The Torn Manager

What is Your Marketing Really Costing You?

Small business owners are justifiably concerned about the expense of marketing their business. Many look at marketing as a line item in their budgets, and minimize marketing expenses in order to maximize profits. But to grow your business and be more profitable, you need to evaluate the costs of marketing from a broader perspective.

CANSPAM’s Effect on Marketing

The CANSPAM Act just passed here in the US, so I decided to call Loren McDonald, VP of Marketing for EmailLabs, on his views about how this would affect the marketing industry. Just for some background information: "EmailLabs is an email marketing solutions company that empowers corporations with leading edge emarketing solutions." (from the site)

Location of Global Navigation for Optimal Search Engine Indexing

Reader Question: I've been told that I should put my navbar (navigation bar) on the right side of my Web site (or use a table trick to get the same effect) so search engine spiders will read my title and text first, and the navbar last. Is that necessary for optimum search engine positioning?

Transform the Year-End Planning Ritual

Once again, 'tis the season for annual planning, an exercise that fills managers with hope, dread, despair and anticipation. It's a time when we contemplate the future of our organizations, technology and personal fortunes.

Five Ways Professional Writers Eliminate Rejection

If you're writing for publication, you're offering something for sale. Not everyone will want to buy it. This is only common sense. There's no such thing as rejection, there's only writing which has yet to find a home. If you submit a piece of writing enough times, it will sell. Professional writers understand this.