It took long enough for the traditional marketing industry to figure out just how to develop e-mail lists effectively. Now, we have to crack Twitter, and we're just getting started.

Two recently discovered shipwrecks are exciting rare coin and collectors. One is a 500-year-old shipwreck laden with treasure discovered off the coast of Namibia. Thousands of Spanish and Portuguese antique gold coins were found at the site of the wreck.

Antique tiaras are selling at premium prices at auction. The Bonhams New York sale continues a recent trend of high bidding for tiaras at least 100 years old that speak of more glamorous times for royalty.

Have you ever passed up purchasing a wonderful piece of art pottery, flow blue, transferware or any other collectable ceramic or porcelain because it had horrible crazing or other stains? Don't-they can be improved.

While most marketing campaigns talk at customers, social media marketers need to foster honest communication. If you want to know how that looks in real life, I can’t think of a better example than the site “We All Hate QuickBooks."

Folks, I’ve tried to stay out of this, as I know my opinion isn’t popular, but I just can’t take it any more.  Over the last few weeks, I’ve increasingly seen the term “spammer” used to describe some users on Twitter, despite the fact that yo

Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen a growing number of marketing pros tag themselves as “social media marketers,” but few stop and define what they mean by that. The question is, what defines a social media marketer, anyway?

Well, it was inevitable–but I’ve got to say that I’m a bit surprised at how fast things are moving. While it’s still very early in the game, it looks like advertising and marketing activities are beginning to creep onto Twitter.

LifeAt has built a social networking platform apartment communities and other housing developments can use to connect residents with each other, the management and the neighborhood. This is a great idea--but it's far from perfect.

Having poked around Facebook’s advertising options for a week or so, I’ve drawn the conclusion that they may be competitors in the local search space before you know it.