Winning Investors: High Fives, KISS & Tell, and Slippery Fingers

By far, the most common question we receive at BizPro is a simple "How do I get my business started?" or "How do I get money for my business?" While these seem to be the most basic, obvious questions anyone could ask, you'd be surprised just how many people forget to. The answer is quite simple: prove, beyond a doubt, to anyone with sufficient cash…

Mini-Quiz: Change Run-ons into Full Sentences

Clear sentences are the building blocks of clear messages. Because customers use the information in your e-mail to decide or do something, they like concise, definite sentences. One common sentence error is run-on sentences. Run-ons are usually two or more sentences patched together with commas.

Caring for Your Customers

You probably think I am going to say something like, "The customer is always right." Right?? Wrong. I have many philosophies when dealing with customers, but I definitely do not believe that the customer is always right. However, when the customer is wrong, you must handle the situation delicately.

Get Your Hands In The Cookie Jar

This article provides specific instructions on using cookies in ASP.NET applications and discusses a few issues we should be thinking about when using them.

What is Sp^m?

Ask anybody and with a very few exceptions they will tell you "I hate sp^m." Heck, even people who send spam say they hate it. Hating spam is so universal it's almost like hating cancer. Problem is, everyone defines *sp^m* differently: