BizSugar.com › User › AmyJordan › Voted

What does it take to start a business from nothing?Most people who say they have no experience is laughable. We all have certain skills we can build on. In addition we all have a network of friends, family, and coworkers that can be very useful. Read More

There are a lot of different social listening dashboards that you can use to monitor activity of your followers and people interested in your brand. Here's why. Read More

Here's why I finally made the decision to take control of my finances, how I did it and how you can take control of your finances too. Read More

Trade shows are an excellent opportunity to find new customers, to meet new business partners and build new relationships. So much work goes into planning and preparing for a trade show. You need to make sure your booth is interesting, informative, fun, and staffed with team members with the right Read More

An email signature is a very logical way to end a newsletter, just like a paper letter: with your details.

If it’s just a personal or one-to-one message, it’s best just to include your name, company name and position, your phone number and a link to your website. If on the contrary we’re talking Read More

Don't ask punctuation to do a word's job, is what we're saying. It dilutes your message, makes you look unprofessional, and leaves you with nowhere to go when you actually do need an exclamation mark. But how's a web writer to know when an exclamation mark is actually called for? Well, to start, yo Read More

Social media and online networking are powerful ways to expand your reach (and we’re huge proponents for it!), but there does come a time when you need a face-to-face meeting to close a sale. Brad explains here -- Read More

Social media and online networking are powerful ways to expand your reach (and we’re huge proponents for it!), but there does come a time when you need a face-to-face meeting to close a sale. Brad explains here -- Read More

The October deadline created by Visa and Mastercard is looming for small businesses to accept EMV chip card payments or face fraud liability. But you may not have to navigate these unknown waters alone. First Data has announced an expanded agreement with Sam’s Club to improve its merchant services Read More

Small Businesses are perhaps the group that is most affected by Spam Referrals. If you run a website/blog and use Google Analytic to track reports, know that spam referrals routinely make their way into your visitor reports and significantly skew important metrics. This post will introduce you to w Read More