Software Archives

Online Tools to Jumpstart Your Business

There are many aspects to plan for when starting a new business venture, and the process can be overwhelming without proper planning or the right tools at your disposal. When starting out, one area in particular...

byOusainou Touray

June 9, 2016

Top 10 Help Desk Software Programs for Small Businesses

A help desk software suite lays the foundation for customer support. It enables desk support agents to communicate with customers by responding, receiving and processing service requests. The top 10 help desk software that can...

byDavid Miller

April 15, 2016

Automation Software Apps and Tools

The Best Marketing Automation Software Apps and Tools In order to drum up business, you need to have the best marketing tools. With the Internet, all of the tools and apps you will ever need...

byJane Hurst

June 17, 2015

Note to StartUps: Bring Business Intelligence Out of the Shadows

Business Intelligence plays a BIG role in your startup! Business Intelligence (BI) is growing in complexity and power, but it’s still only in its infancy. Until very recently data analysis was left to a very...

bySaar Bitner

January 26, 2015

Work From Anywhere in the World – Membership Sites

Membership Sites Can Increase Your Mobility Most business owners are tethered to a static location, and the notion of leaving their business and taking a trip or long vacation just doesn't seem like an option....

byONTRAPORT

January 14, 2015

11 Tools to Automate & Streamline Your Marketing

What's the most effective marketing software your business uses? This was the question StartupNation asked of 11 successful entrepreneurs. The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of...

byYoung Entrepreneurs Council

March 26, 2014

Add This Term to Your Business Vocabulary: API

Yes, another acronym. API means Application Programming Interface. Ok, your eyes just rolled back. Don't stop reading, I'll give you some reasons why you need to know this term: 1. The essence of an API...

byRachel Blankstein

August 15, 2011

Predicting how successful a new technology will be

From Joan Isabella, StartupNation Radio consultant What if you could tell what technology was going to be adopted in the future. If you could find an equation to identify the market needs and strengths of...

byJoan Isabella

September 6, 2006

A small business wrestling with software

I hate my computer today. There's this new analytics software, you see. And it's super great, I mean, way better than the Google Analytics that we've been using. Well, I should say that it's super-great...

byJoel Welsh

June 15, 2006

Salesforce for cheap

I'm no marketing genius, but I know that certain products and services require repeat exposure to prospects before they will convert to customers. I've heard that the magic number is 6 or 7 points of...

byJonathan Hudson

June 25, 2005