Archive for August, 2010

SugarTone: Are You A Participant?

Published by Shawn Hessinger
SugarTone ContestWell, the SugarTone Sweet Business Blogging Contest is under way and you can already watch the contestants stacking up over at the BizSugar.com and Bloggertone Facebook sites. We wish all the contestants the best of luck and hope all BizSugar members will participate as well by voting and commenting on the entries found under "SugarTone" in the "news" category on BizSugar.com and...WHAT?! You mean you aren't participating in the SugarTone …

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BizSugar and Bloggertone Together Again for Sugartone Contest

Published by Shawn Hessinger
give 'em a little sugarIf your blog post has the right tone, we may just give it some sugar. Yes, that’s right, it’s time for another round of the Sugartone “Sweet Business Blogging Contest”, a competition in which we are again collaborating with our good friends at Bloggertone, the business blogging community. This time our theme will be "Making your business amazing" and we’re also happy to announce the sponsorship of Hewlett-Packard with some …

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Crowdsourcing Small Business Info At BizSugar.com

Published by Shawn Hessinger
social media crowdsourcingWhat if there was a place to go online where you could browse through the latest and most relevant small business resources on the Web selected not by some editorial staff somewhere that you've never met, but by your own peers in the small business community who have handpicked the best for their huge network of friends? Well, there is, in fact, and its name is BizSugar.com! Here are just some of the great stories the 51,000 and growing …

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Five Ways To Make Your Small Business More Social Today

Published by Shawn Hessinger
Small Biz Social MediaIf you're running a small business today or thinking of starting one, you've no doubt heard of the benefits of social media in marketing that small business to the world. Of course, here at BizSugar we're passionate about both small business and the use of social media as a marketing and networking tool. Social media involves using a growing number of powerful free or low cost online tools to promote your brand and create referrals from …

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How Social Is Your Small Business?

Published by Shawn Hessinger
social media small businessJoin us today August 3  as Anita Campbell and I discuss the ways in which social media and BizSugar.com in particular can help your small business in good times and bad on Small Business Trends Radio. BizSugar is a small business news and social media site built on a customized version of the Pligg content management system platform. UPDATE: If you missed the live broadcast, you can listen to the podcast of How Social Is Your Small …

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