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A relevant and engaging blog can bring new customers and interest to your business. Also, Natalie MacNeil, founder of shetakesontheworld.com, explains how keywords can help increase traffic

A relevant and engaging blog can bring new customers and interest to your business. Also, Natalie MacNeil, founder of shetakesontheworld.com, explains how keywords can help increase traffic

"It's not TV," as they famous slogan says. "It's HBO." Yet you can't access HBO without TV.

"Our goal is not to build a platform," Zuckerberg says, "It's to be across all of them." And he alludes to Google+, dismissing it as a "little version of Facebook." Shots fired! If you missed the chin wag between public television's Charlie Rose, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg Monday evening--and are hankering to hear more on the idea of a four-way war between Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google--watch it here .

In its press release today American Express revealed explicitly that its new $100 million Digital Commerce Investment Initiative was destined to fund "early stage startups to facilitate the company's digital transformation." If that sounds like a firm that's aware it's got to rapidly pivot, that's because that's exactly what's going on.

It's no coincidence that a big, new idea never comes when you need it most.

Google+ is nowhere near as big as Facebook and Twitter... yet

Sure, Congress is ineffective, the Fed can't help you, and optimism is still weak. But there are plenty of reasons to feel good about being a small business owner. At first glance, today's small business optimism index released by the National Federation of Independent Businesses might make you a little depressed: More than a quarter of small businesses indicated that sales were lower this month than last, and borrowing activity is at a 38-year low.

The tax dollars lent through the Small Business Lending Fund--a version of TARP for small banks--were supposed to help small businesses. Here's where the money really went

Want to keep your computers, e-mails, and business secrets safe? Learn the latest in data encryption. Encryption isn’t typically something we hear too much about, even though most people use it every day unknowingly

Wahooly aims to match your start-up with influencers who can propel your company's name into the social media stratosphere. The price: A little equity. Need help getting the word out about your start-up and its products or services?

If you've had it up to here with Ticketmaster's insane fees, or you're looking to buy or sell tickets to your school's bake sale, your band's concert, or a local cooking class, Eventbrite is for you. Ticketmaster, dubbed the " most hated brand in America " by Fast Company, has historically left much to be desired from a user standpoint, with its eye-popping service fees and market stranglehold on large events that makes them damned near impossible to avoid. Meanwhile, a massive part of the ticketing market has been virtually untapped--Ticketmaster will get you into the U2 and Sting megatours, but if you're looking to sell or buy tickets for a knitting class, an obscure music festival, or a neighborhood nonprofit fundraiser, forget it.

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The Nook Tablet debuted today with a boatload of features--1GHz CPU, 11.5 hours of battery life, 16GB of memory, 1GB of RAM--all for $249. Plus, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch suggested on Monday that every unit comes with a free helping of Amazon smack talk. Normally it's the tech press that ratchets up the drama between companies, emphasizing the heated competition to the point where it might seem NATO and a UN resolution are needed to keep the peace

Meet Siri. She'll write your emails, check the weather, update your calendar--and potentially disrupt the way future customers find your business.