Analysis of companies, markets, digital business models, startups, monetization strategies, and how technology shapes modern commerce and decision making.

Why Marketers Recommend Businesses Use Promo Codes
Promotional codes are a cornerstone of marketing in 2019, and this is seen with every major retailer in the world. Some retailers offer free shipping, or following in the footsteps of Papa John’s Pizza, some promotional codes are provided daily or when a sports team reaches a certain milestone.
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The Key Email Marketing Trends To Watch In 2019
While social media seems to be the new favorite of the marketing world, email is still quietly working away in the background to consistently deliver new customers and increase sales. Year after year, email continues to provide an impressive ROI for your marketing dollar.
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Michael Stummer’s Guide To Real Estate Investing 101
Real estate investing is an effective way to increase cash flow, secure a financial future, maximize growth potential, and plan for retirement. But for some, just getting started can be an overwhelming experience. Director of Finance and Strategy Michael Stummer claims that rental properties are a p ...

3 Ways to Increase Your Call Center ROI
Call Centers are a difficult beast to manage. The margins can sometimes lie on a razor-thin line, especially considering the overseas competition that can be brought to bear on a rival marketing campaign or as outsourced help for your very own business. Prices are lower abroad, but customer service ...

Top Three Macroeconomic Trends For Forex Traders To Watch In 2019
A trend is a tendency for prices to move in a particular direction over a reasonable span of time. Trends can be long term, short term, upward, downward and even sideways. Success with forex market investments is tied to the investor's ability to identify trends and position themselves for profitabl ...

How To Decide If A Loan Is A Good Option For You
There comes a time in all of our lives where we would like to make a purchase, maybe a necessary one or maybe a pleasurable one, and we just don’t have the funds to make it happen. The options would be to look at some kind of funding or to save and wait to make the purchase further down the line. If ...

Are Chatbots (And Live Chat) Good For Business?
Every business invests heavily in customer relation services. These services are aimed at reaching out to their target customers, hence creating customer loyalty. These services also go on to enlighten customers on the type of products and services offered by a firm. There are many ways through whic ...

5 Reasons Why You Should Totally Go For Replicas
What drives you towards buying designer products? Let me guess: the quality. While all that is perfectly fine: high-quality products, the designer stuff can be steep when it comes to the pricing. However, that should not stop you from standing out with the best sneakers at the barbeque party.
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What Is Digital Marketing? – Quick Guide
Everyone is marketing their business online, so no matter whether you call it online marketing, internet advertising, it's digital marketing, which is a big deal these days. Digital marketing is no doubt a buzzword these days and for a good reason, it’s the way to grow your business online.
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5 Tips For Making Your E-Commerce Site A Success In 2019
There’s no better time to own an e-commerce store than today. Last year, total retail e-commerce sales in the United States surpassed 500 billion dollars, and that number is projected to rise over 730 billion by 2023.
More and more people are choosing to shop online because of the convenience and ...

Outsourcing vs. Outstaffing Software Development
Some of the biggest names in technology are scaling quality, controlling budgetary spend, and redefining the contours of project management by offshoring software development instead of being tied to in-house teams.
Your company may be tethered to the US, but your software development team could ...

How To Expand Into A New Market Without Crashing And Burning
When you enter a new physical market, say in another country or on another continent, you expose your brand to new audiences. You might find you need to create and nurture strong relationships with foreign or otherwise unfamiliar businesses. The whole thing can involve taking a massive leap of faith ...

8 Passive Income Ideas To Increase Your Monthly Income
Money is never enough that even the billionaires of today are still grinding and hustling to make more money. You should not be okay with your monthly income alone. Think outside the box. Why don’t you add another income source? You may never know, but a passive income might pay most of your bills, ...

How Shopping Malls Can Cut Down Energy Costs
Shopping centers use a lot of energy on a day to day basis. Stores need lighting, air conditioning, refrigerators and many more that consume a lot of power. Utility bills are always viewed as uncontrollable expenses, but you can actually control consumption and spend less on those bills. There are m ...

Brooks Wells Supplies His Tips For Starting A Local Business
If you are like most aspiring business owners, you’ve likely spent a great deal of time absorbing information through search engines like Google or by speaking with experienced business owners. Across all platforms, there is no shortage of tips and tricks to inspire and support your next business ve ...