19 Aug

Chambers of Commerce Less Popular with Small Businesses

Last week’s Warrillow Weekly has the following stunning chart, showing how membership in local Chambers of Commerce is dropping.

Their numbers are based on a survey of over 2,000 small businesses. According to the Warrillow Weekly, which is an email newsletter report:
“There’s no doubt that the US Chamber of Commerce, an affiliation of thousands of [...]

08 Aug

Getting On Board the Online Community and Social Media Express

If social media and online communities are not part of your current strategy, you might want to get with the program.
Jeremiah Owyang has a list of enterprise companies with employees dedicated to social media and online communities.  The typical roles would be:  the Social Computing Strategist or the Community Manager, although people’s actual titles are [...]

04 Aug

LinkedIn Places Higher Value on 50-Employee-and-Up Small Businesses

Recently when I’ve visited my LinkedIn profile to approve connection requests and handle other business, I’ve noticed a medium rectangle ad displayed on my profile. The two ads showing up most often are an ad for AT&T and one for Bank of America. (Previously I believe Google AdSense ads were displayed. )
Being the [...]

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