AngelBiz commented on the following stories on BizSugar
Time Management Is Dead: Long Live Energy Management
"Kosia - Excellent advice and agree with you completely. One point to keep in mind is that your energy level is different at different times of the day. You need to make the best use of your energy when it is, line in the morning, and keep the tasks that do not demand high attention for the time when energy level is low. "Do I Really Need A Blog For My Business?
"Having a blog definitely helps small business owners with marketing and engaging with customers. You need to be careful about maintaining it and populating with engaging content so that your readers have reason to visit it more often. It does need extra effort and time , but it is well worth spent."5 Marketing Mistakes I Made as a New Entrepreneur
"Lisa - Thanks for sharing. Excellent advice for any new entrepreneur. I can personally relate to these. The last mistake on networking is very important. You not only have to do it online with social media, but offline networking plays a big role in success as well. "How To Translate The Customer Journey Into A Proven Marketing Funnel - Marketing Words Blog
"Karon - Customer journey maps are invaluable tools that any business can develop to get better handle on their target market and develop right approach to communicate to them. Many small business owners fail to spend time to develop the right approach and jump into marketing to anyone and everyone, which ends up in inefficient marketing effort and wasted dollars. "6 Ways Competition Can Help Your Business Grow
"It is always a good idea to keep an eye on the competition by various means you suggested in the article. Although you should be careful about riving your strategy solely based on competition.You need to look at your own business mode, strengths and target customer to come up with your business plan without worrying too much about competition."Skill vs. Passion: Which is More Important for Entrepreneurs? - Biz Epic
"I think both skill and passion are required to succeed in business as well as arts. I would rank passion slightly ahead of skills when it comes to entrepreneurship. You can always hire someone for the skills, but if you don't have passion or believe in what you are pursuing it will be very hard to keep going on the difficult road of entrepreneurship."3 Ways to Separate Yourself From Those Who Sell the Same Thing You Do
"One of the best approaches I have found to separate from competition selling the same products is through customer service. When you provide top-notched service and don't give the customer to go anywhere else you have the customer for life. This is approach Amazon and Zappos has taken. They are selling pretty much commodity products that many others sell as well. It is through customer service that they keep customers coming back. "Business Plan Software Vs. Business Plan Writers - BPT/Resources
"While I agree that using business plan software will save you time and effort you should not forget the value provided by writing your own business plan fro scratch. As they say all business plans are useless, it's the planning that is valuable. The planning and thinking you need to go through when writing a business plan will help you clarify your vision and help with developing action plan. "How and Why Data Will Save Small Business
"I think the biggest issue for small business is availability of data. They do not have all the systems in place and hence have only limited data to work with. Once they do have the data there are number of easy to use tools, such as Tableau that can help analyze it without requiring technical knowledge."Subscribe
Help! My Parents Are the Only Ones Reading My Business Blog
"These are all excellent ideas. One thing you have to keep in mind - you will not get lot of visitors to your blog overnight. Building an audience is a long-term process. You have to keep at it for some time while working on these ideas in parallel. Also, engaging with your audience in a two-way communication helps build engagement and audience. "