Tommy Humphreys of BCBusiness Blog offers simple tips for small and medium size businesses on how to use public relations and press releases to help promote your business. Today’s press releases can be done far more cost-effectively than ever before with all the different online tools and services available. And don’t forget the SEO and [...]

Many small businesses will revert to Google AdWords or other forms of paid search to offset any deficiencies in their SEO, or organic listings.
There are a couple of things you need to know first, before you embark on a paid search campaign.
1. If your sales cycle is longer than 2 weeks from click to [...]

Here’s a video recap by NovusTV of the F5 Expo held April 7th, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.

Photos courtesy of www.jeremylim.ca
The F5 Expo held Wednesday, April 7th was a tremendous event. Rich content, well-attended and a powerful keynote from best-selling author of Blink, Tipping Point, and Outliers Malcolm Gladwell. His challenge to people using and developing on the Internet is to use it to create strong ties rather than just weak ties, [...]

I was in attendance at the F5 Expo Launch Party yesterday, January 26th. What a great turnout! The place was packed with over 200 people – and all eyeballs were fixated on the many screens around the V Lounge as Malcolm Gladwell appeared within the Mingleverse online universe (think Second Life) to take questions from [...]

While stacking up your sales department is a good way to drive inbound leads and sales, I find that many businesses are overlooking the potential for a rockstar salesperson: their website.
Don’t be afraid to invest in your website just as you would a training and education budget for a salesperson. You may be [...]

Lindsay Smith announced today on her blog that early bird tickets are now available for the F5 Expo featuring bestselling author of Tipping Point and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell. As I mentioned in an earlier post, F5 Expo will focus on future trends in the online space including social media, digital media, SEO, and mobile apps. [...]

Host of Tech Talk Expert on Global TV News and show organizer, Lindsay Smith asked me to join her advisory board this year to help with the latest edition of the Massive Tech Show to be held in April 2010. The event has lost some steam over the past couple of years and is looking [...]

Here is a helpful article for novice small business operators looking to understand the impact of SEO on their sales as written by my guest, Jennifer Tanzi of Buydomains.com:
Using SEO to Court Search Engines
Ever since Google became a verb, small business owners have wondered about guaranteeing prime placement when prospective clients go a-typing [...]

Idan Factor of Exactfactor sent me their cool free SEO tool that his company offers. I’ve tested it out and found it to be easy to use and more importantly, useful in checking your position in search engines against your competitors. You can also get regular email alerts and weekly reports. There is a full [...]