26 Aug
Posted by Madison Fargher as Financial Articles
Erin Cigich’s award was bestowed as a result of her many accomplishments in various roles within Clickbooth, as well as her continuing contributions to the online marketing industry and community.
With co-founders just barely into their 30’s and successfully operating and growing a multi-million dollar company, Sarasota-based online marketing giant, Clickbooth.com, is no stranger to great leadership. This point was emphasized again recently when Erin Cigich, Clickbooth President and Managing Partner, was named Business Woman of the Year in the Young category by the Tampa Bay Businesses Journal. The category recognizes businesswomen under the age of 40 for their outstanding accomplishments in the business community.
A record 360 nominations were received for this year’s awards, which spanned eight categories. Nominations were narrowed down to 52 finalists by an independent panel of judges. Final Full Post…
Everywhere you go you see people facebooking, wordpressing, tublr-ing, tweeting on their laptops, smartphones, and ipads. For small business owners, the current obsession with social networking provides a great opportunity for cheap n’ easy marketing. Everything is online now – even voicemail and online fax service!
But back to online advertising….according to Wedbush Securities analyst Lou Kerner, “In less than two years, Facebook has become the dominant source of online user data and is rapidly becoming one of the Web’s premiere advertising destinations.” With more than 500 million users on Facebook and 175 million on twitter, it is no longer a matter of “if” or “if not” to implement social media — it is now a “must.”
But where to begin? Canadian broadcaster, podcaster, blogger, and speaker, Amber MacArthur recently reviewed her suggestions including establishing goals, ensuring a listening strategy, creating compelling content. Using tools like Google Full Post…
23 Jul
Posted by admin as Identity Theft Advice
Q. With Internet fax, can you receive a fax if sent by a fax machine?
A. You bet! Internet fax services function just like a fax machine, but without the bulky equipment and wasted paper. When someone sends you a fax, whether from a machine or through another Internet fax service, the data will be converted to email attachments and emailed to you. Try MetroFax, which costs $6.63 a month and gives you 500bined send-and-receive pages, or MyFax, which costs a little more ($8.33 a month) but offers a toll-free number at no charge.
We get asked all the time by our readers whether they have the right to get a free credit score. Until now, the answer has always been “No”. But thanks to a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, starting tomorrow the answer will be “Sometimes”. The new rule requires that whenever lenders use a credit score to either turn consumers down for a loan, give them an interest rate higher than the best available, or raise their interest rate, the lender must send the consumer the score they used to make that decision. In addition, the lender must give the consumer a little more information about the score. Here’s what the lenders specifically must disclose:
We’re in favor of any rule requiring more disclosure to consumers about their credit. After all, if it’s your credit and it can cost you tens of thousands of dollars in interest payments or more over the course of a loan, shouldn’t you know what it is? So we think this new rule is a good step. However, the world of credit reports and credit scores is an extremely convoluted and confusing one and we think this rule may only add to that confusion. We’ve reviewed the requirements of the new law and found several areas that we think will be cause consternation for consumers getting their scores. Here are