On May 24, 2019 Canva reported its systems were experiencing an in-progress attack. When it was all over, the records of 139 million users were stolen by the hackers Gnosticplayers. The hackers notified ZDNet and provided evidence of the hack, which included a sample with the data of 18,816 accounts. […]

The gig economy is allowing people to work when and where they want. And increasingly baby boomers are making up a larger percentage of this workforce. So much so, 31% of them are completing more than three gigs a week. Baby Boomers Working Gigs According to a new report from […]

The cost of electricity can reach as low as 9.29 cents per kilowatt in Louisiana. And it can go all the way to 33.9 cents in Hawaii. But it makes no difference how high or low your electric bill gets. The cost remains a large monthly expense. And so cutting […]

Some entrepreneurs just love to start businesses — over and over again.  There’s even a name for them: serial entrepreneurs. But have you ever wondered where to find serial entrepreneurs? Our rankings of the Best Cities for Serial Entrepreneurs highlight where you can find large concentrations of serial entrepreneurs. Serial […]

The taste of good quality craft beer is uniquely different depending on the brewer. And these varied tastes are what connoisseurs of craft beer search for. Once they find their brew of choice, customers become evangelists trying to convert their friends and family. A new survey by C+R Research says […]

When you really listen to your customers you build long-term relationships, receive feedback, gain more customers and you can even avoid crisis. The Applied Marketing Science (AMS) “Listening to the Voice of the Customer” workshop has been designed to help you do all that and more. From October 16-17, 2019 […]

Another report surfaced this week. It suggests employees these days are more into working to find some kind of happiness rather than wealth. Well, at least happiness is first on the list. These surveys don’t suggest employees want to work for peanuts. But new data from Wrike this week suggests […]

Our 2019 rankings of the Best Cities for Small Businesses identify the top 10 cities where small businesses thrive. There are cities across the country where small businesses have an important foothold in the local economies. For the purposes of these rankings, small businesses are defined as those with fewer […]

Women-owned businesses are on the rise. Just look at the numbers. The number of women owned small businesses with employees increased by 2.8 percent, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. But where are these women entrepreneurs? Our rankings of the best cities for women entrepreneurs […]

The world of marketing has changed, and changed, and changed again during the fifteen years that I’ve been in it. But a few things have stayed the same, and one of them is the mindset characteristics of great marketers. Traits of Successful Marketers World-class marketers have something in common. They […]