Managing employees who abuse their Internet access could be hindered by company policies written before the advent of Web 2.0 sites, an employment expert believes.The warning comes after disciplinary action against 18 police officers who bragged about car crashes on Facebook.
Fix Your Lousy Company Blog
Businesspeople possess a unique opportunity to be more than just a cash funnel to their customers. A few steps to improve the company blog can work wonders for customer relations.
Using an SEO Company vs. Hiring an In-House Expert: The True Dollar Cost
It’s a common question that companies who are considering hiring a search engine optimization company often face – is this something that we can do in-house? More importantly, can we do this in-house and get the same results that an expert search engine optimization company would provide?
Only 44% Of Online Shoppers Are Happy With Company Web Sites
A majority of online shoppers (74.5%) said they use a company’s Web site to get information about a product or service, but less than half (44%) said the information met their needs a new study from ServiceXRG, "Influencing the Online Experience," found.The study surveyed around 1,000 companies and online shoppers to find out how people use search for online support, do product research and take part in shopping activities.
AOL’s Sitefest: Company To Launch 12 In Six Months
If they’re evenly spaced, a launch will occur every 15 or so days. If they’re not, well, there’s no telling. But regardless of the specifics, Bill Wilson, AOL’s executive vice president of programming, has promised that his company will launch 12 new sites in the next six months.
Google.org, Partners Create Indian Investment Company
Its current designation – we won’t call it a name – lacks imagination, to say the least. But Google.org, the Soros Economic Development Fund, and Omidyar Network have created an entity that should be of great help to small- to medium-sized Indian businesses.
Starting An SEO Company
Starting an SEO company (correctly) is a lot harder than you might first think. Let’s assume for a moment that you’re at the stage where you’re launching the company, whether that means you’ll be starting a full-scale SEO company or going it alone is up to you.
Should You Let Sam’s Club Be Your SEO Company?
If the buzz is to be believed, Sam’s Club is now a search engine optimization company that is targeting the local search market aggressively. The fact is, this isn’t something new; it’s just recently come to the forefront. Sam’s Club has partnered with a company called Innuity to offer a program that is primarily targeted at small businesses looking to get noticed in the local search results.
Invited to the Fast Company Beta
Lee Odden was kind enough to invite me to the Fast Company beta, I assume he just imported his contacts from LinkedIn or Gmail (I hope he didn’t use Gmail because of security risks) so I have had a snoop around, added a profile and this blog to their list of feeds. From what I can tell they have been live for over 1 month now, it is possible I received invites before and didn’t respond to them, along with the other 20+ invites I seem to receive to every new social networking platform.
Scoble Leaves PodTech, Joins Fast Company
We’ve known for a few weeks that Robert Scoble would leave PodTech this week, but we didn’t know where he’d end-up. Until today. Top blogger, social media guru, and video podcaster, Scoble will join Mansuetto Ventures–the company behind Fast Company and Inc. magazines–and create a new video channel called FastCompany.tv.