I’m always fascinated by how businesses can con people. For some reason, it’s one of the few areas where it’s perfectly fine to lie outright, even expected. Take advertising, where an actor can glibly tell us something is ‘lite’, with everyone understanding it doesn’t need to really be light at...

It wasn’t until I received an email from my friend Taco Oosterkamp of Jumpstart I.T. that I was introduced into the world of event management software. For a neophyte, visiting the web page for JumpStart-It was an eye-opener; until then, I thought a business party involved a case of liquor...

If you haven’t noticed, there’s a buzz in business – niche marketing and niche websites. What are they? Simply put, niche markets take a narrow focus on a subject, and then put a whole cluster of related content online – in the end, search engines will index them well for...

It’s sad – I remember not too long ago a girl wanted people to pay off her credit card bill. So she appealed to people via her website. And she got her money – and a lot of publicity as well. But I wonder how many truly needy charities and...

With the popularity of AdSense ads, it’s only a matter of time until other forms of contextual (content-based) ads would appear. CBprosense is one of those, delivering ClickBank oriented ads that look similar to Google’s AdSense ones. With a piece of code placed on your page, the ads match the...