The Federal Trade Commission revised the CAN SPAM Act earlier this week; adding four new rule provisions. (more…)

Well over 50% of blog reading women and female bloggers state they have made a purchase decision based on content found in blogs according to a recent survey. (more…)

U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins has ruled Sanford Wallace, aka “Spamford”, and his offsider now owes MySpace 230 million bucks in damages. (more…)

Working from a virtual office can isolate you somewhat; even from your fellow online workers. There’s an increased risk of dehumanizing the workplace as we fly headlong into an increasingly “always on” and online world. (more…)

According to a recent survey, the number of consumers needing to “touch and feel” big ticket items is dropping substantially. (more…)

I just finished listening to a 1 minute voicemail from some idiot who mistakenly thought I was a small business owner with time on my hands. Actually, I only listened to the first 10 seconds of it. VoIP (Voice over IP) is a wonderful thing, but its given marketers without a clue new ways to annoy small business – telespam. (more…)

Tough times mean folks are looking for real or perceived bargains – and given current economic conditions, coupon sites have become increasingly popular. If you’re not using coupons yet for your online business, you’re likely missing a lot of sales and new customers. (more…)

The scale of the destruction from the cyclone that hit Myanmar (Burma) a few days back makes Hurricane Katrina look rather tame in terms of human misery. Upwards of a hundred thousand people have likely perished and over a million have been displaced – many of these people won’t have anything to come back to and were struggling as it was before the cyclone hit.

They need our help. (more…)

Sometimes I wonder how these high fallutin’ financial types get the jobs they do.

If you’re in online business catering to a US market, but based outside the USA, it’s likely you’ve been feeling the pinch of the floundering greenback. (more…)

I have a love-hate relationship with my telco. Whenever I move house it tends to be hate as they invariably screw up service transfers in every conceivable way. But I’ve recently fallen back in love with them for their expensive, yet incredible wireless broadband coverage; speaking of which, I had an interesting call from them about the other day. (more…)