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  • Best of spinme.com: Cultural significance, microfunding, finding collaborators

    I’m through the hardest part of the “remastering” process on the spinme.com books series, so I’ve been able to spend more time posting new essays to the site: “What’s culturally significant?“ I remember being part of a team that asked this question at WXPN in the late 1990s, and it crops up again today. When…

  • Five Surprising Credit Card Bills

    And no, they’re not mine. We’re still on a roll with some fun credit card lists over at the CardRatings Blog. This time, we wanted to find a few of the wildest things anyone had ever bought with a credit card. Our search turned up a historic dinner, a bargain wedding, and a fine art…

  • Credit Card News Updates for October

    From my newsblog at CardRatings.com: Shrinking Credit Card Defaults Cheer Issuing Banks RevolutionCard Enlists Fifth Third Bank for Credit Card Security Overhaul Outsourced Credit Card Programs Help Small Banks Attract Customers Capital One Confirms Credit Card Interest Rate Freeze American Express’ New Charge Card Offers Triple Reward Points to Frequent Flyers

  • How CRM Software Can Help Hotels Through Travel Downturn

    A few months ago, I wrote about some B&B’s that were using CRM software to compete head to head with large hotel chains. With businesses experiencing unprecedented travel budget cutbacks and consumers thinking twice about their vacation plans, even the most successful hotels are thinking about how they can get through 2009. Hoteliers who can…

  • Small Business CRM Software Blog: Featured Posts

    CRM Software Blog: Hosted CRM Can Protect Your Customers from Identity Theft CRM Software Blog: Home Builders Unearth More Sales Using CRM Software CRM Software Blog: Startup Depression Spawns Spike in Demand for Hosted CRM CRM Software Blog: Companies Test Twitter Inside CRM Applications CRM Software Blog: CRM Software Tracks New Prospects with Google Alerts…