Forty years ago on September 2, 1969 an event took place that changed our lives forever ... the network which would become the internet was born. Only a handful of people knew it at the time and I suspect none of them could have envisioned the impact on our society. Actually, ...

Most of our businesses have not escaped the impact of the recession.   Some have had a severe downturn while others have had a more moderate negative effect. Regardless the current overwhelming forecast of the economists that study these things is that we are coming to the end of the recession ...

Ask most companies if they would like the chance to directly interact with prospects and customers, create relationships, gain insights, and market a little along the way - and all at minimal cost - and nearly all will answer with a resounding "Yes!"  If that's the case, then why are ...

It's déjà-vu all over again!  Alterity, the company I founded 25 years ago, has just entered into an agreement with EasyBiz, the Johannesburg based distributor of QuickBooks® for Sub-Saharan Africa, to distribute our flagship wholesale distribution software offering, ACCTivate!. In the summer of 1975, I was asked to go to South Africa ...

In today's economy it can pay to be "green."  As Earth Day approaches I have mined the ACCTivate! customer database and have noticed three trends:  buying "green", selling "green" and living "green." For the most part, these are not companies staffed by people with activist approaches.  They are ...