From Small Business Trends Believe it or not, your small business has an edge. No, you might not be as well-funded, well-connected or even as well-established as the big guys. But something convinced you to go out on your own. Something convinced you that you could compete. You are smaller, more agile, more adaptable than your larger competitors. And maybe more imaginative too. Don’t miss any opportunity to hone that edge. Or any tool...

From Clickbank.com Written by: Simon Slade, Guest Blogger Those of us in the affiliate marketing world work hard to get visitors to our pages, so it’s disappointing when they turn on their heels and walk out without even clicking a HopLink. The disappointment is intensified if you actually paid for the traffic using PPC advertising. What can you do about this? Is it possible to still get value from visitors who are leaving your site? Do...

Grabbed from link We all know that content is king and that if you keep blogging… if you keep doing what you love… the traffic and the money will follow suit. While that’s partially true, there is also things that you can do to: Index your newly launched blog fast by major Search Engines Increase traffic to your blog Improve your SERPs (Search Engine Result Positions) Why wait right? Content can be king but waiting around for...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Small business owners may have more of a need than most to be able to access their chosen suite of productivity tools from more than one computer or platform. As a business or startup owner you may have occasion to bring your work home with you, or require frequent...

In an ideal world of affiliate marketing does not require having your own website, dealing with customers, refunds, and product development. This is one of the easiest ways of launching into an online business. Assuming you are already into an affiliate program, what would be the next thing you would want to do? Double, or even triple, your commissions? Here are some powerful tips on how to boost your affiliate program commissions: 1. Know...

Grabbed from link The Inside AdSense blog has just announced that AdSense will now be serving YouTube Promoted Videos.  These YouTube videos will appear in various regular AdSense ad formats and are different from the regular YouTube videos ads which streams ads as videos and are considered as image ads. These promoted videos feature movie trailers, product demos and other videos that are being promoted by their creators to reach a wider...