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The economy is beginning to recover. Will you be caught with your business pants down? Here’s what you need to do to develop your own sales and marketing recovery strategy. Do it now! By the time you read about it in USA Today it will be too late Read More

Your local newspaper is full of great leads for sales, all you have to do is know how to look for them. Here are 8 tips you can use to use the newspaper to find possible sales leads Read More

Business planning for your blog can pay real dividends. Small business can really benefit from a blogging, but it needs to be planned and executed as carefully as any other aspect of business Read More

Just like the community in which you live, social media neighborhoods are created by the people who inhabit them. Here at BizSugar.com, for example, we feel we have one of the best online communities on the planet, but making a difference in your social media community or neighborhood has to do with your effort and the efforts of your fellow members to make them good places to interact and network.
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The other day, I watched a hilarious episode of South Park, You Have Zero Friends, about Facebook. Besides having a great time watching the show, it made me think about the social media gaming business Read More

Are you thinking of advertising online through the use of display ads? Look no further than Facebook as it served the largest number ad impressions to US based internet users in first quarter of this year according to Comscore. Despite the issues that are surrounding Facebook, there is no doubt that they are still growing at a rapid pace, where they are about to reach more than 500 million users. Read More

If you do not live in Australia you may not have seen the news that a 16 year old girl Jessica Watson successfully sailed around the world unassisted. Apart from the feat itself which was pretty astounding, what caught my attention was the planning and execution by the team responsible for the marketing of the whole journey.
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Google Places (formally Google Local Business) is a great way to get your local business featured predominately in the Google listings. It is also a great way to drive targeted buyers to your business. Here are 13 Tips on how to increase your ranking on Google Places Read More

The Web and modern business-world are truly international, multi-cultural arenas. So how does one become multi-cultural? Drinking a pint of Guinness? Shopping at IKEA? Watching The Sopranos? Not really. A serious and irreverent look at cultural aspects of the 21st century business.. Read More

This encouraging story talks about a small business owner who has not only created his own program of rehabilitation by hiring ex-cons as a way to give back to the community but also visits prisons to mentor on entrepreneurship. Todd Pemberton is founder and owner of Brooklyn-based pest control company Bugs Are Gone and you can read more about his story in the latest edition of Inc.com Read More