Saving Business Face Online

Rachael King - When Barry Schwartz logged on to Twitter on Jan. 27, he had 20 messages waiting for him, all with unwelcome news: Someone was impersonating his company on the social network. Schwartz runs RustyBrick, a 15-employee, $2 million Web development company in Suffern, N.Y., and uses his company's name as his Twitter handle. The impostor had set up a profile using a slight variation of his company's name and started following Schwartz's 4,000-plus contacts, which included clients. Those folks who in turn followed the impostor saw a Web link with a message reminiscent of spam: "Hey guys, you have to get this new Twitter Success Guide. It's priceless." Schwartz, who doesn't use Twitter for sales promotion, was chagrined. "The last thing I want is to have people thinking that I'm following them and [that] I'm selling a Twitter Success Guide," he says.

With the growing popularity of blogs, social networks, and customer review sites, the job of managing a company's online reputation is becoming ever more complex. And it's not only strangers who pose a threat. With the viral nature of social media, it's now possible for an unhappy customer or a disgruntled former employee to reach thousands of people with the click of a mouse. Clint Page, CEO of Dotster, a 100-employee, $50 million Internet service provider in Vancouver, Wash., says his company regularly patrols the Web looking for negative comments. "A comment left unchallenged becomes perception, and perception becomes reality," he says.

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International Business Degree Schools Online

Renata McGee - Online schooling options are available to students looking to obtain a degree in international business. There are numerous schools and colleges that offer online degree training in the field of business. Students can prepare for the career of their dreams by enrolling in a number of programs. Online schools and colleges allow students to train for careers working in international finance, management, marketing, sales, importing and exporting, and more. Student may study coursework such as foreign culture, economics, imports and exports, tax, and much more depending on the chosen level of degree and specialization. Online degrees in international business can include an associate's, bachelors, masters, and doctorate degree.

Associates degree programs are available from numerous online schools and colleges. Students can obtain an associates degree in international business in as little as two years depending on the specific area of concentration they choose. Coursework may consist of studying international trade, macroeconomics, global markets, international marketing, and other related courses. Students who wish to enroll in an accredited online program can train for careers with banks, multinational manufacturers, import/export corporations, consulting firms, and other international organizations. With an accredited associates degree students will have the skills and knowledge to pursue a bachelor's degree in the field.

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Starting an Online Business by Licensing an Existing Website

John Weisenberger - So you've been thinking of starting your own online business but designing a Website, writing the sales copy and creating the product all seem way beyond your current computer skills and available time. Does that mean your dream of having your own online business is just that, nothing more than a dream? Of course not.

Creating your own online business and its Website isn't the only way to get started online and let's face it, most people are not cut out to be start-up entrepreneurs anyway. However, many people are capable of managing a business that's already been proven to make money and that has a set of standard operating procedures that anyone can follow. That's why so many people chose to purchase franchises as their route to owning their own business.

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Tencent Earnings Rise On Online Games Business

AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS HERALD - Last year, Tencent launched a service in China in which companies that have WeChat accounts can pay fees to place ads on other corporate WeChat pages. “Facebook has been able to build a very large advertising business on a social network,” Mr.

So far, Tencent has been generating some of its revenue by offering mobile games through WeChat and QQ, and has added new advertising features to those social platforms.

In a note to clients last week, Barclays analyst Alicia Yap projected that revenue from WeChat’s sponsored feeds would reach about 1. 89 billion yuan this year and increase sharply next year to 10. 2 billion yuan to account for 42% of Tencent’s total advertising revenue.

Mobile games offered through WeChat and QQ generated 2. 9 billion yuan in revenue in the fourth quarter, rising from 2. 6 billion yuan in the third quarter but at a slower rate of growth than some analysts had projected.

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