What percentage of small businesses believe their customers care if they are a sustainable business

Are You Using Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage? Let’s Talk Strategy

Published on by Gail Gardner

Small businesses need every competitive advantage they can get. Have you considered all  your options for using sustainability to better engage your customers and employees and increase your profits? Join us in the BizSugar Mastermind Community to discuss how your business can benefit from knowing more about sustainability practices. We invite you to take the Read more about Are You Using Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage? Let’s Talk Strategy[More…]

Ann Smarty Shares Tips on Getting Featured Snippets

Ann Smarty Shares Tips on Getting Featured Snippets

Published on by Gail Gardner

Join us Wednesday, February 6, 2019 in the BizSugar Mastermind Community. Ann Smarty, Founder of Viral Content Bee, will be explaining how to use the Google Featured Snippet tool and answering your questions live. Why You Should Care about Featured Snippets Would you like a 20-30% increase in traffic to your site? What about higher click-through-rates Read more about Ann Smarty Shares Tips on Getting Featured Snippets[More…]

Goal Setting Event Jan 23 with logo

BizSugar Mastermind Community Kicks Off Goal Setting Challenge

Published on by Gail Gardner

Tomorrow (Wednesday, January 23, 2019) we kickoff our Goal Setting Challenge event using our free Goal Setting Templates in the re-imagined BizSugar Mastermind community. To join us, comment and ask your questions here. Note: you have to be a free member of our Blogger Mastermind community and log in to get to that link. How Read more about BizSugar Mastermind Community Kicks Off Goal Setting Challenge[More…]

How to Join BizSugar Mastermind Community

How to Log into BizSugar Sharing and the New BizSugar Mastermind Group

Published on by Gail Gardner

We want to welcome all our existing and new BizSugar sharing platform members and also new members to our new BizSugar Mastermind group. Important: The sharing platform and the Mastermind group are on two different platforms and use separate log in information. But don’t worry. We’ve prepared an easy guide to lead you through joining Read more about How to Log into BizSugar Sharing and the New BizSugar Mastermind Group[More…]

How Do You Track Sales Without Doing a Lot of Data Entry?

How Do You Track Sales Without Doing a Lot of Data Entry?

Published on by Gail Gardner

In the beginning, you probably had so few sales leads that figuring out how to track sales was no problem. When you start to grow, however, it gets harder and harder to keep track by memory alone. You likely have more people involved, too. Things start to fall through the cracks. Some people on the Read more about How Do You Track Sales Without Doing a Lot of Data Entry?[More…]

What are Some Ways to Save Time in Social Media?

What are Some Ways to Save Time in Social Media?

Published on by Gail Gardner

  You’ve heard it before. If you truly want to market your business, you should be participating in social media. But let me tell you a secret that smart business owners know. You need a “social media marketing system” for your business. Without a system, social media will become an endless pit of wasted time Read more about What are Some Ways to Save Time in Social Media?[More…]

What is Upselling? And How Can it Benefit Your Business?

Published on by Gail Gardner

Upselling is when you offer an additional product, service, or feature to a customer who has already decided to purchase from you. Upselling benefits your business because it can increase the size — and profitability — of each sale. What is Upselling — in Context? The idea behind upselling is that the customer has signalled intent to Read more about What is Upselling? And How Can it Benefit Your Business?[More…]

Tips to Help Your Live Chat Staffing Efforts

Can You Use Live Chat When You Don’t Have Staff?

Published on by Anita Campbell

Live chat is a lot like immediate interactive email.  A person is there “chatting” with an online shopper or someone who arrived on your website. Live chat helps you support existing customers who need help — instantly. Even more exciting: live chat can increase sales. When shoppers and prospects can get their questions answered immediately, Read more about Can You Use Live Chat When You Don’t Have Staff?[More…]