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Businesses and brands are constantly competing for attention on social media, and with all the noise and incessant messaging, how can you make your voice heard?
You have to find ways to cut through the noise and stand out like a unicorn in a sea of donkeys.
But how? By knowing how to standout on Read More

As the first of its kind Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, Insightly Marketing is going to integrate marketing, sales, and project management into a single platform. And with this integration, businesses can better manage the entirety of the customer journey with a single solution.
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The launch of Shutterstock’s Smart Brief addresses the growing visual demands of today’s digital ecosystem. But with more marketing channels available to businesses, creating the right content to represent your brand is critically important.
Smart Brief looks to simplify and expedite the process o Read More

Business owners should not use a business bank account for personal use. It’s a bad practice that can lead to other issues, including legal, operational and tax problems.
As the company grows, the problems will also grow. That is, if the company is able to grow. Many businesses operated in a fisca Read More

Do you sometimes feel like an imposter in your business life? Like you are acting as if you are authentic and confident but not necessarily feeling it?
There you are tapped for a promotion, being acknowledged and recognized for your work and accomplishments and yet feeling like a fraud conflicted Read More

Here is the fourth interview of the new segment, featuring an active BizSugar member. Please listen to my conversation with Lisa Sicard of Inspire to Thrive.
Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:

- Learn to Tweet and Thrive on Twitter by Lisa Sicard
- Ileane Smi Read More

Another week brings another conference. This time around I headed to Boston. (Which is enemy territory for a Rams fan! But I digress.) There I attended Sugar Connection, hosted by SugarCRM. Sugar launched 15 years ago. But the last two years saw a serious transformation, including private equity Read More

There are many ways you can reward the hard work of your employees.
Compensation, benefits, recognition and appreciation address key areas in the employer/employee reward system.
While compensation, benefits and recognition are obvious options, there are a lot of ways to say “Job Well Done!”.
Yo Read More

working at their business.
Turns out that’s becoming more than just a cliche.
This week, we came across new information in the MetLife & U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index indicating just how much the average small business owner works in a week.
The number is not healthy, according t Read More

Small businesses know that mentors are a major driver of growth. Small Business Trends contacted Innovation and Disruption Keynote Speaker Bonin Bough to get some advice SMBs can use. Bough is a renowned marketing executive also known as host of the CNBC show Cleveland Hustlers. Read More