Sears Reformats Off-mall Stores
Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced the launch of the company’s newest off-mall format – Sears Essentials.
Skype Has a Problem With SkypeOut
My wife is a big user of SkypeOut, the paid-for part of the Skype internet phone service. Using SkypeOut for making international calls to normal phones saves a small fortune on our phone bill.
Taser Reports Fourth Quarter Profits
Taser International’s fourth-quarter profit jumped 77% on sales growth of 79%, but the results did not meet expectations.
Confirmed: AskJeeves Acquired Bloglines
The owner/founder of Bloglines [Mark Fletcher] confirms the acquisition rumors on his blog this morning. Here’s the post from Mark’s blog.
Cisco Systems Reports Strong Net Earnings
Cisco Systems reported strong net earnings in the second quarter though sales didn’t live up to expectations.
The Four Steps to Effective Cold Calls
One of the most-feared, and yet most effective, ways to develop business is the dreaded, and much maligned “cold call.” But, if you develop a consistent approach to your cold calls, you can overcome the fear of not knowing what to say or how to respond when the person on the other end of the phone actually answers!
EU Anti-Spam Measures Face Uphill Struggle
Thirteen European Union countries have agreed to boost cooperation to tackle unsolicited commercial email, aka junk email and spam.
Get PHP pages indexed in the Search engines
A simple method to convert files from Php to Html Extensions, on an Apache Server
Goodbye Mapquest
I believe you’ve met your match. More on this later–unless 50,000 other folks have written about it when I wake up. Then I won’t bother.
GoDaddy CEO Fights Super Bowl Ad Ban via Blog
Robert Scoble and Shel Israel point to another example of how corporate communication is changing on their Red Couch book blog.