Archive for June, 2011

Part Time Business Owner Tips

work from homeMany articles abound with much advice given to full-time small business owners, but less is written and provided for part-time business owners - those that are attempting to get a business up and running while working a full-time job. I came across this piece titled, "7 Tips for Part-Time Business Owners" that provides some of that much needed advice. Here's an important tip mentioned in the article: "Be ready to give up personal …

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BizSugar “Contributor of the Week” on Facebook

BizSugar on FacebookHave you checked out BizSugar on Facebook yet? If not, you may want to click over and "Like" our BizSugar fan page today to take part in our new "BizSugar Small Biz Contributor of the Week" contest. Here's how it works! Starting this Wednesday, we'll be picking a link shared on the BizSugar main site by one of our Facebook fans to give a special attaboy or attagirl by sharing the link on Facebook as our "BizSugar Small Biz …

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Tips for Offering Customer Loyalty Programs

pizza coming out of a wood burning pizza oven.When someone says, "Customer Loyalty Program" to you, what's the first thing that comes to mind? (Cue the crickets . . .) Many customer loyalty programs become an expenditure that can cut into profit margins without really creating increased loyalty. But there are successful customer loyalty programs that DO increase customer loyalty and WON’T hurt your pocketbook. And I actually found a few of them in a piece titled, "Loyalty Programs …

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BizSugar Supports Small Business Influencer 2011

sbinfluencers-250x133Would you like to help choose the Top 100 Small Business Influencers of 2011?   BizSugar.com is proud to be a sponsor and supporter of the 2011 Small Business Influencer awards.  The Small Business Influencer awards recognize the companies and people who are responsible for supporting the small business community -- those who create great products and services, and provide  information and guidance that small businesses need in order …

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Niall Devitt of Bloggertone on Marketing Your Blog

Niall(Niall Devitt is part of the driving force behind Bloggertone, a fascinating business blogging community based in Ireland, and is no stranger to social media marketing either. Last week Bloggertone published a tongue-in-cheek post on blogging's demise by community member Anne Perez. Below, Niall talks about seeing blogging as a genre of social media and how social media can be used to market your business blog.) Hi Niall. Thanks so much …

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Why We Still Love Business Blogging

Why We Still Love Business BloggingIt might seem strange to some folks that as a leading social media business site we here at BizSugar.com still love business blogging so much. In fact, it's generally assumed that with the rise of social media sites on the Internet today, blogging is on the decline. See this admittedly tongue-in-  cheek post recently by our friends at Bloggertone.com via BizSugar about the death of the blog, a death that has been prematurely reported …

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