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Friday, August 31, 2001 | Archive

Uh-oh. bBlog is on vacation until at least 12 Sep 2001. We sincerely hope that all 12 of our readers will come back then.

Thursday, August 30, 2001 | Archive

Inside the Revolution: Smart Mover, Dumb Mover | Fortune.com | Think the first-mover advantage is a myth? You're wrong: Most pioneering dot-coms failed not because they were first but because they were dumb.

Improving E-Mail Customer Service | Cisco iQ | E-mail response programs can play an important role in customer-relationship management and increase customer loyalty.

Leadership in the new economy: Are you listening? | eyeforpharma | Andy Hickford, a Signify Associate, believes the key to success in the new economy doesn't lie with implementing all the latest technologies. Instead he suggests leaders of companies can ensure success by learning to view their employees as volunteers and listening to what they want.

Tuesday, August 28, 2001 | Archive

The Sun Sets on the Bohemian Workplace | Fast Company | The freewheeling culture of the dotcom workplace is rapidly disappearing, a victim of the harsh, new economic reality. Andrew Ross hopes to chronicle its glory days before it's gone.

Managing a healthy customer relationship | thestar.com.my | Alan McGirvan makes it sound so simple. Develop a good relationship with your customers by giving them value-added services and they're likely to stick with you through thick and thin.

Surviving the tech slowdown | CNET.com | By now, everyone knows someone who has endured the uncomfortable experience of being laid off. We've all heard the stories of the forced smiles, the uneasy handshakes, and the canceled security cards. Pink-slip parties are de rigueur, and every day seems to bring a fresh onslaught of job losses and delistings on the Nasdaq. However, it's not all doom and gloom in techland. While the media continues to focus on the downsizing of corporate America, evoking a bleak outlook for workers of all stripes, the economy continues to chug along, powered by programmers and system administrators, designers and content producers. High-tech entrepreneurs continue to pursue new opportunities, while information workers continue to find new jobs.

Wednesday, August 22, 2001 | Archive

Ode to Creativity -- Marketing on a Budget | MarketingProfs.com | Need visibility for your product or service? Here are a few high-impact strategies. The absence of deep pockets, we entrepreneurs must be extraordinarily innovative in order to get attention for our products and services. Particularly when you're starting out, it's important to pick a few high-impact avenues for generating positive buzz. The key is to pick a manageable amount of tactics, those that you can financially support on an ongoing basis. Know your strengths, and capitalize on what you excel at.

The Small-Business Brain Drain | BW Online | A new job-market study has some unsettling news for entrepreneurs: Seasoned managers prefer working for larger, more stable employers.

Part II: Leading Through the Tough Times | Business 2.0 | In a two-part series, the top executives of BEA Systems and Akamai Technologies talk about what it takes to be a leader during uncertain times.

A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs | BW Online | Two young men each launch a business. One rises, the other falls. The reasons why make a case study in similarities and stark contrasts.

Tuesday, August 21, 2001 | Archive

BPubs.com - The Business Publications Search Engine | BPubs.com is a directory based Internet search engine that strives to cover the topic of Business Publications. By eliminating the noise of "homepages, index pages, and other extraneous web site components," our users are able to extract what they truly searching for -- content. Our target audience of corporate and business users will become repeat visitors because we save them time finding the information they need.

How Often Do I Change My Print Ad? | Entrepreneur.com | Three questions to ask before making any adjustments.

Failure as a Badge of Honor | BW Online | In the New Economy, it's no cause for shame. In fact, many who went down in the dot-com debacle have picked up a certain cachet.

Monday, August 20, 2001 | Archive

Give Yourself a Raise | ZDNet | Spend less on HR -- and send the rest to the bottom line. Web-based services cut paperwork, streamline benefits, and help employees help themselves.

To be Built to Last You'd Better be Built to Change | Business 2.0 | It used to be that rapid-fire change for its own sake was considered a virtue. Those days are long gone, but don't retreat to old bad habits.

A Cure for E-mailsclerosis | Fortune.com | Smart people are still figuring out how to make e-mail and the Internet help employees be more productive.

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