Over the last few years I have been fortunate to meet and speak with hundreds of Internet Sales Managers from new car dealerships all over the country. Without an exception they all loved what they were doing and were overly optimistic about the future of the Internet and how it could better serve their customers. [...]

Online social networks are increasingly providing an impact on Internet users in North America. Not only are consumers flocking to these sites, but they are getting recognition from businesses too.  This past October Microsoft Corporation invested $240 million (US) for less than a 2 percent stake in Facebook.com. That investment in the small, privately owned [...]

Bill would like to be your friend, Carla wants to be a connection, Ralph wants you to join his group, Phil wants to invite you to his blog show, Jeff invites you to subscribe to his RSS feed! This is the lingo of online social networking, and if I get one more invitation to recommend [...]