BizSugar.com › User › tomshark › Voted

QR codes are not new, they have been around since 1994. The 2 dimensional (Quick Response) bar codes have had practical uses on airline boarding tickets and on product lables for stock tracking purposes. What is relatively new is the use of QR codes in marketing. Read More

Last summer Papa John’s conducted Papa’s Specialty Pizza Challenge, a crowdsourcing campaign. Consumers were asked to create and submit recipes for interesting new pizzas. Here are six lessons from Papa John’s about crowdsourcing product creation. Read More

Choosing a business partner is like deciding whether to propose for marriage: you’re madly in love, and it seems like a good idea at the time, but it’s important to make sure you’re truly compatible. Otherwise, you’ll be paying the price later. In a business relationship, you have to know your part Read More

Having a blog is like having a song on the radio used to be. There are millions out there, so why would anyone listen to yours? The name of the game with blogs is standing out, so people will be talking about it and you will have a popular item on your hands. Read More

Two Canadian webmasters were reviewing their website stats, and discovered 25,000 new backlinks from one domain. This is how they did it - and how you can, too. Read More

DimDim is easy, open and affordable web conferencing and webinars and resembles other online meeting tools such as Webex, GoToMeeting and even Skype.

It doesn’t sound like a great marketing ploy to advertise a very smart idea with a name like “DimDim” – the name sounds like a vicious insult from Read More

Eric Feige of Usability Sciences answers a host of questions from online marketers about how to measure and track user intent, attitudes and behavior. Cool stuff! Read More

As Jakob Nielsen concluded: “When it comes to customer relationships, newsletters must be seen as a long-term investment: they work their magic over time.” Read More

It’s a more civilized way to shop, and yet hundreds of thousands of retailers are still refusing to expand their store into the world of ecommerce. Online shopping is big business, and a great way to move stock all year long. So why are smaller retailers avoiding the “Order Now” button? I’ve got th Read More

There are many benefits when it comes to being a freelance writer, or any type of freelancer for that matter, but there are also a few hardships that come along with the job. Remember, the sweet is never as sweet without the sour. The biggest hardship of all is the unpredictability of income. Read More