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This is a guest post by Anita Campbell. When my company, Small Business Trends, LLC, first purchased BizSugar in the summer of 2009, the best way I could Read More

New geography is a term often used to refer to emerging markets, new markets in which a business could potentially expand. While emerging markets does often refer to whole countries that are restructuring the way they do business to allow for new opportunities to do businesses, it can also mean sma Read More

Do you get why it's important to create personas to better direct your online marketing efforts but aren't sure where to start? This article gives you three simple types to kickstart your SEO copywriting efforts. Read More

Executive search consultants make lots of phone calls to lots of corporate middle managers and executives. Did you ever get one? James Pennington did. He's featured in my new book on franchise ownership. Read about James, here. Read More

In my third guest column over at CNBC.com, I write about franchise research techniques. Franchise buyers have great access to information these days. It's just that the right questions have to be asked of the right people. Learn how. Read More

The fourth quarter 2011 data from the National Venture Capital Association is in and there is good news and bad news about the venture capital industry.
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Understanding end users goals and meshing them with cloud technology in the most seamless way possible is driving the next round of cloud innovation. How can cloud computing — in all its forms — better facilitate the digital projects of tomorrow with the least amount of friction? Read More

The modern business requires effective sales techniques, regardless of the industry, in order to pave the growth path for the company far and beyond. Here are some tips for how to swoop in and get that sale, no matter what the circumstances. Read More

Last week Google announced another algorithm update, called the “page layout algorithm update”, which will target sites that have too many ads above the fold. Users find it frustrating when they click on a search result and then have a difficult time finding the actual content. Google wants to prov Read More

Jess Van Den just released Crafty and Connected, a course that covers everything in her books PLUS two secret traffic weapons AND 3 Q&A sessions. Read More