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Listen to the BizSugar interview with Anita Campbell and yours truly at Small Business Trends Radio and check out this post on the importance of businesses being social, something near and dear to our hearts here at BizSugar.com. We'll be switching the link at the top of the blog post to the archived version of the show after the live Web cast. Looking forward to all of your comments Read More

I have now read the first chapter, Concept Kick Start. The authors, Tim Berry and Sabrina Parsons, are presenting the material in a great way. I like the layout of the book and it is very easy to read, take notes in the margins, and you have an informative online tools section at the end of the chapter. After we have defined our business identity, I think it is time to do a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysi Read More

As a small business owner we love to give credit to our people when it is deserved and there are a number of ways that can be done: Through the handwritten note, pay increase or a steak dinner. You pick, but can we do something more for the superstars on our company team? A lot of big companies like to use offline media publicity to reward their people for good work. For example, ESPN did a commercial congratulating Chris Bermen on his last award. Now why can’t we do something similar to showcase the hard work of our employees? Well most of us probably can’t do something similar to a TV commercial that ESPN did for Chris Berman, but we could use social media to showcase our people Read More

Are you using Google Insights to help you with your sales? Here is a how to article with a video to help you out Read More

Recently someone gave me feedback about one of the ads on my blog. The feedback was very pertinent, saying that the ad looked scammish and gave a bad impression of my blog. The ad was about some easy way to make online $2000-$3000 a week Read More

Give, and you get back. If you are an expert in your field and manage to extract huge sums of money for your time, giving a percentage of that time for free will empower both you and the receiver. What comes around, goes around.. Read More

Have you ever had a discussion with someone who states that something is a fact about marketing when you know it is not?Sometimes the person bases the fact on their experience and sometimes it is what they have read or heard. One experience on the weekend and one article I read got me thinking about this topic. Read More

One of the biggest mistakes that companies make in developing their strategy is in failing to properly evaluate the market competition. And too often, we don't realize what the REAL "competitor" actually is. Read More

Having a highly visible company car is especially important with local business. It's a great way to generate buzz. Read More

The other I posed this somewhat trick laden question on Twitter – “Is making something easier to understand dumbing it down or smartening it up?” The answers I got were mixed. Some obviously saw that I was suggesting it’s actually harder to make some easy to understand. Others clearly felt that it somewhat of a disservice to try to make things that were complicated seem simple Read More