If you’re a regular contributor to Yahoo’s Q&A portal, you might find that the company has added some additional features to the service. The latest additions give Yahoo Answers a social networking flare that could propel it into contention with other user submission portals, such as Digg.
Techniques for Gaining Consumer Trust
When speaking of website optimization practices, it is often associated with SEO and the goal of achieving high search rankings. While this certainly is important to a site’s overall visibility, gaining and retaining user trust should also be a primary focus of any company looking to bolster its virtual presence.
Gaining Street Cred In The Blogosphere
The blogosphere’s a scary place for corporate America. It’s unruly. It’s wild. But one thing’s for sure, it can’t be ignored, and big companies are going to have to dismount from their high horses and get to street level.
Visitor Traffic: Ideas For Gaining More Blog Readers
There are few things that create more initial excitement, than the launch of your brand new blog. You have built the best blog you possibly can, and you’re waiting for the visitor traffic to start pouring right in.
Linux Certification Gaining Ground but Cisco Still on Top
I was interested to see that RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) was listed in slot 3 of certifications IT professionals want to get.
Gaining Free Publicity Through Press Releases
One of the greatest ways to promote your product or service is with publicity. Many people have little, if any, understanding of how to go about securing publicity, never mind free publicity. Fact is, people will pay more attention to free publicity than they often do to paid advertising.
The Spammer and the Entrepreneur, Gaining Success Without Being Placed in Handcuffs
Granted the above title sounds like some lazy day romance novel you may find someone reading this summer by the pool. The fact of the matter is, the “art” of spamming has become a crime.
Gaining Financial Insights with the ROCE Tree Part 2
Structure of the ROCE tree
This type of analysis is called a ROCE Tree as it is often represented in the shape of a tree:
Gaining Financial Insights with the ROCE Tree Part 1
Few professionals in competitive intelligence have attended a formal financial analysis course: yet, analyzing a company’s financial statement is often part of the job. The following framework should be part of your portfolio of tools. It is geared toward those who understand financial terms, but do not know how to pull together financial ratios to “tell the story.” We at Competia particularly like this tool for the following reasons:
Are There Secrets to Gaining Media Coverage?
Are there secrets to gaining media coverage or is it pure luck? It’s a question that I am asked often while meeting with small-business owners who are seeking press attention for their companies or products. While luck certainly plays a part, the short answer to this question is “maybe.” However with a little practice and skill, a small-business owner can significantly increase the chances of garnering coverage by following some basic journalistic rules.