Those of you looking for new B2B lead generation avenues will want to read this case study from Business.com’s B2B Online Marketing blog:

Priceless Imprinters Finds New Revenue in Online Q&A

It’s the best kind of success story. Priceless Imprinters, a promotional products supplier in New Jersey, started responding to questions from small businesses on Business.com Answers a few months ago, and they’re already seeing tangible results: $5,000 in revenue from new clients who found them through their posted answers.

Is online Q&A a good source for new B2B leads? Priceless Imprinters certainly thinks so. Read the case study for details. You might also like this article: How to get B2B leads through online Q&A.

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It took Lisa Zawacki 58 seconds to earn her Atlanta-based small business a complete ecommerce site makeover and other services worth $20,000.  That’s the running time of the video she produced in an ecommerce makeover contest that asked entrepreneurs to describe why they needed help selling online.

 Zawacki is founder of Gorilla Sacks, a company that makes a line of tote bags, slings, handbags, laundry bags and more from the recycled vinyl of defunct billboards. She says her old ecommerce platform calculated shipping charges incorrectly, costing her money.  Paypal integration never worked, and she couldn’t make changes to the site herself.  In short, it was a mess. Read the full entry

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Smartphone applications that can help you boost sales, manage customer relationships and practically run your business are getting better and more plentiful by the day.  And business owners are embracing these apps with gusto. Mobile payments – just one of the many functions your phone can perform – are expected to grow 50 percent annually over the next five years. 

In this and future columns I’ll profile smartphone business apps that can help you: Complete credit card transactions; Manage customer information; Access documents; Complete and send business forms; Track your time; Capture and manage voice recording; Manage and track assets, inventory and employees; Track sales and assign tasks; Manage schedules and projects; Monitor patient care and services.

This post profiles three mobile apps for processing credit card payments on your smartphone. Read the full entry

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