Social selling is a trending strategy in the business world. Essentially, it means using social media platforms in your sales process — not just for marketing. To do this effectively, you need a system for gathering data about customers and monitoring social activity. That’s where CRM comes in. Many of today’s systems include a social Read more about Can CRM Benefit Your Social Media Marketing[More…]
What do you want to know about managing a small business team? Or about how assembling a freelance team for your website or other online business can improve your productivity? Come ask your questions and read all the excellent questions and answers given during this AMA to learn more. Members can go to this particular Read more about Managing a Freelance Team: Shawn Hessinger, Small Business Trends Senior Editor, AMA Wed., Oct 16, 2019 2-4 pm ET[More…]
Have you considered expanding your business to additional countries? That can be more complicated than it first appears. Find out what is involved by asking our guest Gabriella Sannino during her upcoming AMA (ask me anything). Interested in cryptocurrencies to facilitate global payments? Wondering whether you should translate your website into additional languages and how Read more about Cryptocurrency, the Global Economy and International SEO: Gabriella Sannino AMA Wed 10/2/19 2-4p ET[More…]
In order to make your sales process as efficient as possible, you need to focus on selling to those who are most likely to buy from you. A sales funnel is a strategy where you narrow down all of your leads into qualified groups so that you can focus your time and energy on your Read more about How Do You Build a Sales Funnel?[More…]
Email is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to communicate with customers. And CRM is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to learn about customers and grow relationships. For both of those concepts to reach their potential in your business, they need to work hand in hand. Read more about How Do You Use CRM to Manage Your Email Marketing[More…]
The latest EGO NetCast Podcast features member Janice Wald of Mostly Blogging. This is the third podcast in the BizSugar Member Spotlight series. The first two episodes were: Gail Gardner, BizSugar Mastermind Community Manager Ghost Writer David Leonhardt The first episode is a good introduction to all of BizSugar from the Mastermind and Sharing to Read more about Member Spotlight: Janice Wald of Mostly Blogging on EGO NetCast Podcast[More…]
Your sales strategy won’t be very effective if you try to sell to everyone who crosses your path. Your time is much better spent trying to sell only to those who are likely to buy. “I think the reason people hate selling so much is because they try to sell anything to everybody,” says Ivana Read more about How Do You Qualify a Sales Lead?[More…]
Getting the right social media channels for your business blog is as important as having the right goods and services to sell. It’s important because a big part of your existing and new client base will be online and reading your content on their mobile devices through social media. Here’s what you should consider when Read more about How Do You Choose the Best Social Media Channels for Your Business?[More…]
Featuring BizSugar members has always been popular with our users. We’ve launched a new way to get to know each other. Thanks to our member Martin Lindeskog, we will have regular podcast episodes on his EGO NetCast podcast. The first episode explained what we’re doing here at BizSugar. Today, you can find out more about Read more about Member Spotlight: Ghost Writer David Leonhardt on EGO NetCast Podcast[More…]
Before you sell to a new customer, you have to engage with them in some way. Not sure how to accomplish that? How about including a quiz on your website? “A lot of customers need to interact with businesses a few times before they’re comfortable moving forward into that more formalized buying arena. So a Read more about How Do You Create a Quiz for Your Website, to Increase Engagement?[More…]