HeatherStone commented on the following stories on BizSugar
Guest post: 7 legitimate and long-term link-building strategies
"Hi Cedrine, Purchasing links is definitely not a good link building strategy and, given Google's actions of late, I'd even want to do reciprocal linking carefully. This is not to suggest that you are not linking to people with at least some reason to hope they will link back. But too much reciprocal linking to the point where it appears that every link out to a site is matched with a link back to you may also raise ire with the search engines."Five Legal Pitfalls That Sink Many Good Startups
"Martin, These things all should make any startup founder nervous. Certainly, a small business started without investors may have slightly different concerns, but the important point here is to make sure your bases are covered from the beginning so you don't get in trouble down the road."If It’s Common Sense, Why Isn’t It Common Practice?
"It's really a very good question, Dave, and especially one I think a lot of small business owners should ask themselves too. Many may be unfamiliar with selling when starting out. Perhaps they have a strength in another area like creating their product or service. Maybe they just have no prior sales experience but now must get involved in selling in the early days of their business because often in the beginning you have to handle everything yourself. Whatever the reason, I think it's helpful to look beyond the techniques of sales to the simple human interaction."Mobile Shopping’s Early Adopters Aren’t Who You Think They Are
"Interesting figures, and not wholly unexpected, but I'd really like to know more about the studies and research done on this. Having grown up in Philadelphia, a city with a large African American population, I noticed first hand how that demographic was an early adopter of technology, however I'd really like to know the underlying reasons why this might be."Subscribe
What's Your Exit Strategy? How to Plan for a Graceful Exit From Your Business
"I'd imagine timing is eveything. I think knowing the value of your company is also very important and something few entrepreneurs understand intuitively."