Alex Steward
 
NASA Robotic Arm: Crowdsourced Construction Through Freelancer.com
When you think of NASA, what comes to mind? Rocket scientists working in jet propulsion laboratories on super high-tech gadgets for the International Space...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
Entertain and Engage Your Audience with Live Streaming Tool Strea.ma
Whether you re hosting an event , participating in a tradeshow or just want a way to engage your visitors on your website, the social media tool Strea.ma will...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
2016 Is the Year Small Businesses Must Develop Mobile Apps
Apps are no longer considered merely a “branding exercise” for small businesses. Business owners are becoming wise to the marketing power a well-designed,...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
What Are Top Performing Customer Service Companies Doing?
How well does your company’s customer service measure up? Salesforce.com recently released a survey of nearly 2,000 global companies that are leaders in...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
How Volunteering Sharpens My Entrepreneurial Skills
About this time last year, I decided I needed to give back to others. Not that I had failed to do that with my business, but I wanted to do something that was...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
Shippo Finds the Cheapest Way to Ship Ecommerce Products
One of the more important aspects of an ecommerce business is shipping. If a company doesn t have the right platform in place, getting the item a customer has...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
21 Clever Spring Marketing Campaigns and Tips
Spring is in the air. And with it comes a whole host of exciting Spring marketing ideas that your business can capitalize on. To get some fun ideas for Spring...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
9 Best Places (On or Offline) to Find Temp Staff for Your Business
In business, some tasks require only a few hours of someone s undivided attention every so often. That s why we asked nine members of Young Entrepreneur Council...
Specfinance     Mar 21 2016
Weebly Carbon Relaunches With New Tools for Small Business
Weebly, a DIY website-building platform provider, recently launched the third iteration of its platform, called Weebly Carbon . According to the official...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
Get More Done with New Products from Infusionsoft
At its ICON16 Conference in early March, a slew of new products from Infusionsoft were announced, along with product updates to help small business owners. The...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
The Venture Capital Industry is Still Rightsizing
A few years back, I made a presentation on “Trends in Venture Capital” at a Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland event. Every few months or so, I receive an email...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
Too Busy Doesn’t Equal Getting Lots Done
We all are too busy. There is no doubt about that. Thanks to Internet and smartphones, everybody is available all the time. However, did you ever notice that...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
Tweet Binder Launches Reports for Instagram Insights
The value of customer insight has always been appreciated by companies, but until recent technological developments, data availability was limited to the larger...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
Retail Sales to Grow 3.1 Percent, National Retail Federation Reports
Retail spending will see a 3.1 percent growth across 2016, the National Retail Federation reports. America’s largest retail group said in its annual economic...
Specfinance     Mar 20 2016
SEO Company Busted for Fake Online Reviews
When consumers read online reviews of a product or business, such as those on Amazon, it is often difficult to figure out which reviews are legitimate, and if...
Specfinance     Mar 19 2016
Book Review: “Stretch” Shows How to Future-Proof Your Career
Something really frightening happened to me the other day. I was exploring some of the new job sites out there like Indeed and FlexJobs when it hit me. It...
Specfinance     Mar 19 2016
Check Out AM Days and Other Featured Events Coming in April and May
There are major things coming in April and May. One being the must-attend event for the affiliate marketing industry, Affiliate Marketing Days in San Francisco,...
Specfinance     Mar 19 2016
Essential Tools You’ll Need to Run a Successful Business
Running a business requires time, effort and so many other things. And you can’t do it all on your own either. You need a variety of different tools to help...
Specfinance     Mar 19 2016
Evolution of the Office: Times They Are a-Changin’
The evolution of the office was gradual until the beginning of the 21st Century. But since 2000, the pace of change has quickened dramatically. The level of...
Specfinance     Mar 18 2016
When Doing Local Business Marketing, Think ‘Yellow Pages’ First, SEO Last
Local marketing and marketing on Google aren t a good combination, if you don t know what you are doing or why you are doing it. The Ultimate Guide to Local...
Specfinance     Mar 18 2016
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