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Adron Hall is the lead developer of cloud solutions at New Relic. During the course of every coding project, a software developer must make dozens of decisions. Sometimes this involves solving a problem unique to a particular domain space or a particular architect...

Can the websites you visit predict your political leanings? That's the claim of Engage, a digital agency that says its algorithms have mapped the politics of the social web. Users of services on the left of this chart are more likely to vote for Obama, while users...

Joseph Fung is co-founder and CEO of TribeHR, the first social human resources platform to engage employees with organizational values while eliminating the usual drudgery of HR administration. We all want our businesses to move quickly and in the right direction,...

Michoel is director of platform and product strategy at Big Fuel, a social media agency. He is also an advisor at Social iQ Networks and VideoGenie and a frequent speaker at social media technology conferences and events. You can follow him @Twabbi. Marketers sen...

Making your company website more SEO-friendly requires strategic effort. At the current rate of on-the-go users, it's important not to neglect the mobile version of your site. More than 70% of marketers plan to spend more money on mobile in 2013, and Microsoft report...

Buoyed by strong growth in Latin America and the Middle East/Africa, Internet ad spending rose 12% in the first quarter compared to Q1 2011, according to Nielsen. In a period in which overall ad spending rose 3.1%, every media sector was up except for magazines, w...

The number of consumers making purchases online continues to increase. This year, American online retail sales are projected to reach $224.2 billion. It is the new wave of commerce and, depending on the industry, ecommerce represents either an opportunity for big pro...

Etsy isn't just about coffee koozies and repurposed doilies. The ecommerce site may host online storefronts for handmade, vintage and repurposed items, but it also fosters a future for many an aspiring entrepreneur -- a pursuit far more priceless than the items it se...

Kevin Hannan is vice president, product management at Sense Networks, where he is responsible for product strategy and execution. The mobile industry is looking to location-based advertising as one way to address its monetization challenges. This approach means mo...

There's no better way to show companies how to create an engaging infographic than through outlined steps in the form of an infographic. A new infographic by Infographic Labs -- first published by Performancing.com -- highlights the best practices of developing a ...

Cara Friedman is the president of Likeable Community College, a social media training program for community managers and other social media professionals. To be successful in social media and community management you need to keep track of the constant changes to ...

Scott Forshay is a luxury and premium brand marketing consultant and mobile strategist who's been featured in PSFK, Luxury Daily, Fashion's Collective, Business of Fashion and The Wall Street Journal. He is the creator and editor of mobi.luxe. Follow him @mobiluxe. ...

Joseph Kelly is co-founder and CEO of Infochimps, the leading data marketplace and big data infrastructure provider helping agencies, enterprises and SMBs go from data to insights faster. For digital agencies, big data as a competitive advantage is still very nasc...

Advertisers, do you want your banner ads to be noticed? Then go above the fold, to the left -- and include some pictures of faces. That's the advice of a recent eye-tracking study of banner ads. Using a technology called Real CPM, EyeTrackShop aims to increase the...

Craig Malloy is CEO of Bloomfire, an Austin-based company that offers knowledge-sharing tools for teams and organizations. Craig previously served as founder and CEO of ViaVideo (acquired by Polycom), founder and CEO of LifeSize (acquired by Logitech), and is a forme...

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Social media is changing the sales game. An explosion in social activity has shifted the...

A new study found 70% of marketers plan to increase budgets for mobile in 2013. But is this really necessary? Scott Forshay, a mobile and emerging technology strategist for emarketing company Acquity Group, tells Mashable that mobile marketers do not need to incr...

Facebook's Timeline redesign profoundly altered the appearance and the function of brand Pages. It's also significantly affected the degree to which fans interact with tabs, which point you to different content at the top of the Page. According to data provid...