AngelBiz commented on the following stories on BizSugar
3 Ways to Get Your Marketing Back in Shape
"Like your analogy of marketing to long distance race. That is definitely true. Keep at it consistently and you will see results eventually. Of course, providing great products at reasonable price and combine that with excellent customer service is a pre-requisite. "Carving Out Downtime And Why It Is Important
"In our daily busy lives with personal and business commitments we are so overworked that we feel guilty taking downtime. However, it is a must to increase our productivity and efficiency, as much contradictory as it sounds. Good thing is it doesn't have to be a week long vacation. Just taking a 10 minute walk outside can do the trick."5 Habits Of Relentless Entrepreneurs
"To me the habit of starting and failure are the key. Anyone can have hundreds of ideas, but without acting on it they don't go anywhere. Also, not being afraid of failure and learning from it are very important because inevitably you will fail when you are working on something that has never been tried before."Zero in on TEEN Trends When Starting a New Business!
"I agree with you. Teens are definitely a very important demographic that all businesses need to pay attention to. I would caution that this demographic can be very fickle too. It doesn't take long for them to move on to the next best thing and the business owner left holding the bag if he does not pay attention to this. Another demographic that is important to all business owners is baby boom. Many of them are getting to retirement age with significant discretionary income."How to Make Your Customers Come Back for More - MACs Women
"I would say provide great value at a reasonable price accompanied by excellent customer service and your customers will keep coming back, and will be broadcasting your business to their friends and families. Like you said in the post Keep it Simple. "The Importance of Reliable Internet Connections in Today's Businesses
"Internet has become a utility - a must have in the same way as electricity and phone. if you do not have fast, reliable connection the customers will not stick around your website for too long. Customers' threshold for wait has really gone down in the last few years."Subscribe
Preparation is Key to Managing Crisis for Small Business Owners
"Heather - You have raised an interesting point. Preparing for something that you don't know yet does sound contradictory, but it can be and has to be done. In addition to some of the points I raised in the post here are some additional tips. I believe you need to take 3-step approach 1) Assess 2) Plan 3) Execute. Do a through assessment / audit of your potential vulnerabilities. This needs to include technical, financial, operational and personnel aspects. In the second step document a plan to address these vulnerabilities. In the final step work with internal and external stakeholders to take pre-emptive steps to address them. You will be able to fix some of them and need to have action plan documented to address others when crisis arises."