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Small Businesses Could Get Help From Banks, Lawmakers
0 Comment(s) | Posted Dec 29, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
Lawmakers have advanced new legislation to extend additional credit resources to small businesses in 2010, and major banks are reporting plans to increase the amount of small business loans they make in 2010, as well. Fox Small Business Center said major US banks plan to increase their outlays to small businesses in 2010 after a tight credit...
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Small Business Marketing - Learning from Dell's Twitter Success
0 Comment(s) | Posted Dec 8, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
Dell continues to see increasing returns from its involvement on Twitter. Mashable reports today that the computer giant has now earned $6.5 million from its Dell Outlet Twitter account, which has more than 1.5 million followers. The company also reported that its sales through the medium had tripled over 2008. Though Mashable is...
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Bizmore: A Social Media Resource for Small Businesses
2 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 24, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
Small businesses owners can benefit from Bizmore , a social media destination where they can ask questions of peers and read advice from experts about a range of problems they may encounter. Bizmore just added a collection of eight blogs to its existing forums that provide practical information about pressing concerns of small business owners....
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Mass Crowdsourcing Exodus At Wikipedia
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 23, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
Wikipedia saw significant declines in user activity across the first 3 months of 2009, as more than 49,000 volunteer editor/posters left the site (versus 4,900 across the same period in 2008.) As Wall Street Journal writers Julia Angwin and Geoffrey A. Fowler assert, “ this could have significant implications for the brand of...
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Luxury Brands Still Online-Averse, Despite Poor Holiday Projections
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 18, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
“Because of continuing legal battles over online sales of counterfeit goods, concerns about undermining carefully honed brand images and a history of costly failures, many in the fashion business remain wary of the Internet. But executives say that attitudes are softening as brands realize that the Web provides one of the last untapped...
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Next Round's On Us? Crowdsourcing To Buy Pabst Blue Ribbon.
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 17, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
We’ve seen the legitimate effectiveness of crowdsourcing in the graphic design arena with crowdSPRING , in the food and beverage industry with Vitaminwater ’s latest campaign, and arguably the iPhone app revolution, but recently the strength-in-numbers concept has recently been taken to a new level. Advertising agencies Ad Store and...
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CMOs Are Falling Behind In Social Media Race
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 17, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
New research from Hill and Knowlton indicates that most CMOs don’t spend much on social media marketing yet. Of the 124 CMOs that participated in the study, 55 percent said they spend less than 5 percent of their budget on social media, and an additional 30 percent said they spend less than 10 percent. Businesses in general have been...
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NewsGa.me - Predicting The Future Of The Predictive News Marketplace
1 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 11, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
Remember “Early Edition,” a B/B- series on CBS in the mid-90’s? The main character receives “tomorrow’s” newspaper “today,” using predictive knowledge to avert tragedies and save lives. While perhaps lacking the same altruistic bent, Nordic start-up company Nosco has taken that early-news...
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Few Businesses Have A Clue When It Comes To Social Media
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 5, 2009 by Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie
Peter Wylie previously worked at FierceMarkets, a leader in B2B e-media which publishes a portfolio of email newsletters, websites, webinars, and live events focusing on the telecom, life sciences, healthcare, IT, and finance industries. He served as editor of two email newsletters, FierceVoIP and FierceOnlineVideo, in addition to managing copy-editing, layout, and web presence for the other two publications in Fierce's telecom group. Peter holds a B.A. in Journalism and English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and editor of the public service journal, Insight Out.
A Business.com study released today provides further proof that social media is gaining business acceptance quickly—and that few of these businesses have any clue how to leverage it successfully. Does the following data sound reminiscent of your business’ social media strategy? The study, conducted over the last year with nearly...
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Tweeting To Campaign Victory?
0 Comment(s) | Posted Nov 3, 2009 by Pat Morrell
Patrick Morrell
Pat Morrell began his career in the marketing department of the DC-based Corporate Executive Board, leaving after a year to accept an invitation to work with the Barack Obama Campaign in Ohio. He returned to DC soon thereafter and joined the staff of Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-06). Pat graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from The University of the South where he was a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, Omicron Delta Kappa, and a Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency in Washington, DC.
This time last year I was holed up in a West Chester, OH, office, herding volunteers out the door to canvas for the 2008 Presidential election. While I certainly enjoy being away from campaign politics – more than 3 hours sleep a night is a good thing – I can’t stay away completely . Below, I’ve included everything...
