"It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because... All that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are."

-Mark Cuban

"You can't overestimate the need to plan and prepare. In most of the mistakes I've made, there has been this common theme of inadequate planning beforehand. You really can't over-prepare in business!"

- Chris Corrigan

"I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well."

- Alan Greenspan

"The history of media is the market share of advertising dollars has followed.. albeit with a lag."

- James Packer

"This may seem simple, but you need to give customers what they want, not what you think they want. And, if you do this, people will keep coming back."

- John Ilhan

"If you're attacking your market from multiple positions and your competition isn't, you have all the advantage and it will show up in your increased success and income."

- Jay Abraham

Companies turn to virtual trade shows to save money

Companies have begun to use virtual trade shows in place of traditional trade shows in order to cut costs. This fantastic article by Roger Yu examines and explains the new phenomenon of virtual trade shows.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2010-01-04-virtual-trade-shows_N.htm

Google Social Search

Google's Social Search could provide online marketers with new options for boosting their company's profile, as it will add relevant content from blogs, photo sites and social networks to its results pages. Here are two great articles to get you familiar with Google Social Search:

http://www.clickthrough-marketing.com/Google-move-could-help-search-engine-marketing-get-social-/19583876/

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/google-social-search-and-you--understanding-the-next-big-thing,1133978.shtml

Followers good, dollars better for social media

Great article on the ever-growing and increasingly-profitable resource of social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, LinkedIn, etc. and the direction they are moving in.

http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_14280916