A 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, Read more about “Hot” Feature Makes Small Business Site More Social[More…]
This week we’re announcing another new tweak to improve the quality of small business news and information readers can find everyday on BizSugar.com. A new algorithm has been added to our Website to flag sites or accounts that are voted to the “hot” list an inordinate number of times during a short time interval. The Read more about New Algorithm Improves Participation on BizSugar[More…]
Those visiting BizSugar.com the last two days may have noticed a cleaner look under “recently submitted” stories thanks to a new system that holds new content for moderation. For regular contributors who have submitted links before to BizSugar, you may not notice much of a change. Except that the super cool content you always find Read more about Better BizSugar Content with New Moderation Program[More…]
Social media sites like BizSugar.com and others are amazingly powerful tools helping to gain visibility for your business, product, service or topic. But first it is important to know the basics of being a good social media citizen. Here are 10 dos and don’ts to be sure you give your social media community as much Read more about 10 Dos and Don’ts for Being a Good Social Media Citizen[More…]
Get your copy of the new SugarTone ebook now available free online. For those who might be unaware, the SugarTone contest, a collaboration between BizSugar.com and our friends at Bloggertone, the business blogging community, attempted to collect and rank contributions from the collective communities of BizSugar and Bloggertone providing the top contributors, as ranked by Read more about Free SugarTone Ebook Now Available[More…]
Your vote really can make a difference this November. No, we’re not talking about the hotly contended U.S. elections coming up for regular BizSugar members here in the States, races that could have profound importance for small businesses here. Sure, those elections are important too and we encourage you to carefully research the issue and Read more about Vote BizSugar for Small Business Social Media[More…]
To be or not to be. That is the question. In fact, there are many questions when managing an online small business network. Small business networks and online communities are an excellent way to brand your products or services, to network and to build community with potential customers and to draw attention to your Website. Read more about The Shakespearean Guide To Small Business Networks[More…]
We’ve had some great posts this week about using comments to market your blog. Thanks to BizSugar.com members Ana Hoffman, Ryan Biddulph and Ivan Walsh for the great contributions. Though one link drew a bit of controversy, it’s a fact that commenting on blogs was one of the earliest forms of Web 2.0 marketing and today commenting Read more about Using Comments In Social Media[More…]
A business blog can be a great tool for targeting a niche market on the Web and social media sites like BizSugar.com can be a great way to leverage that content. As BizSugar CEO Anita Campbell told Donna Maria Coles Johnson of the Indie Business Blog in a podcast Monday: …whether you have a decent Read more about Leverage Your Business Blog With Social Media[More…]
Why is it so important for your small business to be social? Last week Valentine Belonwu, an active member here at BizSugar and blogger at Big Money Web was good enough to mention the BizSugar community as one of the top 92 social networking sites for 2010. (Thanks so much, Valentine. We appreciate it.) But it got Read more about Five Reasons Businesses Must Be Social To Survive[More…]