What would you do with $5,000, online marketing smarts, and a dream? Jana Francis and Rett Clevenger founded a company. They named it Steals.com, worked hard, and created a multi-million dollar company within five years. The concept of Steals.com is based on the motto “we send joy”. It sells two quality items a day in [...]

Apple is the global giant in eCommerce. Consumers of Apple products are dedicated, loyal followers, to say the least. You will find them lining up for days to be the first to get a new product, engraving a product to give to a loved one, or even spending hours of a day off in a [...]

Jen Bekman took great risks, looked like a fool, and is now on Forbes’ top ten female entrepreneurs to watch. With a passion for art, and more specifically, art for everyone, Jen Bekman launched a first in the modern art world: an art gallery that supplies limited edition artwork at low prices, and strategically uses [...]

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Jasmine Star Photography, a wedding photography company run personally by Jasmine, has created an amazing social web presence. Her website and accompanying blog feature a number of sections that introduce you to Jasmine’s life, personality, and ability to capture moments with her camera, making you feel like you’ve known her your entire life. Get new [...]

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Recently Heinz launched a very successful tryvertising (advertising by sampling designed to create word of mouth publicity) campaign through their Facebook Page. They created a new type of ketchup, made 3,000 bottles available exclusively for their Facebook fans and soon after were awash in word-of-mouth marketing. Local retailers can create a successful campaign for their [...]