MyBogU Contest Invites You To Start a New Site

By Ed Lieber If you have an idea for a brand new website serving a unique new niche, there s no time like the present to get started. A contest letting participants develop a new website over six months with help from a tight-know content collaboration community may be able to help. Get more detail on registering for the contest here. MyBlogU, an online community focusing on collaboration as a way to promote online content, is running the new “Content Zero to Blogging Hero Challenge.” Here s how the contest works: Participants launch a new blog and build it for six months using MyBlogU s community of writers and bloggers for support. Signup runs from September 5 to October 5. The earlier you enter, the better. The winner will be chosen based on their site statistics as of April 5 of next year. Data used to choose the winner will include the number of unique monthly visitors and blog subscribers; the amount of profit generated, if any, and MyBlogU Rank points attained. The points a
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2 Measures to Quickly Produce Income within your Company

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36 Percent of Smartphone Owners Use Messaging Apps, Says Research

By Ed Lieber Small business owners seeking to use social media to connect with customers may want to take a closer look at mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Kik, and iMessage. Those are among the more popular types of apps that smartphone owners are using, according to a recent study by Pew Research Center. Specifically, these messaging apps are most popular among young-adult users, the survey says, It notes that nearly half (49 percent) of smartphone owners ages 18 to 29 use these apps. While 41 percent use apps such as Snapchat or Wickr which automatically delete sent messages after a short time. Including adult respondents, the survey says 36 percent of smartphone owners reported using those mobile messaging apps, while 17 percent said they used temporary messaging apps like Snapchat and Wickr. Mobile messaging apps, for the first time, were separated into a different category from cellphone texting in the survey. Results reflect the larger growing trend of mobile use among c
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Killer Tips for Managing Workflow with Checklists

Do you feel like you manage your workflow in the best possible way? A lot of teams rely on sticky notes, stacks of emails or worse: their memory. Getting caught out by human errors creates disoriented, sluggish and confused teams out of groups that have the potential to be awesome.
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Learn Ways to Overcome Marketing Struggles at Content Inc. Summit

By Small Business Editor Launching a business can be difficult. And the struggle does not stop there. You still have marketing to deal with on top of everything else that comes with being a business owner. If you are running into trouble launching and marketing your business, you are not alone. The Content Inc. Summit, taking place this week in Cleveland, Ohio, might be able to help. Content Inc. offers a chance for business owners to meet with peers facing the same obstacles and learn from entrepreneurs who have done it before. Get tips and advice on how to build your business by leveraging digital content to targeted audiences. What s even better, you can get an exclusive Small Business Trends $195 member discount! Check out more about the event below. To see a full list or to submit your own event, contest or award listing, visit the Small Business Events Calendar. Featured Events, Contests and Awards Content Inc. Summit September 11, 2015, Cleveland, Ohio Are you an entrepreneur l
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Docstoc, First Acquired by Intuit, is Shutting Down Dec. 1

By Tabby McFarland If you are a Docstoc user you may want to hurry up and pull out soon. The company has announced it will be closing shop as of Dec. 1, 2015, and warns users to retrieve any documents previously uploaded to their account. Docstoc, founded in 2007 by Jason Nazar and Alon Shwartz, offers a large selection of more than 20 million professional- and user-generated documents aimed at small businesses. The site also offers resources for small business owners such as videos, articles, and productivity tools. Several years ago, the company expanded its services, launching two other websites aimed at helping small business owners. They are License123, a business licence database, and Expert Circle, a product and vendor recommendation site. But now Docstoc users are being notified that the company will no longer be continuing services. An email sent to users warns all accounts will be automatically closed out as of Dec. 1. The email asks users to “please make sure to visit the
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How to Host a Website on Google Drive for Free

We’re a big fan of cloud services on this blog, and Vinay has written on Process Street about Dropbox vs Google Drive in the past as well as a great guide on how to migrate to the cloud. If you’re wondering how to host a website on Google Drive for free, well, I just did (and it took me 2 minutes!) so I’ll tell you all about it.
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