Small Business Lessons from a Facebook IPO Flop by: Custom Toll Free, May 23, 2012 Facebook's IPO dismally failed to keep up with most estimates of closing day share prices but Zuckerberg still ranks among the country's richest. So what powerful lessons are to be picked up from the fiasco by small business owners and entrepreneurs? Mark Zuckerberg has already lost more than $2 billion since Facebook went public. Luckily he can clearly afford it after an almost $20 billion windfall last week. However it is clear that there are powerful lessons to be learned here, both for those rushing towards their own giant IPOs and new startups. Read More
How to Maximize the Benefits of Your Vanity Toll Free Number by: Custom Toll Free, May 22, 2012 Now that you have your vanity toll free number, what should you be doing to get the most out of it? Remember, the whole point of a vanity toll free number is to make it easier for your potential customers to pick up the phone and give you a call. With this in mind, anything you can do to make it easier will still give you more benefit from this smart investment. Read More
How Long Does It Take to Reserve or Activate a Vanity Number? by: Custom Toll Free, May 21, 2012 You've picked out your perfect vanity toll free number. It's available and now you're ready to place your order. But you have one final question. How long will you have to wait before the vanity number is available for you to use? Relax! The hard part is over! In most cases, your new toll free number will be active and ready for use within two hours after placing the order. So it's a good idea to be ready to field those incoming calls right away. Read More
#Technology: Windfall Profits for Zuckerberg’s #Facebook IPO or Not? by: Custom Toll Free, May 18, 2012 Where is Facebook's stock going to top out at today? Not ready to put your money on the line yet? That's OK, join the fun with a harmless prediction via Tweet and have your vote counted on the site thrown up overnight on Tuesday by James Proud. The current average stands at a forecast of $54 a share or a total value for Facebook of $135,718,802,154. However, if you're feeling lucky there are a few sites that offer the ability to acquire a single share. Consider it a souvenir or make it a gift. Read More
From Panda to Penguin: Understanding Google’s Algorithm Alterations. by: 00juno, May 17, 2012 In the interest of keeping your Google audience clicking toward your store and your service, holding down that position and keeping the first page on the searches speak more volumes and spark more sales than a Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook or yellow pages section combined. That’s just simple business and strong reputation management. But what you see, and more importantly, what your customers see is not the same as what Google sees through the eyes of its constantly-shifting and ever-altering algorithms. Read More
Facebook Tells Brands They Aren’t Pitching Hard Enough! by: Custom Toll Free, May 16, 2012 In an effort to spur more marketing and more usage of the social network for business, Facebook has followed the recent lead of search giants, Google and Bing, in sharing with brand owners what they need to do to increase advertising effectiveness. After a month of comparing the results of various brands on Facebook, the social platform has determined businesses aren't pitching themselves hard enough, contrary to what many "gurus" have been saying. Read More
Reasons for Advertising Failing on the Internet by: Custom Toll Free, May 14, 2012 Not seeing the results you expected and hoped for from your Internet advertising? Here are five reasons your online advertising could be failing: 1. You Are Not Doing Enough Many entrepreneurs and small businesses simply aren’t doing enough. Not enough blogging, too few social posts, running too few PPC ads to get the clicks and traffic needed. Maybe all that is needed is turning up the volume a little. Read More
#Facebook & #Bing Take Google Head On by: admin, May 11, 2012 Facebook and Microsoft are teaming up to take on search giant, Google. What does this mean for your marketing and branding efforts? News from Microsoft reveals the roll out of changes to its Bing search engine to include Facebook results in a challenge to Google's search dominance. How important is this and will this affect marketing efforts? What do businesses and entrepreneurs need to change now? Read More
#Facebook & #Bing Take Google Head On by: Custom Toll Free, Facebook and Microsoft are teaming up to take on search giant, Google. What does this mean for your marketing and branding efforts? News from Microsoft reveals the roll out of changes to its Bing search engine to include Facebook results in a challenge to Google's search dominance. How important is this and will this affect marketing efforts? What do businesses and entrepreneurs need to change now? Read More
