Forums Are Relevant in Social Media Marketing

I have long considered online forums to be an early form of what we now consider to be social networks. They've been around much longer than Facebook, Twitter and the rest, and have allowed users to create profiles and communicate with each other on the web.

Stop Making It Hard For People To Give You Their Money

Sometimes one has to state the obvious: You’re in business to make money. You make money by convincing lots of people to give you some of their money. Success depends on making this process as painless as possible*. But many online businesses may be making it too difficult for customers to hand over the cash, which is a bad business practice by any account. Here’s…

Paid Search Traffic Down 26% Last Month

Hitwise reports paid search traffic was down 26 percent across the board over the past month. Overall, in the four weeks preceding May 9th, paid search delivered 7.25 percent of business traffic, compared to 9.84 percent this time last year.