It's no secret that these days, times they are a changin - and quick. Just think back to five or ten years ago. Eight years ago, Facebook was but a dream. Four years ago, Groupon wasn't around. And ten years ago, LinkedIn was just launching. My, how times have changed.
So what changes can we expect to develop in 2012? Chances are, you can expect sites like Groupon to be making some changes. As much as consumers enjoy daily deal sites, …
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Many studies have been done in efforts to pin point what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. And many of these studies have found that entrepreneurs have certain traits in common. And one that I've found most insightful is an entrepreneurs ability to view a failure as opportunity.
A "glass is half full" approach to life and business is obviously best. But when it comes to actually applying that to your personal life and business …
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Press releases can be boring and many claim they are a dinosaur from the past. Have you ever asked yourself, "How Do I Create Press Materials That Aren't Boring?"
And if the traditional press release is dead, what are some alternatives that are available?
Well for starters, did you know that you can create a social media press release? With social media lighting the way, it may be that a social media press release is now the way …
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While recently reading an article online it occurred to me that many resources tend to make assumptions and alienate themselves from new entrepreneurs by being too advanced in their speech, writings, etc. One mistake that I see many guilty of is assuming that your readers are already "in the know."
As hard as it may be for many of us to believe, there are still many "newbies" in the online entrepreneurial world. Thousands of new people …
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Many businesses have felt, and are still feeling, the effects of the economic recession. But as the old saying goes, "That which does not kill you only makes you stronger." And that's just one of the lessons the recession has taught one business owner in particular. Benjamin Sayers of VoIP Supply LLC, a college dropout who has learned everything he knows about small business from experience, credits the recession as a blessing in disguise …
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Many 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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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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In the movie "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner is famously told "If you build it. They will come."
We think the same is true of your small business. And to that end, a few weeks ago we asked BizSugar members the simple question "What is your number one small business goal in 2011?"
Our hope was that by doing a bit of crowdsourcing, we could mine our great small business social community for some ideas that contributing members might, …
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What is your number one small business goal in 2011? I posed this question yesterday on both our Facebook and Twitter pages.
You can see the responses so far on our Facebook fan page. I'm hoping there will be more forthcoming.
But why did I post the question and what are we hoping to get from all of this? And what does the question about our members' future goals have to do with small business news and small business social media, …
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We'd like your help finishing the sentence above.
Every small business person or entrepreneur will likely have a different answer when asked to define small business, an answer that says a bit about what small business means to them, so here's how you can contribute:
If you're on Twitter and haven't already done so, start following us @BizSugar (we'll be sure to follow back).
Then make a Tweet completing the sentence "Small Business …
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