Top 10 Winners and Losers for 2008

Top 10 Winners Predicted for 2008
1. Video
2. Healthy
3. Long Tail
4. Buy USA
5. Rich Internet / Interactive Web / Semantic Web / Web Services
6. Aggregate and Attention Data
7. Power of the People
8. Going Green
9. Biometrics and Big Brother
10. Prosthetics / Bionic

Top 10 Losers Predicted for 2008
1. Lead
2. Squat Toilets
3. DRM
4. China
5. Skinny is Out
6. Blockbuster / Netflix
7. Orbo
8. MySpace fell to Facebook
9. Privacy
10. Piracy

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Google Takes on Wikipedia

According to InfoWorld:

Google is developing an online publishing platform where people can write entries on subjects they know, an idea that's close to Wikipedia's user-contributed encyclopedia but with key differences.

The project, which is in an invitation-only beta stage, lets users create clean-looking Web pages with their photo and write entries on, for example, insomnia. Those entries are called knols for "unit of knowledge," Google said. Google wants the knols to develop into a deep repository of knowledge, covering topics such as geography, history, and entertainment.



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New Year, New Payroll

The end of the year could be the right time to transition to outsourced payroll.

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Volunteering as a Benefit

Learn how some companies are offering employee volunteer programs that are motivating and retaining current employees, and attracting new ones.

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Starting a Company? Make Sure You Spend Time Planning

If you are planning to start a company, make sure you spend adequate time in the planning phase.

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New Year Goals for your Home Business

We might take this time of year to look at where the business currently is and to set down goals for the coming year. But many times, these annual goals become nothing more than those New Year's Resolutions!

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Kick the Roadblocks: How to Un-Stuck Yourself and Keep Moving

Hitting a roadblock is inevitable. They pop up and distract us, time and time again. They're unavoidable. And at times they may even seem impossible to overcome. Learning how to keep yourself from veering off your path is crucial to reaching your goals. These are the steps I've taken to escape roadblock pitfalls.

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Referral Quality Beats Quantity

Show customers you appreciate them by maintaining quality relationships.

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The Hottest Marketing Trends for 2008

Learn about the hottest new marketing trends plus the best ways to increase sales in 2008.

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SBA May Not Be the Answer

The seed money needed to grow a business is the foundation of success. A strong business plan showing healhy growth will help in securing needed financing.

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Telemarketing Will Never Be the Same

Almost 5 years after the Do Not Call Registry began, marketers have gotten creative.

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The Cultural Connection

A former investment banker leads the pack in online social networking for niche communities.

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Seasons Greetings And A Prosperous New Year.

After a hectic final four weeks and the promise of some rest until the early New Year, all that is left for me to do is to wish you my readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008.I would like to thank all of you for your comments and input to my [...]

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The Gift of Hassle-Free Returns

Make returning gifts painless for your online customers with these tips.

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A Toy Shop Story

These toy shops may be small, but they compete with the biggest retailers every holiday season and thrive.

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Is Their Perception Your Reality?

Find out if your branding efforts are making a positive impact on your customers.

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3 Ways to Get Expert Advice

Consultants, business coaches and even seminars can nip problems in the bud.

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Google Takes on Wikipedia

According to InfoWorld:

Google is developing an online publishing platform where people can write entries on subjects they know, an idea that's close to Wikipedia's user-contributed encyclopedia but with key differences.

The project, which is in an invitation-only beta stage, lets users create clean-looking Web pages with their photo and write entries on, for example, insomnia. Those entries are called knols for "unit of knowledge," Google said. Google wants the knols to develop into a deep repository of knowledge, covering topics such as geography, history, and entertainment.



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Ownership: The Ultimate Motivator

Encouraging employees to take ownership of their work will result in better customer service and a stronger company.

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Pay Discrimination Developments

Find out how a recent Supreme Court decision affects your company now and what to expect in the future.

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From the Podium

Entrepreneur's 2008 Women in Charge conference keynote speaker, Adela Cepeda, shares her thoughts on women in business today.

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Are we really that dysfunctional?

A few days ago a colleague sent me a newspaper cutting from the The Times, a piece written by

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Biting Into Sushi

We take a look at the latest trends in sushi, its growth in popularity over the years and the outlook for the sushi industry.

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Making Your Franchise Stand Out

Figure out what makes your franchise different--and sell that to franchise buyers.

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Reputation Management

The Internet is a bit like the old wild west, and sadly, people often post material about an individual, product, company, or service that is inaccurate or simply nasty. Businesses and individuals alike are struggling with how to best deal with online inaccuracy and defamation. The normal steps for dealing with defamation typically involve litigation, but this is not always realistic for Internet-based situations since the Internet is global, and not managed or governed by any single set of laws.

If you have the good fortune of being located in the same legal jurisdiction as the offending poster and their website hosting company, you might be able to successfully prosecute them; or at the very least, you might be able to get the webpage with the offending material taken down by the website host. Keep in mind that most defamation court cases require that you show that actual harm was done by the offending material, which can often be difficult.

Reputation Management

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Famous Last Words

If you've found yourself uttering any of these statements, your business could be in trouble.

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Top 11 Money-Wasting AdWords Mistakes

Learn how to avoid costly errors and save yourself from big headaches in pay-per-click advertising, specifically AdWords.

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Stream Lined Sales Tax

Two national retail advocacy groups are at odds with each other over whether Internet sellers should collect sales tax from their buyers.


The National Retail Federation and the Electronic Retailers Association issued dueling statements on Thursday asking Congress to consider with extreme caution any legislation that would make it easier to require Internet merchants, mail-order houses and other remote sellers to collect sales tax across state lines. The debate is based around U.S. Representative William Delahunt's, D-Mass., bill that would allow states that have implemented the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement  to require out-of-state sellers to collect sales tax on merchandise sold their residents. The legislation is different than the Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendment Acts of 2007, which President Bush signed into law on October 31, in that the SSUTA permits states implementing the Streamlined Sales Tax Project to collect sales and use taxes on catalog and Internet purchases.

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Internet More Popular with Kids than TV

Young Europeans prefer the Internet over television, and nearly half say they watch less TV because of surfing the web, a poll of 10 European countries showed Wednesday.

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Where Are They Now?

Catch up with five unforgettable entrepreneurs we featured this year, including rebel baker and reality-TV star Duff Goldman.

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How to Reduce 'Purchase Anxiety'

Make visitors feel more comfortable buying from your site with these 8 tips.

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7 Ways to Improve Liquidity

Find out how to calculate your company's liquidity ratio and how to improve it.

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Fantastic Spaces in Unusual Places

Find out how creative entrepreneurs turned unusual spaces into the perfect location for their business.

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Rocking the Boating World

NavQuest is changing the way boaters plan their trips by making it as simple as point and click.

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From Couple to Business Partners

Starting a business with your better half can reap huge rewards--and unique problems.

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Shared IP Addresses

According to Google on the subject of shared IP addresses:

Lots of sites are hosted on shared IPs. If this had a negative effect on ranking, it would harm most of the sites on the web--and that's not good for small webmasters or for our users. So, understandably, sharing an IP should not have an effect your ability to rank.

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10 Critical Cash Flow Rules

Protect your business from a common cause of failure by following these cash management tips.

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The Realities of Being an Entrepreneur

It's not all rosy, but it's certainly rewarding.

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Don't Get Burned

Whether you're selling or advertising on them, coffee sleeves are a hot part of the multibillion-dollar coffee industry.

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This Holiday, Say It With an E-Card

Here are 10 creative holiday e-mail card ideas.

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The Biggest Motivation-Killer

Is the single biggest destroyer of employee motivation plaguing your workplace? Find out.

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