So, you’ve decided that the Internet has a lot to offer you by the means of starting your own small business. So what is it that you have to do first? Well, what type of small business is it that you are going to start? After you have figured this out, whether it is an...Read More

We’ve seen a marked increase in the number of inquiries we’ve been getting from clients regarding the use and implementation of call measurement platforms. We have long believed that the “call” is a critical element of any local search model since so many SMBs place significant value of the phone call. Here in California, Valley...Read More

News aggregation is being approached in every which way,. driven by the long tail possibilities of search engine optimization, and less and less local output from newspapers,  TV and radio. The content creator sites, hyper local sites, blog aggregators and portals have also been aggressively pursuing aggregation of local content (including Fwix, which we profiled...Read More

On the heels of Groupon’s $135 Million round (and $1 billion valuation), Living Social has stepped up to the plate with a new $14 million C round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with U.S. Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution, LLC participating.  The new money gives Living Social a total of $39 million...Read More

Small Business Should Use Their Telephones More Telemarketing has a bad reputation, and that puts many Entrepreneurs off using it in their business. This can mean you losing out on a fortune. Because, approached correctly – and that means intelligently and sensitively – it is possible to use the telephone for sophisticated telephone marketing, which...Read More