Sage & Digital

08/22/2012

The best time to start a business? Yesterday.

Fun infographic: How to Know When to Start Your Own Business http://ow.ly/cYFiR

08/21/2012

As a business or organization, your primary social media goal is to get more of the right people talking TO you or talking ABOUT you.

08/20/2012

Does Your Website Pass the 3-Second Test? - The HostBaby Blog

In the first 3 seconds of viewing your website, your visitors get a lasting impression of you and your business. Here are 5 tips for making the right impression:

Yes, first impressions are sometimes wrong, perhaps this fellow is a beach volley ball star or a rodeo clown, but you can often tell a lot about a person in under 3 seconds. The same goes for websites! That’s why it’s important to make sure your website makes the right kind of impression on visitors...

08/06/2012

7 Ways to Educate Yourself Outside the Classroom

These days you can learn almost anything you want, without stepping foot in a classroom. Check out Mashable's shortlist of the best alternatives to traditional education.

Whether you're 8 or 88, you can learn something new on the web.

05/14/2012

Don’t Let Them Bounce! 5 Things to Do to Keep People Engaged on Your Site. | The HostBaby Blog

If you build it, they may come. But will they stay? 5 tips for sticky websites.

One of the great pioneers of web analytics, Avinash Kaushik describes website bounce as a visitor who comes to your site, pukes, and then leaves. For a website owner, this is about as bad as it gets. A potential fan or customer lands on your site and then immediately runs the opposite direction. And...

08/02/2011

The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors

Infographics rule! This one from Search Engine Land entitled, 'The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors' breaks down the mysterious factors affecting SEO rank into a highly logical science.

The Periodic Table Of SEO Ranking Factors Search engine optimization -- SEO -- may seem like alchemy to the uninitiated. But there is a science

07/13/2011

Reporter: Leave Your Number Twice and Don’t Pitch Me on Your Green Building « Copycation

Trying to get your press release or news announcement noticed by local media? AJC reporter Rachel Tobin offers no-nonsense advice for pitching media.

How do you get their attention? How should you handle an exclusive? Should you call in the morning or afternoon? Should you contact a reporter or editor? How do you get them to write about your wonderfully-efficient environmentally-friendly office?

04/26/2011

Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It)

Managing - whether a business or a department - always involves problem-solving. The next time you have a problem to solve, ask yourself: "What would Einstein do?"

Here are 10 strategies to master what is the most important step in problem solving: clearly defining the problem in the first place!

04/19/2010

How to Turn Your Creative Brainstorm into a Completed Project - Creativity - Lifehacker

Tips to help you get your best ideas to the finish line...

Behance and 99 Percent founder Scott Belsky spent years researching how creative leaders at Google, Disney, Zappos, and other firms turned brainstorms into completed projects. This excerpt from Making Ideas Happen suggests ways of tackling urgent matters without sacrificing long-term goals.

03/28/2010

All About LLCs

Indie biz owners have a lot of questions about structuring their business as an LLC - especially when it comes to taxes. This article offers some solid answers.

Limited liability companies (LLCs) are a popular form of business organizatio... From Tax Hotline, May 1, 2007. ... Full text of article available.

03/23/2010

How To Implement a Proactive Customer Support Strategy

The effectiveness of your customer service and support process has a direct impact on future sales... get proactive!

The goal of proactive support is to identify and resolve issues before they become problems. In some cases you can be so successful with proactive customer service that you can solve problems before customers even realize they exist.

03/23/2010

5 Ways to Weave LinkedIn Into Your Marketing Mix

Great tips for boosting your results on LinkedIn

From Facebook to Twitter to You Tube, there’s no limit to the number of social networking sites that can be leveraged to interact with customers and prospects, and build positive brand awareness. Lin

01/05/2010

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01/04/2010

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