Tag Archive for 'BizSugar News'

That’s a Grammatical Error! Communicating With an International Audience

CommunicatingThink globally. With new technological advancements and new modes of communication available at an affordable cost, global trade is no longer limited to big multinational corporations. With an Internet connection or mobile device, small business owners can do business with anyone anywhere, and those capabilities are only likely to increase. Logistics makes exporting and global trade easier. Expanding to global markets may include some …

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Marketing Discussion Turns Pinteresting with Stephanie Ward @fireflycoaching

Stephanie Ward BizSugar PinterestWhat is all the buzz about Pinterest and should you be using it for your business? Stephanie Ward of Firefly Coaching, a previous Contributor of the Week here at BizSugar.com, dropped in at the BizSugar Facebook page Friday for a chat about what Pinterest has to offer small business. Here are some excerpts from the conversation. As Ward explained: Pinterest is different content wise as it’s all about images which people are really …

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Using Pinterest For Business: Facebook Chat with Stephanie Ward @fireflycoaching

Pinterest2There's a new sheriff in town! Pinterest is the latest social media tool for small business marketing online. Move over Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. This new social media network has created buzz with a new, more visual style, but the potential to market your small business, especially in the B2B space, remains important. So how do you harness this powerful new channel and make it work as an effective marketing and networking …

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Woo-hoo Jackie Purnell: BizSugar “Contributor of Week”

Jackie PurnellWe're VERY excited to welcome our BizSugar "Contributor of the Week" Jackie Purnell and hope you are too. Jackie's had experience with a variety of startup businesses ranging from craft products, children’s clothing manufacture, and a bunch of business services including administration, bookkeeping, marketing. But it wasn't until November 2008 while attending a seminar that it dawned on her that putting all this business knowledge …

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Troubleshooting Tips: This Is The Swan Song For Your BizSugar Submission Worries!

Swan Song Troubleshooting TipsHello again, BizSugar members, and thanks for being part of our small business news and information community. As you know, even with the best online communities, from time to time technical problems can arise. And though we try to respond quickly to any issues regarding the site at large, some difficulties occasionally arise which are easier for members to resolve or have to do with how some sites interact with our community. In …

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Introducing the New BizSugar Editor’s Pick

BizSugar Editor's PickThere's a new way for regular visitors to find less known but high quality content especially by newer members and contributors here at BizSugar.com. It's called "Editor's Pick" and it's a brand new recently installed widget with links to the latest and greatest submissions as chosen by our small business news and information community's moderators. Just take a gander at the box on the right hand side of the page just under our …

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“Hot” Feature Makes Small Business Site More Social

PressureA new "hot" feature added to BizSugar in the last couple of weeks allows users who vote content to our front page more visibility as opinion leaders helping to make our site even more social. Here's how. Now when you vote stories to the front page of the BizSugar small business news and information community, you and other community members will see your account name in orange following the phrase "Made hot by..." and followed by the …

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Why Do You Use BizSugar.com?

BizSugar Fans(Why do you use BizSugar.com? We wanted to get the answer to that question and to how BizSugar fits in with other social media used by our members in their daily business operations. So, when we saw Pat Henry's blog post listing BizSugar as one of his favorite social media tools for business, we decided to chat with him a bit about his use of social media and how BizSugar fits in to his overall business strategy.) I work in accounting …

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BizSugar at InfusionCon!

bizSugar2(Editor's note: Members of the BizSugar team including Staci Wood and Ivana Taylor and BizSugar advisory board members TJ McCue and Travis Campbell attended InfusionCon, the big user conference for users of e-mail marketing software InfusionSoft.  InfusionCon drew nearly 1000 visitors to the Montelucia resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. If you stopped by our booth at our first ever tradeshow, thanks so much for saying hello! Below are some …

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