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"You are getting sleepy...your eyes are getting heavy." Nope, it's not "parlor-game" hypnosis where you are made to bark like a dog. This is the real deal, and as I've found it recently, it is an EXCELLENT way to bring focus, concentration and increased productivity to work.. Read More

Memorial Day reminds us to honor those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom. That is why I want to take this opportunity to focus on veteran-owned businesses. While every aspiring entrepreneur starts with certain strengths and weaknesses, veterans bring a unique set of assets and liabilities. Find out why a military background could be just the best thing a small business needs Read More

Pew Research recently released a study that focuses on individuals’ online identities, which takes into consideration reputation management and what people are really using online social tools for. Flowtown has generously decided to highlight the most interesting findings from these reports in the graphic below. Read More

A brand is after all just a name, so why so much fuss over branding? The simple reason to adopt branding is that it allows you to stand out in the crowd and helps your business/ product to make its presence felt. There are numerous ways of branding yourself and social media is one of them. Actually, in this case, five of them Read More

There are so many tactics to choose from it can be a trap to drop what you are currently doing and jump to another. Just think of this in terms of trying out different diets or exercise routines to get healthy. If you keep changing then you certainly will not get the results you want. The same goes for your marketing. 3 benefits of being consistent are.. Read More

By now, many of you may have heard that BizSugar was honor last week with the Best Of Tech Award For Best Social Media App from the Northeast Ohio Software Association. I wonder if the community would join me in thanking our global team of moderators, great executive board and others who have been such a great help in making BizSugar the social media site it is today. Also thanks to our wonderful community members. You made it all possibl Read More

With a little bit of variation and some easy-to-implement changes a business blog post can be transformed into a unique, creative and more MARKETABLE reading experience Read More

I’ve been an avid fan of Pligg CMS for a long time now. It’s an open source project, allowing anyone to download and run their own social news community similar to Digg and Reddit. I have my own case study for Pligg as well, and recently BizSugar has caught my attention Read More

Too often we trade building the right solution for our dream clients for building a solution for one group within our clients. By not diagnosing the entire organization to discover the ground truth, we often miss the mark with our solutions, risking losing the deal, setting unrealistic expectations, ignoring the constraints that prevent better outcomes, and creating resistance from the very groups we build our solutions to help Read More

Business owners can often lose themselves in the day to day running of the business. Effective management of time and resource is critical for success. How do you stay out of the swamp Read More