Image credit: Zilkovec/Shutterstock.com We’re all accustomed to playing a game by a set of rules designed to establish an order of fairness. Each player follows a common set of regulations to ensure inclusion of all who share the field of participation. Being a champion in any community endeavor mandates that the actions taken to achieve...Read More

Image credit: stocksolutions / Shutterstock.com Have you ever clicked on a website to search for information about a company and found yourself not knowing where to go or what to do next to secure the solution you were looking for? The dilemma is not unusual. Many landing pages (first page of a website), while artfully...Read More

Image credit: REDPIXEL.PL/Shutterstock.com Typically, major players in an industry are not pioneers into uncharted and untested niche territories; territories that promise to disrupt the status quo of long proven performances and produce huge revenues and “cash-cow” models that make C-suite executives and stockholders giddy. An atmosphere of invulnerability supported by decades of dominance in an...Read More

Image credit: Syda Productions/Shutterstock   Location-based marketing provides advertisers the ability to connect with consumers through their mobile devices based on location. While the technology and the marketing practice is not new, the practice of location-based marketing has, until now, been tempered by concerns over personal data collection and sharing. Consumers who receive ad messages...Read More

Image credit: everything possible/Shutterstock.com Starting a business is the dream of many. The vision of creating an environment where unrestrained creativity, innovation, and personal opportunity abounds is too much for hundreds of thousands of dreamers to resist each year. It is estimated that by 2020, 27 million Americans will leave the workforce every year to...Read More

Image credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com With more than half of the world’s population now using social media platforms to communicate, marketing via these platforms is no longer optional for brands looking to expand their reach. Ninety-five percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 years of age are most likely to follow brands via one...Read More

Image credit: NPFire/Shutterstock.com The economic turn-around is bringing more than competitive disruptions to independent start-ups and existing businesses that are looking to expand and grow. Funding options are expanding to include venture capital, angel investing, private equity markets as well as traditional bank lending. Each funding option comes with its own set of requirements, costs...Read More

Image credit: Den Rise/Shutterstock.com More than a billion web users’ personal information was stolen by cyber hackers in 2018. While large companies appear to be the victim of the vast majority of attacks, small business websites are proving to be an attractive target for cyber criminals looking to find an easy pathway to the riches […]Read More

Image credit: Al Sermeno Photography/Shutterstock.com Unlike 2018, the big NCAA 2019 basketball tournament event is not burdened with the pressure of battling clean-up. March Madness 2019 is predicted to set a new record of $1.36 billion in advertising spend, continuing an upward tradition since 2013. The NCAA Men’s Division I Final Four will be hosted by the city […]Read More

Formed shortly after the terrorist attacks on our Nation in September of 2001, The University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) serves as the leader in policy development and legal analysis in the field of homeland security. Through its association with the University of Maryland, Baltimore, CHHS has grown to include partnerships […]Read More