As email messaging became this much involved in our lives, email marketing has also proven itself as a very effective and profitable direct marketing channel for all types of businesses, but especially for smaller ones.

I just came across a web site that I believe will help WiseClicker.com readers very much. I find it interesting that I found it coincidentally right after my most recent post “Wait! Don’t launch your site yet”, which is related to web site usability.

A while ago, I attended a meeting about entrepreneurship where a group of panelists talked about their startup experiences. These were all online ventures and two of these were startups looking for funding to take them to the next level, while the others were already in later stages. I left the meeting sincerely hoping that we can read the success stories of these new startups in business magazines and all over the internet in the very near future.

After spending the whole day at WordCampNYC on Saturday, I wanted to write this post about the event and a little bit about WordPress in general. The event was two days long, but I could only attend the first day and enjoyed every minute of it.

I just signed up to attend the WordCampNYC this weekend in New York City.

The event is on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15, 2009. It will be held at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Although my ticket covers both days, I will be attending only on Saturday.

With the 2009 holiday season upon us, many businesses have already started their customer engagement activities in order to get the best out of the most lucrative period of the year. This year everything looks good for holiday sales. The question is whether you and your business is ready. To help you with your preparations and promotional activities for the holiday shopping season, I put together a list of items that you should consider for your to do list.

Rarely, do I have my customers start a conversation with the reason of their need for a web presence. These business owners start off on the wrong foot when planning their web sites. You should ask yourself, “Why do I need a web site”. This is the first step in developing a successful web presence.