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BizSugar is a proud sponsor of the SmallBiz Social Media Summit to be held in Hutchinson, Kansas June 4-6. Learn more about using social media to promote your small business and bring you more of the customers you want. Please read this post on the event with links to further information and a special opportunity for the BizSugar community. Read More

There's a lot more to being an employer than hiring staff. To protect your business and your workers, employers must have a solid understanding of federal and state labor laws. We've written many articles on the various topics related to human resource management, and here’s a quick overview of Business.gov’s employment, labor law, and benefit information – covering everything from wages to dis Read More

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Getting access to the right tools and resources to help you proactively keep pace with change can be time consuming and sometimes costly. The good news is that in addition to the wealth of public information and resources available on the Business.gov site, the Business.gov team has developed and is constantly refining a host of Web services and tools that connect small business owners directly Read More

I don’t often write about stuff that’s coming, choosing to stick mostly with stuff that’s here and practical now, but a service in public beta intrigues me enough to mention before it’s really off the ground and flying.

TweetupThe service is called TweetUp and the simplest way to describe it is to call it a search engine for Twitter with sponsored results. Now, before everyone on Twitter g Read More

Tyler Garns from Infusionsoft explains the steps to take to avoid chaos resulting from using multiple technology systems and platforms in your small business. What does this mean in plain English? Stop trying to use many different technologies and programs to manage a customer relationship process and streamline with some of today's powerful tech solutions. Read More

So everyone knows by now, the power of social media lies in 'having a conversation' with your customer and community. If used correctly it helps connect you with them on a human to human level vs. business to consumer. It allows your customer to learn about you in real time, and also allows you to learn about them. Read More

Interview with the CEO of Shipwire Damon Schechter on tips for entrepreneurs shipping physical products and looking to save money. Read More

Successful sales people know how to ask for what they need and want. Here are 12 things you need to ask for when meeting with customers and prospects. Read More

Did you know that people can post a review of your business in Google Maps? Google also pulls reviews from other sites (Citysearch, Insiderpages) and automatically posts them to your business listing. Strangely, as the business owner, you have very little control over these reviews so you’ll have to add this to your “watch list” for online reputation management. Read More