A Tight Ship: 15 Ways Online Businesses Automate, Reduce Errors and Save Money

Published on October 31, 2012October 21, 2018 by Heather Stone

Online businesses … some say they are the best of all possible worlds. You can run one from almost anywhere. Costs can often be kept lower, unlocking additional value in your business because you may have no need for impressive offices, equipment or facilities. Even aspects such as inventory can be managed virtually or at Read more about A Tight Ship: 15 Ways Online Businesses Automate, Reduce Errors and Save Money[More…]

BizSugar’s New Video & Image Gallery Open for Small Business!

Published on October 30, 2012October 30, 2012 by Heather Stone

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then BizSugar’s new Video and Image Gallery is priceless! Got exciting small business videos you’d like to share with the BizSugar community? Just load them into our new gallery and we’ll do the rest. Here’s how it works: Just go to our new “Sweets” tab on BizSugar, Read more about BizSugar’s New Video & Image Gallery Open for Small Business![More…]

Improve Profits Through Technology: How Real Life Small Businesses Do It

Published on October 24, 2012October 21, 2018 by Heather Stone

Ah technology… five BizSugar members recount how they are using technology to drive more profits in these mini case studies.

Daniel Kehrer @140Main Leads the Way for SMBs

Published on October 22, 2012October 22, 2012 by Heather Stone

Daniel Kehrer has spent his career as a thought leader and in the trenches as an expert in small business and digital marketing. Founder of four businesses including BizBest® Media Corp., which he established in 2001 to deliver tips, ideas, and information for small business leaders and entrepreneurs, Kehrer is also author of thousands of Read more about Daniel Kehrer @140Main Leads the Way for SMBs[More…]

Jon-Mikel Bailey @woodstreetweb Creates Business By Design

Published on October 16, 2012October 18, 2012 by Heather Stone

Since its founding in 2002, the Web and mobile design firm Jon-Mikel Bailey heads with partners James Stup, Jason Giuliano and Derek Jubach has focused on making the clients they serve look good. Headed by a talented team, Wood Street Inc., named for a street where Bailey and Stup lived as roommates while attending Frostburg Read more about Jon-Mikel Bailey @woodstreetweb Creates Business By Design[More…]

Ti Roberts @tiroberts Bitten By Marketing Bug

Published on October 9, 2012October 10, 2012 by Heather Stone

The Internet marketing bug bit Ti Roberts early on. Since then, she has come a long way, honing her marketing techniques and refining her business model. And, she has great story about how she got started and became fascinated with building businesses online. “I first got introduced to internet marketing when I was 19. I Read more about Ti Roberts @tiroberts Bitten By Marketing Bug[More…]

Bernd Geropp @MoreLeadership Engineers Business Success

Published on October 2, 2012October 4, 2012 by Heather Stone

With a background in engineering, Bernd Geropp founded his first company, a German tech firm, at age 32 with a friend. He recalls his time in the startup, which made and sold hardware and software for condition-based maintenance, as a bit chaotic, even after the founders took on money from venture capitalists. “It felt like Read more about Bernd Geropp @MoreLeadership Engineers Business Success[More…]

Kimberly Turner @kimberlyaturner Helps Moms Succeed

Published on September 25, 2012September 27, 2012 by Heather Stone

At age 16, Kimberly Turner was on her way to becoming a statistic. An unmarried teenage mom with few prospects, she scraped by with little income but somehow managed to finish college. She graduated college with a nursing degree, but after marrying her husband, a Marine, the family began to move around frequently, making it Read more about Kimberly Turner @kimberlyaturner Helps Moms Succeed[More…]

Benjy Portnoy @SmallBizElevatr Shares Sweet Solutions

Published on September 18, 2012September 20, 2012 by Heather Stone

Benjy Portnoy’s first business was a little candy stand he set up when he was five to sell left over candy bars to relatives when they gathered for a family Thanksgiving. Today his Website, SmallBizElevator.com, dispenses sweet solutions to entrepreneurs hungry to get their small businesses off the ground. Portnoy tells a funny story about Read more about Benjy Portnoy @SmallBizElevatr Shares Sweet Solutions[More…]

Gary Shouldis @3BugMedia Follows Higher Calling

Published on September 11, 2012September 12, 2012 by Heather Stone

Though he had always had a a strong interest in entrepreneurship, it was a desire to be there for his wife and children that motivated Gary Shouldis to leave his job as a captain in the New York City Fire Department and become a small business owner. Shouldis is our BizSugar Contributor of the Week, Read more about Gary Shouldis @3BugMedia Follows Higher Calling[More…]