The free and open internet is at risk, a large group of companies and advocates are insisting, and they want the public’s help to save it. “Sorry, we’re stuck in the slow lane.” That will be the message on thousands of websites Wednesday as companies join together to protest a proposed rollback of open internet […]
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All participating companies completed a two-part assessment process conducted by the independent workplace research firm, Best Companies Group (BCG). Part one of process was the Employer Questionnaire, where BCG asked about benefits, HR policies and the fun things the employers do for their employees. Part two was the Employee Engagement and Satisfaction Survey which measured
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Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey disagreed Thursday with President Donald Trump over a sugar deal with Mexico, arguing that it would only favor a handful of U.S. sugar producers and refiners. Inside the Sugar Deal with Mexico The deal, announced in early June, is in response to complaints from U.S. sugar producers and refiners that
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Recently, 500 companies — mostly small businesses and startups — went to Walmart (NYSE:WMT) company headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, to pitch their products to company buyers. If they’re selected, they’ll get to sell their products at Walmart stores and on the retailers website. It could mean huge growth for those small companies. But there are
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In the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing, it can be hard to truly examine what works—and more importantly, what doesn’t. A great place to start is by looking at the brands at the forefront of the digital marketing world and analyze what worked for them. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. However, there is
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Marketing Podcast with Megan HannayPodcast Transcript I’ve long been a big fan of partnering with not for profits in your community. (I wrote about this in The Referral Engine.) There are so many organizations that need and deserve our support and by partnering you further cement your business as a community asset. When an organization is
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Search engine optimization is necessary for anyone trying to make a sale. Without it, your business is forced to rely too heavily on word-of-mouth recommendations and advertisements. The premise of SEO is simple enough: it’s a technique used to help your business rank and appear higher on search engine results pages, which in turn increases
Back to Podcast John Jantsch: For national companies trying to infiltrate the local market the community organizations may be the best and last frontier. On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I speak with Megan Hannay. She is the co-founder and CEO of ZipSprout dot com that is doing a very innovative take
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The language-learning industry is fierce. It’s dominated by multi-million dollar corporations. These are companies with huge advertising budgets. They have books and software on every e-commerce platform and in every bookstore on the planet. It’s the sort of market that seems IMPOSSIBLE to penetrate. Benjamin sells an online course that teaches people how to speak
“I’ll have a venti latte, triple shot, coconut milk, with a sprinkle of cinnamon.” If you frequent Starbucks, you’ve probably heard other customers give complex orders like this. Maybe you give them yourself. Do Starbucks’ customers blink at the verbal gymnastics some customers perform just to get their cuppa joe? Not at all. In fact,
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