Google is giving businesses new ways to promote themselves

Local businesses will be able to beef up their profile in Search and Maps with photos, offers, and more. 150 million businesses have taken advantage of Google’s My Business, which lets retailers, restaurants, and other local businesses enter information about themselves that shows up in Search results and Google Maps. Google says that consumers interact with businesses in various ways—including using the free booking service—over 9 billion times a month.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'

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Cosmopolitan Assumes Editorial and Business Control of Seventeen

On Sept. 29, Hearst Magazines president David Carey announced the creation of a new "Millennial Group" to better showcase the editorial and marketing common denominators between Seventeen and Cosmopolitan among women and girls born after 1980. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big names give backing to Books Are My Bag

Celebrities and authors including Graham Norton and Ross Kemp have thrown their weight behind the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shortlist Announced for 'FT,' McKinsey & Co Business Book of the Year Award

The winner will be announced at a dinner ceremony on November 11 in London, and will receive £30,000, with each shortlisted author receiving £10,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brussels relaunches competition complaints against Google

An agreement between the European Commission and Google over alleged abuses of its dominant... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic David Mitchell rails at Amazons cynical life-crushing business style

Online giant operates a rapacious near monopoly, the Observer columnist and Peep Show star tells Booksellers conferencePeep Show star David Mitchell blasted the monopolistic, cynical and frankly life-crushing way that Amazon operates to a roomful of booksellers.The comedian was giving the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For traditional publishers, creating video efficiently without stepping on brand toes is a tricky process. The post 4 ways magazines are making video work appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp: Google is a 'platform for piracy' with 'cynical management'

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[ Betanews | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Gives KU Authors $2.7M Bonus

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Settles Infringement Suit with Photographers

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ PC World | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ PC World | 2014-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Baltimore Sun | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Fast Company | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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