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How to Make Money Blogging

Blogging can be more than a hobby or creative outlet. When done correctly, a blog can grow into a highly profitable online business. Whether you’re seeking side income, or aiming to build a blog as a full-time venture, here are some tips and strategies to help you...

The Top 10 Best Practices for Running a Successful Ecommerce Website

Business advisors and investors often say there are four people who are critical for starting a business: a banker, an accountant, a lawyer, and a therapist–as entrepreneurship is not for the faint of heart. But as much of the economy moves to the digital realm,...

How MPDesign is Building Design Culture in Des Moines, Iowa

For Mike Peterson, unleashing one’s creativity to produce eye-catching designs is one thing–but understanding how to meet a company’s marketing objectives through visual branding is quite another. After a decade of working for larger agencies, he left it all behind to...

Building a One-Stop Shop for Creatives with Visualist

Having an artistic eye is one thing, but to pair it with a knack for entrepreneurship is quite another. Luis “Orlando” Blanco uses this powerful combination of skills for community-building as the creative behind the Visualist, based in New Bedford, MA. “I enjoy...

How to Create a Content Calendar for Your Business

If you’re a business owner looking to keep track of all your projects and campaigns for the coming year, it’s important to have a well-organized content calendar. Building an effective content calendar—one that will simplify scheduling and organizing content creation...

How Do You Know if a Website is Legit?

For most, the Internet is a great tool to share and access information from all over the globe. For scammers, it’s a tool to reach a world full of potential targets. The tricks and traps of phishing sites and scam operations continue to grow more sophisticated,...

5 Simple Ways to Thank Your Customers During the New Year

While we should show appreciation to loyal and new customers year-round, there's something special and memorable about showing extra thanks to kick off the New Year. During the holiday season, people are bombarded by Black Friday deals, gift guides, and last-minute...

The Importance of a Branded Email Address, No Matter Your Company Size or Industry

Let’s say you’re a real estate agent in between house showings, so you decide to fetch coffee from the town cafe. While online for your latte, you happen to meet a couple of young parents looking for a bigger home in the neighborhood. You share with them all your...

7 Startup Trends That All Business Owners Should Know

From displaying a sleek, well-designed e-commerce website to leveraging A/R technology, some of the best startup trends are no longer just available to high-tech startups. Now, business owners of all budgets have access to cool online tech that can make even small and...

8 Reasons To Support Your Local Economy

“Shop local” has become a buzz term–and a badge of honor–for good reason. Although the term has gone mainstream, it’s important to routinely revisit the wide-ranging benefits of choosing a local small business over a large retailer. Reminding ourselves of the impact...

Part 3 – 10 Tips to Globalize Your .Biz Small Business Website

This is the third of a five-part series. Did you miss posts 1 and 2? Read them here. We've covered best practices around choosing a great, global .Biz domain name, localized content and universal design. Now it's time to better understand how to develop consistent...

Personalize Your Email with Email.biz

This week, we're excited to showcase email.biz, a personalized email service that offers more than 15,000 premium email domains to choose from. With an easy cloud-based login system, users can acccess their .biz email from anywhere around the world, including their...

Part 2 – 10 Tips to Globalize Your .Biz Small Business Website

This is the second of a five-part series. Did you miss the first post? Read it here. Below are tips 3 and 4 to help you globalize your .Biz website: 3.) IP Targeting: IP Targeting provides a smart way for you to target and segment your website content and advertising...

10 Tips to Globalize Your .Biz Small Business Website

This is the first of a five-part series. Today, we’re seeing more locally-based businesses rely on the global online marketplace for long-term sustainability and growth. According to a study conducted by Interactive Media in Retail Group, global ecommerce is expected...

.Biz Site of the Week: Engage Photography

Congratulations to our .Biz Site of the Week: Engage Photography. For more than 10 years, this New York City-based digital photography studio has provided services for corporate business executives, online dating, actors, musicians, dancers, comedians, real estate...

.Biz Site of the Week: The Urban Hunter

We’re happy to highlight our Best of .Biz Q3 Nominee, The Urban Hunter, as this week’s Site of the Week. Operated online only, The Urban Hunter store sells functional and stylish gear for biking, surfing, skating and other outdoor activities. Based in the UK and...