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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is essentially about doing good and doing well. Generally, it refers to the process of integrating social values and mission within business decision-making process, so as to achieve positive and sustainable outcomes towards the business, environment and the community at large.
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The results of an exclusive recent survey are in, and entrepreneurs are starting to get more optimistic. Highlights of the study include: 52% of entrepreneurs use an iPhone, 36% feel the recession hasn’t hurt their business much and 28% feel 2010 is going to be the best year ever.
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There are some well known avenues to making money from a blog, such as banners, text links and affiliate marketing. Almost all blogs use one or the other and end up competing for the same pool of advertisers. Sometimes it makes sense to go beyond the tradional avenues and look for new and creative ideas to generate additional revenue. So here are ten creative ways to monetize your blog, some you Read More

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

An interesting report, conducted by the Network Box, has revealed some interesting stats about our beloved Internet. It was concluded that more business traffic goes to Facebook than to any other Internet site. Analysis of 13 billion URLs used by businesses in the first quarter of 2010 show that 6.8% of all business Internet traffic goes to Facebook; an increase of 1% since the last quarter of 20 Read More

A lot is written about building customer profiles of those who you want as customers. This of course is an essential part of small business marketing. But what about the other side – those customers that you do not want as customers. Two blog posts recently have been written about this dilemma and give great insights into this problem as they shared their experiences.
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Our recent business blogging "think-tank" was held, of all places, at a local bowling alley! Amidst the backdrop of rolling balls and flying pins, Guinness was on tap and the biz-blogging ideas were arising fast and furiously. All of the tips, advice and principles we discussed on the art of business blogging right here... Read More

Keeping a blog going can seem like a full time job. Unfortunately for most business owners, we don't have the luxury of being a full-time blogger. This post discusses ways to improve the effectiveness of your blog. Read More

Great perspective on why the group responsible for employing over half of the private sector employees is going to drag its feet bringing their employee levels back to 2007 marks. Small and medium-sized businesses are using more technology and demanding more productivity to help avoid the pain of having to lay off their friends…AGAIN! Read More

The next time you are faced with criticism, don’t be afraid to step up your efforts, and work that little bit harder, to prove your critics wrong. Read More