HeatherStone commented on the following stories on BizSugar
3 Steps To Design The Best Business Website Templates
"Hi Reginald, Wow. What a comprehensive post! I really think you're right that a blog/website's design and function should follow your business requirements. Form should follow function, as they say. What's the first step you would recommend for someone launching a small business blog? How would you go about deciding what kind of blog you would need to fit your business? "4 Email Habits You need to Delete
"Hi Cecil, Yeah, subject line is really important. Also, it's important to remember how different something can sound in email than when you speak to someone. There is no inflection and this can be a real problem, especially if the person isn't used to getting emails from you or dealing with you. The number one thing is to be clear about your intentions. Thanks for sharing with the BizSugar community!"Does Posting Frequency REALLY Affect Organic Traffic?
"In terms of sustained traffic, Ti, I'm willing to bet this does have a lot to do with the sheer number of posts on your site as well. So, if you have, say, 200 posts already on a Website, you will see much more sustained activity when you reduce the frequency of posting than when you have maybe 10 posts. On the other hand, I suspect we're also talking about scale here. My suspicion is that with big news sites where readers expect to go regularly for updated information, these sites would see a huge drop in traffic if they stopped posting, even for a week. At that point their traffic would still probably be much higher than the average solo blog, but still low when compared with their traffic at full output. "How can you avoid putting on a costume at work?
"Hi Emilie, I'd love if you or Lisa Woods, who was good enough to share this post on BizSugar, would be good enough to discuss the tight rope walk of being yourself as a manager without allowing your employees or others to manipulate you by exploiting what they know about the real you. Could one or both of you talk about this in greater detail in the BizSugar comment section for the benefit of our whole community? "Simple Email Marketing Mistakes That Could Damage Your Purpose And Reputation
"Hi Jane, It's amazing how many people think buying a list of names and spamming them is perfectly acceptable. Of course, this is not only a bad idea. It's ineffective. On the positive side, what would you say is the most effective technique in email marketing? Can you share your thoughts in the comment section of BizSugar with our entire community? "6 Things Successful Entrepreneurs Always Do - Forbes
"Hi Holly, I think optimism is a huge imperative for entrepreneurs. Creating a company out of nothing requires it. The question is, do you think a positive outlook can be learned or must we be born with it? The old question? Is an entrepreneur born or made? Your thoughts?"Subscribe
Why Should You Publish Articles Less Often?
"Hi, Martin. I'm curious too. What's a lot and what's a little?"