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Stop posting and running! Stop being part of an elite little clique! Get involved and be part of the community.

The Return on Investment will be speedy, incredible and well-worth your while Read More

BizSugar member Yonatan Maisel specially requested the adding of this blog post with link to a podcast interview with Brad Nellis, executive director of the Northeast Ohio Software Association. Anita speaks about subjects including BizSugar, small business and social media more generally, in this wide ranging interview and the post includes some excerpts from that conversation. In May, the Northeast Ohio Software Association awarded BizSugar it’s Best of Tech Award for Best Social Networking App. For Yonatan and any other members out there who may be interested, I often include posts from the BizSugar blog where applicable here on BizSugar but not always. Of course submitting a favorite post from our blog, if it hasn't been submitted already, is easy simply by clicking the "Submit Story to BizSugar" button above each post: Read More

1985...The fight was on! Fists and elbows were flying and blood was flowing from both of us.

Present day...I have learned many great business lessons from rivalries, fist-fighting and burying the hatchet Read More

Forget Trump. Forget Branson. Forget any other motivational speaker you have ever seen or heard.

This guy is less than three feet tall. He's disabled. And he's changing attitudes one person at a time...

Once shunned by EVERY company he ever applied to, he now trains the CEOs and staff of Fortune 500 Companies Read More

Your photos are another marketing tool! Are they giving the message and impression you want them to?

Advice on the subject from a former Department of Motor Vehicle "AXE-MURDERER! Read More

By the end of 2010, a tax considered a major bane to many small family owned business will return after a one year hiatus. After brief repeal at the beginning of 2010, the estate tax, or "death tax" as it's critics call it, will be back and family owned businesses passed on to children after the death of a parent could see a 55 percent tax on the value of the assets of a business that may have taken years, or in some cases generations to build. A determined battle is now being waged to be sure the death tax does not return. Are there any community members that will find themselves affected by the return of the "death tax Read More

You get the call from an advertising agency. "Can you be here in 30 minutes...no time to explain!"

On the way, you're dreaming of the project! Porsche? The NFL? The Marlboro Man? Budweiser!

"No," states the manager when you arrive, "Toilet-bowl cleaner! Read More

Nature vs Nurture. The chicken vs the egg. Ali vs Foreman. Yankees vs Red Sox.

And style vs substance. Which is more important in business blogging? Which makes your blog the marketing tool which attracts readers and customers? My answer...which may surprise and appal you.. Read More

The answer might seem "Yes!" There seems to be a finite limit to the subjects we have to work with...

Find out how Elizabethan-Era English poofy dresses and Bob's Big Boy can help!

A serious, whacky and irreverant look at the question: "Are Business-Bloggers Running Out of Things to Blog About?" Read More

It's the EPITOME of businesses, marketing and advertising gurus everywhere. It's the apex of branding...having a company catchphrase become part of the national lexicon, language and culture.

In 1980s America, two companies hit the JACKPOT thanks to two great catchphrases and two little old ladies Read More