Scam targeting small and medium businesses

I received the following email a few days ago. From my experience working with an investment bank, I know that VCs NEVER send out such emails soliciting clients. This is most likely a scam. This is the first time I have received one. Beware of such emails - you have been warned!

from: Hans Schneider
reply-to: hans2002@consultant.com
to: hans_sc@stribmail.com
date: Wed, [...]

Win $25,000 in Products and Services from Dell

I was recently informed of Dell’s small and medium business contest that I thought was worth passing along to my readers - especially in Atlantic Canada..
Once again Dell is holding its annual Dell Small Business Excellence Award, rewarding the innovation and technological know-how of small business across Canada and around the world.
The Canadian winner [...]

AIMPromote.com - CRM application overview

If I were to ask you your business goal, what would your answer be? I suppose, your answer would depend on your function: Sales would say, “To sell”; Marketing would say, “To promote and generate awareness”; Production would say, “To be efficient”; etc, etc. But there is one goal common to every department: To generate [...]

Secrets revealed: Rank high in SERPs using SEO

It’s easy to get listed quickly and with a high ranking in Google if you have the money. But how the heck do I get my site to rank high using generic search? ah, the wonders of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in getting you a high page rank in Search Engine Results Page (SERP). It does wonders to your traffic, eh! But, how the heck does one get there? Ideally the goal ought to be within the top 10 but we can settle for the top 20 now, can’t we?

Does your website do this?

Subscribe to my RSS feed. You spend a lot of time, money and resources developing a great website. But you know what, it is no good if your customers or prospects are unable to view it. - Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Management Blog at Halifax, Nova Scotia by IQI Strategic Management Inc

Browsers and websites

unless you have been living under the rock for the last decade, you know that Internet Explorer is not the only web browser. There are over 15 browsers with respective versions for a number of operating systems. So, did you test your website to see if it renders the same way in all the browsers. You do not know what operating system or browser your visitors use - so you have got to test your website against all the browsers - - Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Management Blog at Halifax, Nova Scotia

Real time pricing: Is it for you?

Have you ever asked fellow traveler the price s/he paid for the air ticket? Chances are that the two of you would have paid different fares – for adjacent seats. You knew this, didn’t you? If not, welcome to the world of variable pricing. The price they charge depends on the country of booking, date [...]

Is less more or is more less?

How many of you know More Merchant.com? Their motto is save more money and make more money. So, back to my question - do you know this blog? If not, then this blog helps you make and save money.

The marketing-sales debate

On board my flight to London a few years ago I got chatting with a co-passenger. Turned out this individual was a sales person. For some reason our conversation veered into the area of marketing & sales. I do not remember much of the conversation but this comment from him remained, “Oh, marketing! You are [...]

Missing the about us

The Carnival of Small Business Issues is hosted here every week. Bloggers from all over submit their posts to promote their blog and (I hope) to project themselves as a thought expert in their field. Before I read the posts I look at the “About” page. In some cases the blog is missing the About [...]