1. Use Parenthesis (They Work) it help your email subject stand out from the crowd. You can be very creative and have a subject line plus a call to action Loose weight (without running 5 miles a day) The tallest man in the world (picture inside) 2. Use “Video”, “Picture” or “Pic” How many people do you know that regroup and read together? Now how many...

Original source:  Techcrunch.com This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. It is the first in a series of posts he’s writing about the decisions a young entrepreneur needs to make when she/he is first starting a business. The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today....

Obsess over customers. Not competitors, not anything else, but customers. “Start there and work backwards.” Invent. “Any time we have a problem, we never accept either-or thinking.  We try to figure out a solution. You can invent your way out of any box. Invent on behalf of customers. It’s not just the big things, like Kindle, EC2, the cloud, but an...

1-Raise your product prices Many small businesses have smaller profit margin than big business, mostly in part  because they tend to under-price their products/services. So why don’t you just raise the price? yes I know it’s scary, you think maybe the client will look for a cheaper product right? Hum not always true.  The fact of the matter is if you...

a good leader has vision. a good leader commands respect. a good leader sees the big picture. a good leader knows when to change direction. a good leader point out problem areas and is ready to discuss solutions. a good leader has confidence in both approach and attitude. a good leader is accountable a good leader command true trustworthiness a successful sales...

Make great and unique videos. Add subscribe, favorite and rate prompts/ calls to action to your videos either at the video or via Annotations. Post a video response on the most popular and relevant video of that day. Add comments asking  people to watch your video on the video watch pages of popular videos. Use some but not all the same keyword’s as your...