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Promoting your business through Facebook page could help a lot to spread the word about your business, some use Facebook pages, and others are using groups, which is one is better? and how Not to limit marketing efforts?! Business Pages vs Group Read More

This is a perhaps unorthodox way to come up with startup ideas: walk around your house or apartment, and look for hot spots. A hotspot can be an area of high information density, clutter, stress, disorganization, or any place that has a suboptimal solution. Then think about a web or cloud solution to that hot spot. The author lists a few examples Read More

I will start a blog post series on August 1, describing the creation of a business plan for our new tea project called TeaParty.nu ("nu" is "now" in Swedish) and future tea & coffee business, Chai 'n Java. I will publish a new post every day for circa one month, following the "high-speed guide to starting a business" (3 Weeks to Startup) by Tim Berry and Sabrina Parsons Read More

Here is my comprehensive review of BigCommerce vs Volusion, two hosted shopping cart solutions that do not charge transaction fees Read More

You've launched your company website and followed tips for optimizing your online presence. So why aren't your traffic numbers through the roof yet? Well, there is more to driving meaningful traffic to your website than you might think Read More

I promised Susan Oakes a couple of days ago to post this article from a blogger I always enjoy reading, Sonia Simone of Copyblogger, in response to Susan's post "Your Customers Have The Need But Do They Have The Desire?" Check it out on her blog, M4B Marketing, or here at BizSugar posted about four days ago. In the post, in turn a response to another post from Stoney deGeyter of Search Engine Guide, Susan argues that "You need to work out the difference between those customers having a need and those that actually have a desire to take action." Susan is definitely right as far as she goes, but Sonia takes it one step further. Those customers with a "desire to take action" may just be the tip of the iceberg!
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Here's a timely business strategy... "Coupon redemption has risen 360% since 2008. It appears that a frugal lifestyle, is becoming fashionable, and coupon use can help encourage frugality. Lately, it’s all about the art of getting the deal, and coupons — and how much you save when you use them — can be a big part of that, earning you bragging rights. Read More

I just read a rather depressing piece of information: for the first half of 2010 the rate of new business start-ups was the lowest it's been in 24 years. According to a blog post for the Wall Street Journal "the 3.4% first-quarter start-up rate and the 3.9% in the second quarter mark the lowest first-half since (executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas) started recording data in 1986." The reason for such a dramatic decrease from last year is less than obvious Read More

Is your mobile website functioning properly? Does SEO even matter in the mobile marketing age? There are ways you can optimize your website to help with mobile search. Read More

Yahoo Answers is commonly referenced as a top social media site for small business owners. Its strength comes from its ability to help SMBs establish authorit Read More