An excellent webinar from Practical ECommerce which has ChannelAdvisor expertstalking about how a business can get started with international sales.

There is good news for legitimate business owners and entrepreneurs in regards to Google and SEO. (Search Engine Optimization)  Matt Cutts talks about how Google is going after black-hat and link spammers this summer in a recent video on Youtube.  He announced nine things that Google will do within the next months.  There is an underlying message:  Spammers beware!

Today, it is possible to run a successful business in your pajamas thanks to advances in technology.  Beyond just the convenience of running your business on the go, ditching the formality of an office setting offers a plethora of benefits.  From flexibility in scheduling, significant savings in overhead costs, the reduce of stress, and the fact that no one has to worry about lengthy commutes getting in the way of a productive day, more people are picking up on this phenomenon.  A recent survey of over 3,000 business owners found that many believe that by 2023, most businesses will be built entirely with teams of virtual workers.

It's pretty simple.  In your email system, create a folder.  Title the folder: "Testimonials and Positive Feedback".  How fast can you fill this folder to the point where it overflows? To be sure you don't forget the folder exists, move it towards the top of your email folder directory.  Sure enough, most of the positive comments in this folder will be for your eyes only.  Only you and your team will see these amazing and inspiring comments.

The daily marketing responsibilities of a modern day entrepreneur are not divided into quantitative and creative tasks.  Marketers who excel in today’s environment can shift effortlessly between these two mindsets.  There is a duality with each step.

In an era of instant communication, information overload and search engines, word of mouth recommendations and customer satisfaction are more important than ever before.  Your online reviews ARE your reputation and how you handle Yelp, Zagat (Google+), Facebook and Twitter make the difference between success and failure.  It’s vital that your business responds quickly and efficiently to customer requests, complaints and questions.  Communicating with your customers across a variety of different channels, along with timely responses to inquiries and support issues, will help keep them happy, satisfied and ensure they remain customers.

Since August 2012, www.rabotavmoskve.info scrapes content off the web, copies and pastes the content into their blog and goes so far as to claim it as their own.  Most commonly the website uses content from www.michaelhartzell.com.  The interesting twist is how they change a word here and there to make the slightest of changes on occasion.  Many of the titles and content remain the same.

As we age, neuroscientists tell us, our thoughts and patterns become more ingrained.  The way our brains process, sort and ultimately respond to questions is akin to taking the same path through the garden over and over.  We get to know the path very well, and it becomes familiar to us. As long as the problems we face are familiar, so are our approaches to solving these problems. We are in our intellectual “comfort zones.” 

Reviewing the infographic about business startup failure rates, it appears that a mobile game business may be the best opportunity.  If you do create a mobile game, do me a favor?  Please create a game which has some educational value that will help people gain skill and knowledge.