Let me know if this sounds vaguely familiar. You started off with an idea that kept you awake at night. After wracking your brains, you decided to pour the idea into a plan, perhaps after reading motivational text such as Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. [source: WPExplorer] With the plan in hand, you
If you're pulling your hair out trying to think of a promising new business, relax: Your next great business idea may be as close as your favorite social media site. [source: Sarita Harbour, Business News Daily] However, if you're serious about discovering that elusive idea, you'll have to go beyond common social media activities like
StumbleUpon is a discovery engine (a form of Web search engine) that finds and recommends Web content to its users. Its features allow users to discover and rate Web pages, photos and videos that are personalized to their tastes and interests using peer-sourcing and social-networking principles. For those of you who still don’t “get” StumbleUpon,
Many social media sites started out as personal sites but social media marketing has become one of the most powerful online strategies for businesses, online and offline. These social sites are continually growing, expanding and changing and it can sometimes be difficult to keep up with these changes. Here are some tips to help your
Recently, I spent time explaining Facebook and Twitter to a friend: what they were, how they worked and their differences. The main reason for his interest was that ‘lots of companies seem to be on there and I’d like to be part of it.’ It’s an increasingly popular view for baby boomers. The uptake of