Here is what Seth Godin and Tom Peters have to say about the wonders of blogging. Short clip – but very important.
Discraft, the leading manufacturer of disc products for ultimate frisbee and a producer of both freestyle and golf discs, has been around since 1981. Because of the internet, Discraft is a healthier company then previously imaginable. As a wholesaler today, Discraft is able to sell products online in large batches to clubs, retailers, [...]
Grove City Lacrosse Junior Goaltender Andrew Dymski recently wrote an article titled, Utilizing Social Media to Create a Strong Support Base. The article discusses how a club team, like Grove City Lacrosse, can use Twitter to inform fans and build support. Dymski refutes the thinking of those who doubt the ability to communicate substantive information [...]
Ever find yourself bored and wanting something to do.. well why not stumble. Stumbleupon is a site that brings up sites from all over the web. All you have to do is go to stumbleupon.com and fill out the form that asks for interests. This insures that the sites being generated are in your field [...]
Here is something I think will (eventually) become a tool for large online stores: 3 dimensional room decorating and design. As the technology continues to become both better and cheaper, setting up 3D room design applications online for companies like Ikea, Home Depot, or Lowe’s will become big business. This virtual tool [...]
Social media is the way to go these days if you want to reach a larger target market for less money, and who doesn’t want that? Web features such as “Rate this product” and “Comment on this product” tell people a lot more about a product than a companies own biased ads, and people seem [...]
Although I do not have a twitter account, I can see how twitter could be an extremely effective tool for businesses. My roommate David Janssen, an avid twitter connoisseur, said this:
“Businesses will give special discounts to twitter followers such as 10 dollars off to the first 100 customers. They also can let customers know about deals in [...]
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that is free and openly edited by anyone and everyone, is easily my favorite site. The amount of knowledge it contains is unbelievable. The best part is that it’s all (usually) true! While most professors cringe at the idea of students using the site in anything even fractionally academic, the site [...]
I am terrible about taking the time to watch the news or read a newspaper, but i do make an effort to stay up to date through google news. I realized recently that I have no idea where Google gets their news from. I always simply trusted Google. Thus, today I began my quest to [...]
It’s common knowledge that the internet is changing the way entrepreneurs do business. We can reach aglobal marketplace, have a storefront that’s never closed, and intereact with customers on an easy-to-use interface. But one thing entrepreneurs overlook is how many resources are our there to help them achieve their online entrepreneurial goals.
After using technology (like [...]