Image Credit: garagestock / Shutterstock.com Everybody loves a good story, and that thought is not just a popular line of prose. It’s a truth based in science. A group of Princeton University neuroscientists have found that stories activate sensory centers in our brains. “Communication is a shared activity resulting in a transfer of information across...Read More

Image credit: VGstockstudio/Shutterstock.com It’s one of those announcements that can easily be missed if you don’t have a better than average understanding of the technical aspects of how your website works. In the dynamic world of digital marketing, rapid changes to how customers receive and respond to marketers’ messages come and go on a seemingly...Read More

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: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Founded in the earliest years of our newest century, LinkedIn has become the largest business-focused online social network boasting more than 610 million members and users. LinkedIn is the most-used social media platform amongst Fortune 500 companies. Initially used has a contact source for job providers and employment seekers, LinkedIn has become...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: Satori Studios/Shutterstock.com Flashy introductions touting world shattering, high-tech, gee whiz, holy cow demonstrations of almost magical performance have been the typical approach of Apple when revealing their newest products. The flash of the reveal has consistently been trumped only by loyal consumers’ responses. The recent introduction of Apple’s foray into the financial services...Read More

Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com Once the relatively sole purview of magazines, cable TV and book of the month clubs, subscription business models are now popping up all over. Software, once purchased and installed on one computer at a time and repurchased when a new version became available, is quickly being replaced by monthly subscriptions. Ownership of the product...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: Lightspring/Shutterstock.com Niche markets are quickly becoming popular opportunities for small to mid-sized companies looking to survive among large businesses. Specialized markets are not new. They have always had a place in the larger and broad-based markets that volume business models have historically been willing to overlook. Often considered too small to generate the...Read More