A new study from iModerate Research Technologies, a leading qualitative research firm, shows the tremendous impact Social TV, the act of connecting with people via social networks while watching television, has on viewing. The hybrid, qualitative-quantitative study with males and females who engage in Social TV at least once a week uncovered that 58% of heavy engagers (more than 10 times a week) w

As average U.S. gas prices head toward $4.00 a gallon, billionaire hedge fund operator John Paulson recently told a standing room only crowd at New York's University Club that double-digit inflation is about to rear its ugly...

As I’ve written about before, we’re in an amazing period of the consumer Internet.  Despite a shaky economy, many web companies are in hypergrowth. This is reminiscent of the five-year period over a decade ago when companies..

Idea- Mark is a databank for all new business ideas and how one can change life with a good idea, not only for self but for many others as an inspiration! The groupwill bring in Idea's that are workable and potential money...

Last week we looked at How to Create an Endless Stream of Referrals and How to Create a Successful Referral Program.  This week we will post our next to last post for referral month with another favorite from the archives: Winning Referrals One Smile at a Time Have you ever seen a baby smile

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream. - C.S. Lewis What do Colonel Harland Sanders, Ray Kroc, William Amos, Laura Ingles Wilder, and Henry Ford all have in common? These successful people did not...

This article is all about facing reality and finding ways to create competitive advantage even in the worst of economic times.

While your business may have been running successfully for years, progress in technology may have changed the needs of your market in ways that may leave you scrambling to keep up. With so much change in the marketplace, some...

In this article we will examine the role of advisory boards and the impact they have on the structure of the work force. We will also look at how hyper-specialization is being used to increase efficiency and how although your...

What’s on the minds and wish lists of CIOs for 2012? What does business expect IT to focus on for next year? …Increasing enterprise growth, attracting and retaining customers, creating new products or services (read “innovation”), or improving operational performance? In the coming year, how much of IT and IT leadership’s investment in time and resources is going to be invested in building new com

In this article we will examine the role of advisory boards and the impact they have on the structure of the work force. We will also look at how hyper-specialization is being used to increase efficiency and how although your...