This article is from Chris Rudolph.

“4 Secrets to Turn Any Business Into a Successful Web Business – Part 1. There are a few secrets that I’d like to share with you. You may have been privy to a few of them before. Actually you may have heard of all 4, but I can promise that you will finish each article with a fresh perspective. I will show you how 4 simple secrets can create a powerhouse web business. This is the first part of the 4 article series.” Read article.

This article is from The Vancouver Sun.

“More layoffs. Giving back bonuses. Fewer work days to save the company from firing people. Doing the job of the three people that were let go in your department. Not hiring the five people you were thinking about hiring. Trying to find a job in this climate. Whether you are an employee in a big, medium or small business, an entrepreneur, or about to enter the workforce, it has never been more important to understand the power of having, maintaining and developing a strong personal brand.

Never before have there been more ways for you to connect and build your personal brand through digital channels. Never has a simple search on Google been able to tell us more about a person — who they are, what they do, and why they matter.” Read article.

This article is from Social Media Today

“Twitter is now the third most popular social network, behind Facebook and MySpace (Compete, 2009). A year ago, it has over a million users and 200,000 active monthly users sending over 3 million updates per day (TechCrunch, 2008). Those figures have almost certainly increased since then. With the torrential streams of Twitter updates (or tweets), there’s an emerging demand to sieve signals from noises and harvest useful information.” Read article.

This article is from Community Marketing Blog.

“We’ve been asked by numerous professionals, “Can you actually get new leads and a payback by using Twitter?” It’s a fair question, especially during tight economic times when any sales and marketing effort has to survive and thrive for the efforts invested. The following tips are based on feedback from professionals who have participated in emails, blog comments and various professional online Group discussions who have gained real leads and new clients as a result of working with twitter.” Read article.

This article is from Stock Kevin

“I am constantly asked for “strategies/’secrets’ for surviving the recession.” I try to appear wise and informed—and parade original, sophisticated thoughts. But if you want to know what’s going through my head, read the list below…” Read article.

This video is from ShoeMoney.

“Blog Montization from Soup to Nuts” with Jeremy Shoemaker.

This article is from Benbego Blog

“Blogging is a relatively a new happening. Some blog writes choose to keep their blogs personal and do not share their thoughts with others. These are more like online diaries. Most people like to share with everyone what he or she has to say and probably make money doing that. Blogging is a big business and many websites offer free blog hosting.

In addition, many companies choose blogging as an inexpensive way to advertise their products or services. Blogging on the Internet is often much cheaper than maintaining a web site and is usually more interesting for readers and clients and most times, the difference between a blog and a blogs is traffic and you need traffic to make money online. Read article.

This article is from Agent Genius.

“I recently attended a search industry conference at which Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s anti-webspam team, was a keynote speaker. Matt’s team is charged with finding sites that are attempting to cheat the system, documenting how they do it and then dropping them from the search index. As a result, Matt and his team have learned what works best to get sites listed correctly – and it is surprisingly simple. Matt shared a few SEO tips for beginners with us.” Read article.

This article is from ClickZ.

“After the first dot-com bust, “content is king” was the rallying cry of any competent Web worker. Back then this revelation was novel online. Soon after, this mantra became a cliché. As it often goes with clichés, they start out as something true and meaningful. Eventually, the words become common, outlive their value, and are so overused that they’re easily ignored.” Read article.

This article is from Small Business CEO

“Twitter is growing in popularity by leaps and bounds lately. It seams like everyone is talking about Twitter. The neat thing is that everyone seems to use Twitter in their own unique way. Hundreds of Twitter applications can be found on numerous sites that offer cool tools to help you manage the way you use Twitter. If you use Twitter for marketing your small business, I sorted thru tons of apps to bring you the most helpful. Feel free to suggest other Twitter apps, for business owners, below in the comments.” Read article.