Three steps to make social media sell
February 10, 2012
Knowing how to update your Facebook page, write an engaging blog, or create a viral YouTube video is, commercially speaking, worthless without knowing how social media platforms produce sales. The truth is that social media’s sudden arrival and instant popularity is causing most entrepreneurs to lose perspective on the ultimate goal:selling. In this sluggish economy, revenue trumps being most “liked” or highly “engaged with.”
Not all bank tech vendors are equal
December 12, 2011
FIS, Fiserv, Jack Henry and Harland Financial Solutions are in the same business and sell similar products and services to the same financial institutions. That's where the similarities end.
Small Businesses Lead In New Job Creation
October 5, 2011
U.S. nonfarm private employment highlights for September 2011 indicate a gain of 91,000 jobs, with 60,000 of those coming from small businesses. It appears the adage of small businesses leading the U.S. job growth stays intact. Why do small businesses continue to flourish with very little assistance ffrom the U.S. government, while the big corporations receive bailouts?
Startup America partnership open for business
September 19, 2011
Startup America Partnership | www.startupamericapartnership.org
Young companies can now register to become verified Startup America firms and gain access to resources from more than twenty five leading companies.
M2M shipments head to 100 million -- IMS
August 26, 2011
Shipments of cellular modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications will reach over 100 million in 2015, according to IMS Research’s new report “The World Market for Cellular Modules in M2M Communications”. While dropping module prices, reduced connectivity rates from carriers, and increased availability of cellular networks worldwide are all key drivers behind this growth, the report also finds that the level of uptake of cellular M2M will vary widely among different vertical markets.
US Banking - Deposits UP & Investment DOWN
August 10, 2011
A clear understanding that depositors have extreme safety (within appropriate FDIC guidelines and limits) and that for investors the caveat "BUYER BEWARE" is more prominent than ever before.
Something Is Better Than Nothing: Yahoo and Alibaba’s New Deal
July 31, 2011
Yahoo, Alibaba, Softbank come to agreement | councils.glgroup.com
NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO)., Japan's Softbank Corp (TYO:9984). and the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group have agreed on a compensation plan involving the Web payment service AliPay.Under the agreement, Yahoo Inc., Softbank Corp. and Alibaba said that Alibaba — and thereby its shareholders — will continue to participate in Alipay's future financial performance. If Alipay goes public or is otherwise liquidated, Alibaba will get at least $2 billion and up to $6 billion.
Something Is Better Than Nothing: Yahoo and Alibaba’s New Deal
July 29, 2011
Yahoo, Alibaba, Softbank come to agreement | online.wsj.com
NEW YORK — Yahoo Inc., Japan's Softbank Corp. and the Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group have agreed on a compensation plan involving the Web payment service AliPay.Under the agreement, Yahoo Inc., Softbank Corp. and Alibaba said that Alibaba — and thereby its shareholders — will continue to participate in Alipay's future financial performance. If Alipay goes public or is otherwise liquidated, Alibaba will get at least $2 billion and up to $6 billion.
Bank of Innovation: What would it look like to you? Part II
July 24, 2011
A New Bank and Bank Model: A Bank of Innovation: What would it look like to you? | by.optimost.com
Continuing from my prior post of the future of banking and bank innovation...P2P lending may be the next big thing in banking; however, the business model and platform introduced by Zopa and Prosper, even though copied by more than forty companies around the world, (http://www.glgroup.com/News/The-P2P-Lending-Landscape-51458.html) is not workable for banks in its current form.
A New Bank and Bank Model: A Bank of Innovation: What would it look like to you?
July 22, 2011
A New Bank and Bank Model: A Bank of Innovation: What would it look like to you? | www.gplus.com
The bank of the future looks like no bank at all. A convergence of emerging technologies, as follows, will enable a future form of bank that will be a bank in name and regulation only. The bank of the future looks like no bank at all. A convergence of emerging technologies, as follows, will enable a future form of bank that will be a bank in name and regulation only:
ATMs could distribute prepaid Visa cards
January 23, 2012
PayPal can thrive as a standalone company
January 9, 2012
Europe's CO2 Emissions Trading System works, but it can be improved
December 16, 2011
European women wonder why their insurance premiums will increase
December 15, 2011
Can Verisk Analytics sell its advisory loss cost products overseas?
November 22, 2011