Alex Steward
 
Shutterstock Revenue for 2015 Sees 30 Percent Increase
Shutterstock has announced its earnings for Q4 2015 with revenue reported at $116 million. Earnings per share were at $0.38. The results fall slightly short of...
Specfinance     Mar 13 2016
New Intel Initiatives for Small Business Technology Shared
Intel Corporation, best known for the speed of its processors used in many computers, tablets and smartphones, is unveiling a new set of products for small...
Specfinance     Mar 12 2016
Outgrow Your Space at Work: Stop the Wheel of Promotion Hungry Employees
Based on its title, Outgrow Your Space at Work: How to Thrive at Work and Build a Successful Career , sounds like yet another book about how to get a bigger...
Specfinance     Mar 12 2016
Downtown Atlanta, Oakland Host Interesting Business Events
A free day-long conference outlining how technology is impacting customer service and commerce is on tap next week at Georgia State University in downtown...
Specfinance     Mar 12 2016
Step Up Your Online Marketing Efforts with These 10 Tips
Today’s businesses need an online marketing strategy to succeed. While every business’s strategy may look a bit different, there are some common threads that...
Specfinance     Mar 12 2016
What Can Animal Celebrities Teach Us About Branding?
When you think of celebrities, the faces that come to mind are probably not covered in fur. But you might want to change that thinking for the sake of your...
Specfinance     Mar 11 2016
Dominate Using These Digital Data Trends and Insights
Have you noticed how integral digital elements have become in our lives? Whether we love it or hate it, we are living in a digital economy, interacting with...
Specfinance     Mar 11 2016
Nominate Your Favorite Retail District for “Main Street Contest” by April 24
Small business group Independent We Stand ( IWS ) is running an online contest that began on March 1 to reward the most “deserving” Main Street or downtown...
Specfinance     Mar 11 2016
New Domain Options, Tweetable Business Cards Make Headlines
With technology that s constantly evolving, the ways that businesses present themselves online are always changing too. Where businesses once used regular old...
Specfinance     Mar 11 2016
National Small Business Association Reports Uptick in Small Business Growth
A full half of small business owners see growth opportunities in the next six months, while 17 percent say they are already seeing that growth. Only 33 percent...
Specfinance     Mar 11 2016
How to Get Your Share of Consumer Tax Refunds
Tax day (April 15) is only about a month away, and that means millions of Americans will soon be getting their tax refunds. That s good news for small business...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
Ryan Keeton of Carvana: Using Amazon’s Playbook, Car Vending Machine to Disrupt Used Car Industry
In general, people really don’t look forward to the car buying process new or used. We like the cars, just not what you have to go through to get them,...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
Your Company’s Next Hire Won’t Save the World
I read an interview online about, well, interviews. The writer listed several standard questions you might be asked and one stuck out at me Tell me about a time...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
29 of the Best Pay Per Click Tools to Boost Your Campaigns
Since the dawn of mankind we have been inventing tools to help us survive and overcome challenges. Even monkeys use tools to make their lives easier! Now, in...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
ExCom 2016 Gives Actionable Customer Insights
If you want to learn how technology is fundamentally changing the way your customers and business relate, you must not miss this! ExCom 2016 explores...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
New Class of Domain Names Provides Alternatives to .Com
As you may know, .com domain names are becoming harder and harder to find. A search for a .com name on domain registration sites like GoDaddy can often lead to...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
MOO Now Lets You Tweet Business Cards Effortlessly
Business cards have been around in some form or another for hundreds of years, so the digitization of this form of communication was inevitable. And the company...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
7 Social Media Tools For Small Businesses To Manage Their Social Presence
With the positive effects of social media marketing becoming more and more apparent, most small businesses have started working on a social media marketing...
Specfinance     Mar 10 2016
Should You Discount Your Handmade Products?
As an entrepreneur who makes the products you sell, you manage a key cost that your non-handmade entrepreneurial colleagues do not. That cost is the amount of...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
The Difference Between Marketing and Advertising
If you ask the person next to you about the difference between marketing and advertising, there’s a strong possibility you won’t get a clear answer. That’s...
Specfinance     Mar 9 2016
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