After enjoying years of reading newspapers online at no charge, there’s a trend now for papers to recoup some of their lost revenues from advertising and circulation by charging subscription fees in order to get full view of the content, rather than just story summaries.

TheraPearl officially announces a partnership with the NFLPA.

Read the article at the Wall Street Journal Market Watch.

Target is tired of losing sales to shoppers who come in to their stores and see the products they like, only to purchase them at a lower price online. In a letter to their vendors, Target has suggested that suppliers create special products that would set it apart from competitors and shield it from the price comparisons found in various software programs. According to The Wall St. Journal, in a tersely worded letter, Target says, "What we aren't willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices without making investments as we do, to proudly display your brands." Watch for more major retailers to boldly take a stand and fight "showrooming" as it continues to undercut their sales and profits.

1. Focus On Selling High Profit Products And Services

Don't be deceived by success in percentages. Focus on selling products and services that have a high profit return in dollars, as opposed to a profit return in percentages.

The baseball movie Moneyball, based on Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, details the issues facing the Oakland A's - a major league baseball team that has a low budget and at the same time needs to field a championship level team in order to remain competitive and profitable.

It's a situation that many businesses in every single category face today: how do you compete against those companies that have larger budgets allocated for advertising and for recruiting the best talent?

Email Marketing Beats Social Media

Although the thousands of articles about social media often overshadow it, e-mail remains highly effective as a results-oriented platform that can increase sales and drive traffic to your Web site or Facebook page.