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I wrote a guest post over at JohnChow.com on how you can double your chances of reaching your goals by simply writing them down. The post talks about a research study by Dominican University which compared how successful individuals who wrote down their goals were compared to those who did not
AM Beat Wire is our social bookmarking website for business news targeted towards entrepreneurs and marketers. Every day users submit links and vote on dozens of business/entrepreneurship related stories from around the web and the most popular stories are displayed on the front page. Every week, we highlight a few of the most popular links from the Wire here.
The devastation from the magnitude 7.0 Earthquake that hit Haiti has been enormous and companies and individuals from across the world have been starting campaigns to help aid releif efforts in the area. One of the more unique ways a tech company is doing its part comes from Zynga, the maker of popular online social games such as Farmville and MafiaWars, both of which have millions of users on Facebook.
The way auctions are set up in the United States, the buyer of the product benefits. The price goes low to high, meaning whoever wins the auction and buys the product often does not pay the full amount they were willing to pay. Instead, they pay a little more than the full amount anyone else at the auction was willing to pay.
In case you haven’t heard, the tech world is abuzz with Google’s news that it is planning on uncensoring Google.cn, the Chinese version of the search engine and that this approach could mean the end of Google’s China operations. The differences between Google’s search results in the United States and China have long been noted [...]
Every day users submit links and vote on dozens of business/entrepreneurship related stories from around the web and the most popular stories are displayed on the front page. Every week, we highlight a few of the most popular links from the Wire here.
A complete guide for small business owners and start-ups on how they can recruit the top interns from universities across the globe when these students have offers from larger more well-known companies.
This week’s video is a collection of short tips and tricks on marketing provided by various CEOs and entrepreneurs at the Inc 5000 conference. The video is pretty short at just over two minutes long but contains a lot of valuable tidbits of marketing insight.
Every once in a while we all need a boost of inspiration, a story which inspires us to be all we can be. Whatever this source of inspiration may be, whether it is from a person we know or a staple of mainstream media from a song, a book, a movie, or speech, these sources of inspiration are great motivators
Want to advertise your company among Hollywood royalty? You can, for the tune of over one million dollars. That is the asking price for a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame with your company’s brand name. In an effort to raise funds to restore the landmark, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is selling “sponsored stars” to raise approximately $5 Million. It has turned to advertising after being unable to raise funds from the city in the down economy.
AM Beat is a blog written by Aditya Mahesh, a young entrepreneur and freshman at UC Berkeley who runs ZapPrep, a college admissions consulting business. This blog covers marketing, technology, and finance.
