25,000 companies, consolidates analytics data for individual social networks into one place, allowing for comparisons.
Revel adds fraud prevention to iPad point-of-sale system
A patent-pending identity theft feature displays an image of the credit-card holder every time a card is swiped.
Swimming in app choices? You should 'appreciate' this new tool
Best-of-breed application or software ecosystem? A new service from Appreciate aims to provide personalized mobile app suggestions.
How to advertise your startup at a low cost
In the early stages of your startup, advertising that's easier on your pocket can include focusing on SEO and brand recall, leveraging permission marketing, using niche advertising platforms, Facebook and Google.
T-Mobile offers Simple Choice plans with extras to small businesses
America's Small Business Summit took place in Washington DC this week, and to accompany this event, T-Mobile announced their Simple Choice offerings for small businesses.
Services tighten links between CRM, marketing tools
VerticalResponse touts connections to Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, and other cloud CRM applications, while BatchBook creates integration with HootSuite.
A tale of five conferences: InfusionCon 2013, Infusionsoft
Infusionsoft is one of five conferences I've been to in April, and its was incredibly revealing. There is no question that Infusionsoft is the player to beat in the small business customer-facing technology world. There are things it has yet to do, but it is unquestionably a player.