BizSugar.com › Upcoming › Page 12911

Somewhere along the line, the software vendors convinced us that this is the way to make our business better. The goal, they said, is to increase productivity half an hour at a time. On one level I agree completely. Saving time is great! It’s why we buy the better copy machine, fix the elevator and order delivery Chinese during crunch time. But when it comes to instituting a whole new system, is time saving the most crucial element for your business? Before you drop $100 per user per month on some new CRM solution, ask yourself if that makes sense given the value proposition. Is it true? Is time money? I say no Read More

Recently a colleague forwarded me a recording of a social media webcast featuring Guy Kawasaki titled “Exploring the Power of Going Social” that was originally hosted by WebEx on May 12th, 2010. For those that are not already familiar with Guy Kawasaki, he is the founding partner of Garage Technology Ventures, co-founder of Alltop, an accomplished author and a former Apple Fellow. Whatever you do, do not call him a social media expert – he does not believe these individuals exist – rather he is someone that is successfully using social media to achieve results Read More

I just read a great article on businessweek.com about the push to combine internet radio with some elements of social networking. Companies like Microsoft and Google, as well as the founders of Skype, have all thrown their hats into the rind with their own unique offerings.. Read More

Are you the kind of person who only uses 1 side of your business card? Why are you wasting 50% of your card? Here are 8 things that you can do on the space you don’t use Read More

Yelp is a great social tool for small business owners. Yelp can help get the word out about your small business. It's word-of-mouth marketing amplified Read More

Surfs up kids! It's summer are your ready? Better yet, is your business ready?

Summer is simply a different time of year, kids are out of school, people are on vacation, the atmosphere is more laid back in some ways and more frantic in others. Summer is the best time of year for some businesses and the worst time of year for others. Regardless of where your business fits in that spectrum you need a plan of attack to make sure you either maximize opportunity or minimize damage Read More

If small business success were as easy as following a series of steps, wouldn’t you and I see many more successes?

I had this disease of the mind, and you may have it too.

“How can I stand out?” “How can I get more people to hire me? To buy my stuff?”

I spent too many years looking for “the right answer” to these frustrating small business questions. It wasn’t a conscious search for the magic bullet. I’m too smart for that. Instead, I fooled myself in more subtle and sophisticated ways by saying “I don’t know enough yet. Read More

According to Google’s Doubleclick Ad Planner 1000 list, Facebook is the leading website in the world, reaching 540 million unique users, good for over 35% of the entire world’s Internet population through the whole month of April. The social networking giant also racked up 570 billion page views, topping the list. Read More

Online forms are great for small businesses that need to collect information. There are a lot of different companies out there that help you make online forms, but the easiest option is to use Google Docs. It's simple, free, and it's easy to analyze the results. Here's how it works.. Read More