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November 6, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Do you need to quickly send your friend a little money but aren’t sure how you are going to do it? If your friends or family need money fast and you aren’t close by a bank it can be hard to decide how to get the money to them in a way that is both […]
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November 5, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Recently, Big Blue announced a new tool it’s rolling out; a data analysis tool aimed directly at executives who don’t want to be bothered with the steep learning curves of analytic tools currently on offer by the likes of Oracle and SAP. The new tool is called Watson, and will be available for use on […]
November 4, 2014 by Vertical Axion
So, you’ve started out in business and things are going pretty well. You’re building your reputation, and even starting to make a little money. How can you go about getting that all important growth that will carry you through to the next level? Make A Plan When I was a young business owner, my tough […]
November 3, 2014 by Vertical Axion
If you are looking to expand a current business or start up a new enterprise the beginning of a new year is the perfect time to reevaluate your current business strategy and consider moving into exciting new areas. Review the following business possibilities to see where your interests and strengths intersect with these new business […]
October 31, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Social Media contests can do amazing things for your brand and for your company, but only if you get your campaign off to a strong start, and then do something with the data you get from your customers and fans. Below you’ll find an outline of the steps you need to be taking in order […]
October 30, 2014 by Vertical Axion
There is a slow death happening in America; courtesy towards our fellow citizens is going by the wayside. If you asked someone what they thought about this, they would most likely tell you it doesn’t matter. Well, my friend, they’re wrong – courtesy matters very much to us as human beings. It’s why the courteous […]
October 29, 2014 by Vertical Axion
One of the best ways to increase the number of on-target leads generated by your current marketing tools is to pay close attention to what is known as lead scoring. Lead scoring is a calculated value designed to rank the customers who are most likely to purchase additional goods and services from the company. However, […]
October 28, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Privacy is becoming such an important issue as it relates to the internet that even Facebook, the company that was recently called out for secretly conducting experiments on its user base, has gotten into the game. Their offering is called Privacy Checkup and it will be rolled out soon. It is a handy way for […]
October 27, 2014 by Vertical Axion
As the Summer months have just ended, many businesses will have experienced a slight dip in sales. If this is the case, you might be searching for some new ways to bring in revenue for the upcoming months. You might be reaching out to old clients and trying to up-sell products, capture new leads etc. […]
October 25, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Just having to ask this question seems wrong. The whole idea of crowdfunding was to enable small businesses and people to gather seed money so they could pursue their dream, large or small, when the more traditional sources of acquiring capital were unavailable. Suggesting that billion dollar companies with million dollar salaried CEO’s should become […]
October 24, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The personal relationships that exist between the business owner and their closest confidants are more important than warring against the competition. In fact, a recent study by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and Ink, a Chase credit card company, reveals that the decision making and business operations of a small business owner […]
October 23, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Sales people live or die based on one thing, and on thing alone: closing enough deals to keep the lights on. That’s it. If you’ve got a sales oriented job, then you need to do that, above all else, or find a new line of work. it really is that simple. The problem of course, […]
October 22, 2014 by Vertical Axion
If you’ve heard the phrase, “Do what you love!” once, you’ve heard it a thousand timed. It’s a cliché, but the funny thing about cliches is that they got to be cliches because they also happen to be true. The reality is that when you do something that you love, it stops being work, and […]
October 21, 2014 by Vertical Axion
One of the problems with searching the Internet for the “best” lists is that what is a great fit for one company is just average for another. One way to find your way through the maze of lists is to create or join a business network for your industry and let the voices of reason […]
October 20, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Until quite recently, phishing attacks were the primary means of infecting a target computer with malware. If a hacker could convince a person to click on a link in an email, the deed was done. Unfortunately for the hackers, users have been getting increasingly more savvy about safeguarding their emails and not clicking on links […]
October 18, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The competition between Vine and Instagram isn’t really about Vine and Instagram. To better understand what the competition is truly about, and what’s driving it at the root, you need to first understand what those two companies actually are, and who they are proxies for. Once you’ve got that under your belt, the recent tussle […]
October 17, 2014 by Vertical Axion
The biggest name in internet based video is Youtube. Yes, there are an assortment of other sites, but if you have a limited budget and limited time, you want to put your resources to work in the place where they’ll deliver the biggest punch, and that’s Youtube. Until you’ve firmly established a presence there, don’t […]
October 16, 2014 by Vertical Axion
You may not be familiar with the name Travis Kalanick. He’s the CEO of Uber, one of the major players in the “Ridesourcing” craze. The idea is that if you need a lift somewhere, you download Uber and place an order. One (and possibly several) of Uber’s legions of drivers will send out a response, […]
October 15, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Should you be gearing up to take advantage of T-Commerce? If Twitter has anything to say about it, the answer to that question is a resounding “Yes”. In an attempt to gain profitability, Twitter is rolling out a number of new products and services which will allow businesses to sell products from within the context […]
October 14, 2014 by Vertical Axion
If you are a small or medium business, and especially if you are a recent start up, the subject of being paid is one which should be on your mind all the time. A sale is not a sale until the money is in the bank; until that time, it’s just a nice possibility. So […]
October 13, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Twitter, it seems, is in a bit of trouble. Whether true or not, the growing sentiment is that Twitter is losing the social media war to Facebook. Increasingly, the two are seen as competing in the same spheres, even though their application and use patterns are quite different. It is true that they are both […]
October 11, 2014 by Vertical Axion
Unless you’ve been living under a very large rock, you are no doubt aware that Facebook is the largest social network on the planet. Likewise, you probably also know that not long ago, Facebook began monetizing their business by selling ads. Since they started down that road, their system has matured with surprising speed as […]
October 10, 2014 by Vertical Axion
It seems that every year, brick and mortar retailers get an earlier and earlier start on the holidays. That same thinking and planning is now spreading to the online world as well. Business men and women are getting an increasingly early start on their holiday plans when formulating and executing their social media plans. The […]
October 9, 2014 by Vertical Axion
For those of you who are unaware (and can there be anyone on the planet who isn’t?) Apple have just recently released two brand-new iPhones; The iPhone 6, and the iPhone 6 Plus. With new iPhone releases happening pretty much every year we have to ask ourselves, how is this iPhone better than the previous […]
