Free Market Thoughts – The Web is the Last True Free Market

Everyday that I spend researching new web trends, creative internet marketing, and other successful business in the web arena and I am realizing that the best part of the web is the entrepreneurial free market approach. Sure you got people that steal identities, spam scammers, and other individuals who use the web for unethical things, but that does not mean it’s not a true free market. In life, there are the good and the bad and it will always be that way, and so will the internet. Luckily there are a lot of good people out their helping companies protect their property. A true free market is regulated by private companies or indivduals instead of the government. The web is a prime example of free market regualtion by private businesses. Many companies employ software coders to protect their information, or they outsource that process to private companies. It’s a very … READ MORE

Five Website Trends to Watch in 2011

Five Website Trends to Watch in 2011

If you’re like many small businesses, you try to keep up with technology and follow the latest new “trends”, especially when it makes sense for your business to do so. But – how do you know which online “trends” are only fads, and which ones are actually useful for business? Although the answers may vary depending on whom you ask, here are a few stand-out online trends that we think are worth watching – or implementing – in 2011:

Mobile

Mobile devices like smart phones, PDAs, Blackberrys, iPads, etc., are everywhere – it’s been reported that more than 90% of the U.S. population today has a mobile device! Businesses have already started to take advantage of this emerging trend by developing mobile websites, apps, advertising, and mobile marketing initiatives to help them stay in touch with their customers anytime, anywhere.

Social Media 

As the use of social networking sites like … READ MORE