A PayPal for politics

When Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina made his infamous "You lie!" outburst during the president's healthcare address to Congress in September, he wasn't the only one stepping into the spotlight. The next day, an Austin startup called Piryx set up a Web site to facilitate donations to Wilson.

Stimulus cash runs out for loans

The stimulus cash that helped boost small business lending this year just ran out.

Better digs, less money

These 6 businesses took advantage of crashed real estate prices to trade up for new stores and office space.

Quantitative Research

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Make Sales by Making Friends

What if I could show you how to make more sales? Would you be interested? Of course you would. Did you know it's as easy as making more friends? If you want to win people over to your way of thinking, they need to like you. And the way to get them to do that is to take an interest in them.

Continuity in Marketing

Continuity in marketing is extremely important. It's the strategy and process of coordinating all the elements of a marketing message to achieve a consistent, memorable, overall look and feel for a company, service, or product. Learn how to create continuity in your marketing message in this guest article by Jim Schakenbach.

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