We’ve been so gratified here at bizSugar.com to see all the support we’ve received as our small business oriented online community and social media site continues to grow.
And because of all the interest, we continue to reach out to that same group of supporters again and again in an effort to grow the bizSugar community even further for the benefit of all its members.
How can a bigger community help you the bizSugar member?
Whether you are a small business owner or provide services to the small business community (or both) bizSugar supplies a one-of-a-kind network experience especially for those in your niche. No signal to noise ratio of unrelated topics. Our community of moderators works hard to make sure content is relevant to your needs and those of others in the small business community just like you.
But, of course, the more members of that community there are, the more resources for our members who can then use bizSugar as their ultimate small business network sharing helpful information, tips and news…and connecting with other bizSugar members perhaps as future clients, partners, customers and service providers.
This isn’t done through persistent self-promotion or product or service spamming in the place of community interaction. We don’t permit either here on bizSugar. See our recommended submission guidelines for more on this.
It’s done instead by offering and creating value in a place where good ideas and knowledge are exchanged (and, yes, perhaps partnerships are formed) through the power of community.
How can you help?
Simple. Here are three things you can do right now to strengthen the bizSugar community (and your own personal small business network at the same time):
- Tell a friend. If every member of bizSugar right now told one friend about our small business community and convinced them to join, imagine what would happen to your small business network. Now imagine what would happen if each of us told, five or ten more people.
- Get colleagues into the act. You may not need to e-mail or even wait for your lunch break to invite others into the bizSugar community. Are others in your organization involved and reaping the benefits of the bizSugar community? We think they should be.
- Start a conversation. We’ve said before, it’s about the conversations. And we’ve had some great ones here at bizSugar.com. So when you’ve shared a link you think others should comment on, contact them and let them know.
There are plenty of online communities out there but, we believe, none with bizSugar’s unique and distinct focus to help small business succeed. Help us help you. Tell a friend about bizSugar today.
Are you receiving the bizSugar newsletter? What???? You say you haven’t heard about the newsletter? Well, let me tell you about it.
Each Friday like clockwork we put out an email newsletter. Amanda, one of our Moderators, is in charge of the newsletter and she does a great job putting it together. It usually goes out before noon, Eastern U.S. time. The newsletter goes out to over 6,000 subscribers.
The newsletter is simple and sweet (of course!). Usually the top of the newsletter points out the latest post here at the blog. But the majority of the newsletter is about YOU and YOUR content. It contains links to the top 10 submissions on bizSugar for the week, as measured by the number of votes.
The newsletter is one of several ways great small business content gets visibility through bizSugar. If the article or blog post you submit gets traction and enough votes, it gets publicized through at least four methods. It:
- makes it onto the home page of bizSugar
- is publicized on Twitter via the bizSugar Twitter feed
- is included in the blue-and-white Top 10 Widget that many sites display (see it on the right sidebar of this blog?)
- it gets featured in the weekly newsletter.
We’re committed to making sure the BEST small business content gets the visibility and readership it deserves. Participating on bizSugar is a 2-way street. If you participate by sharing and voting on submissions (not just your own, but others’ submissions), we’ll help get it in front of small business owners and stakeholders, entrepreneurs, professionals and others through one of the 4 mechanisms mentioned above.
Check out the latest edition of the bizSugar newsletter, for February 19, 2010.
If you’d like to subscribe, go here and register.
Explore our small business categories at bizSugar.com.
Beyond visiting the “Hot Topics” and “Recently Submitted” sections on the Internet’s rapidly growing small business social media Website, you can use the tabs at the top of the page to explore anyone of our 26 subcategories.
In addition to trendy topics like “social media” and “online marketing” you’ll find informative submissions in our “employee benefits,” “human resources,” “legal” and “self-development” sections just as important to your small business and you as a small business owner.
Our categories remain important because they:
- Add value to the wealth and depth of information to be found here at bizSugar.com
- Provide opportunity for members to find detailed information suited to their specific needs and network with other business owners who may occupy their niche
- Customize resources including creation of 26 distinct feeds with small business information geared to each user’s specific needs and able to be shared on their Websites by copying and pasting a single code
- Develop community no matter what your strength or niche, we hope our categories will provide a new home for those interested in submitting business links on very specific topics
Don’t just explore our categories but find a few niches to call your own. Then submit and comment on topics and niches near and dear to your heart and find an audience of others who feel the same.
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