[2003-11-24] Assessing the People Factor: Do We Really Know What's Going on in Our Companies?
Boards and ‘C' level executives are accountable for policies, people, and practices within their organizations. But how can they take responsibility for people, systems, and initiatives that are managed by people several reporting levels down - who may not, themselves, know what's going on?

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[2003-11-20] Expand Your Sales By Serving The SOHO Sector
The small office/home office (SOHO) market is the fastest-growing business sector in the country. Its population has been estimated at more than 25 million businesses, with that number expected to rise to more than 32 million by the end of 2003. The SOHO market's purchasing power already tops $100 billion per year.

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[2003-11-17] Are Google Ad words becoming Saturated and Non Effective?
In this world and this day and age anything can be found on the internet. Each day hundreds of new entrepreneurs create and market websites and create a very competitive market. This leads to the increased need for quality advertising to help eliminate some of this so called "competition." A great way to market your website or product is through the use of Google Ad words at www.google.com. As these websites open daily and more and more of them host and show the Google ad words, is the traffic sent from this service still what it used to be?

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[2003-11-07] Design for Community: An Interview with Derek M. Powazek
Derek has worked on community features for Netscape, Nike, and Sony, along with creating the community sites, {fray}, Kvetch!, and SF Stories. Christine Perfetti, a consultant at User Interface Engineering, recently talked with Derek about his experience. Here is what he had to say about creating effective online communities:

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