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This is a perhaps unorthodox way to come up with startup ideas: walk around your house or apartment, and look for hot spots. A hotspot can be an area of high information density, clutter, stress, disorganization, or any place that has a suboptimal solution. Then think about a web or cloud solution to that hot spot. The author lists a few examples Read More

Social Media Marketing is a helpful tool, but you have to be careful not to waste time on unnecessary and even harmful actions in your quest to make the most of this new tool. Here are six big time-wasters to be aware of Read More

Two days ago, Bizsugar led me to a really good post- "How to Find Thousands More Prospects for Your Business" and a couple of questions. What happens to the 95% of your visitors that don't convert? How can figuring it out help us develop a mature online marketing strategy Read More

10 strategies to get better results in your life and business.
A little bit of self assessment can go a long way, if you're suffering with productivity or motivation issues, maybe something here might help Read More

There is so much talk about marketing, what works or what you should do that it can get a little overwhelming. The good news is that there are simple marketing lessons within your own families, friends and from those around you. Read More

I will start a blog post series on August 1, describing the creation of a business plan for our new tea project called TeaParty.nu ("nu" is "now" in Swedish) and future tea & coffee business, Chai 'n Java. I will publish a new post every day for circa one month, following the "high-speed guide to starting a business" (3 Weeks to Startup) by Tim Berry and Sabrina Parsons Read More

Effectively preparing for any media inquiries will ensure that the potential coverage will be well received and increase the exposure of your business 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

A blog won’t help your business. Just like that StairMaster gathering dust in your basement won’t make you thin. Or a hammer won’t help you build those shelves if you don’t pick it up Read More

Powerful tips on increasing your digital influence or circle of influence, and the power to affect and control something or someone by blogging your wa Read More