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The first Sunday in February has become as important to the fans of professional football as any holiday is to the masses of believers of religion, love, or memorialization. True believers schedule life activities around the contests between the 32 National Football League (NFL) teams from early September to just after Groundhog Day in the new year. The annual Super...

Image Credit: 13_Phunkod / Shutterstock.com As the internet exploded upon the scene a couple of decades ago and millions of users let the world know who and where they were on the web, the whole of commerce initiated promotional campaigns utilizing emails. Much like direct mail marketing surged after the first street address was published, initial email campaigns used a...

Image Credit: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com In the beginning, it promised a new era of opportunity to advance the cause of free enterprise; a new pathway that promised a level field of competition where industries would compete for customers regardless of size, and where small, more disadvantaged marketers could meet larger, better-capitalized players on more even ground. It predicted that small,...

Image Credit: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com It was a potentially explosive announcement for social media marketing, but it would appear that for advertisers and marketers, who rely on social media platforms to connect with customers, the news barely received notice. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced in December that they would be filing antitrust legislation against the largest social media platform...

Image Credit: Blue Planet Studio / Shutterstock.com To many, it seems that it is a really bad time to even ask the question: Is now (2021) a good time to start a new business? Bad economies come and go every decade or so, but worldwide pandemics come along about once every hundred years, at least that’s the current historic experience....