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Newsletter March 31, 2015
Home Check It Out! 6 Ways to Improve Customer Experience and Reduce Abandoned Carts Do you know what your e-commerce shopping cart abandonment rate is? That's a critical question if you sell online. Luckily, it's possible to reduce abandoned carts, provided you know the root causes and you work at fixing them. Here are six ways to reduce abandoned carts and boost completed sales.
What's Hot Survey: How Do You Compare to Others in Business? Do you ever wonder how your business stacks up against the competition? Depending on your focus and goals, you might measure success using a number of different metrics. So wouldn't it be great to have a way to see how your business compares to others in all of those different areas? Online survey tool QuestionPro has created a survey that it hopes will help businesses figure out where they stand in a variety of business aspects. What's New How Do I Update WordPress? Matt Mansfield - March 31, 2015 So you’ve already learned to install WordPress plugins and to automatically update the plugins for your WordPress website . Now you may be wondering, “How do I update WordPress… WixMusic Lets Musicians Set the Tempo for Their Brand Joshua Sophy - March 31, 2015 7 Tools That Guarantee Great Project Management Drew Hendricks - March 31, 2015 Hiring a Business Accountant: What You Need To Know Melinda Emerson - March 31, 2015 The Biggest Branding Mistake Small Businesses Make Kelley Keller - March 30, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Avanish Sahai of Demandbase: B2B Marketing Focuses on Accounts Not Individuals Brent Leary - March 27, 2015 Marketing to individual consumers is a lot different than marketing your products and services to other businesses. That is why Avanish Sahai, chief product officer for Demandbase, a targeting and… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? One Business Publicly Leaves Facebook; Facebook Doesn’t Care Mark O'Neill - April 01, 2014 As the famous saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” And food delivery startup Eat24 has found this out the hard way. Eat24 publicly announced it was… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Nellie Akalp Nellie Akalp is CEO of CorpNet, her second incorporation filing service based on her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in starting their business. Free guides, advice and videos on small business legal topics are available at her Small Biz Corner. … More	Hot on BizSugar How to Brain Hack Your Way to Success #TYBCommunity Round-Up: Facebooks Ads, LinkedIn, Public Speaking & More Social Media Advertising for Small Business: Google+
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Who Should You Survey For The Best Results?

Newsletter March 24, 2015
Home Check It Out! Vote For Your Favorite Books! Voting is still open for our 2015 Small Business Book Awards. If you haven't voted for your favorite books yet, do so now! You can cast one vote for as many different books as you'd like. Voting closes April 2, 2015.
What's Hot Figuring Out Who to Survey to Achieve the Best Results When conducting a survey, your results can get skewed very easily if you do not include the right people. So selecting respondents and figuring out who to survey should not be a process that is taken lightly. You must carefully consider a few different aspects of your survey panel to ensure the best results possible. Here are a few tips. What's New Do You Have Adequate Wireless Carrier Arrangements? Leland McFarland - March 24, 2015 With the increasing incidence of companies operating with distributed teams working from remote locations or in the field, your "network" is seemingly without geographic boundaries.When team members are on the… Put a Smile on Your Face With These 20 Creative Mousepads Tabby McFarland - March 24, 2015 7 Ways to Keep Your Email From Ending Up in the Trash Barry Moltz - March 24, 2015 Women's Business Centers (WBCs) - Go from Amateur to Entrepreneur US Small Business Administration - March 23, 2015 Uh Oh! Crowdfunding Can Lead to Surprises at Tax Time Annie Pilon - March 23, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Mark Tack of Vibes: Mobile Wallets Move Us Closer to Smartphones Being Marketing Platforms Brent Leary - March 20, 2015 When Apple Pay was announced as part of the iPhone 6 rollout last year, it accelerated the adoption of mobile payments’ march to the consumer. But mobile payments is just… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? How Low Will Online Storage Costs Finally Go? Mark O'Neill - March 24, 2014 There was a time when cloud storage was seen as a passing fad, not destined to last long. But in fact, the opposite has happened, with everyone embracing it for… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Aubrielle Billig Aubrielle Billig is a full time senior at Kutztown University, PA, studying graphic design and professional writing, with a strong sense for the creative and innovative. She spends her spare time working on her schooling, and hopes to be a children's author and illustrator one day. Her design page can be found at RampagingSnails. … More	Hot on BizSugar The Branding and Traffic Power Of About.me 5 Sales Prospecting Tools Every Entrepreneur Needs Shut Up and Listen! Tips for Better Brand Management in 2015 - Social Media Week
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How To Come Up With Your Next Big Idea

Newsletter March 17, 2015
Home Check It Out! Using Customer Service for Retention and Renewals If you want to build a successful business, you need to build a base of loyal customers. That means that you not only need to convince customers to do business with you in the first place, but you also need to convince them to come back and do business with you over and over again.
What's Hot How Creative People Get Their Best Ideas Great ideas are always in-demand yet hard to come by. Everyone wants one, but no one's been able to invent a tried-and-true process for securing The Big Idea. Brilliant solutions (unlike electricity) are not the product of flipping a switch. What's New How to Install a WordPress Plugin on Your Website Matt Mansfield - March 17, 2015 If your website was built using WordPress, one of the best things you can do for your small business is to learn how to install a WordPress plugin.While that may… Adobe Document Cloud Aims to Get Rid of Your Paperwork Joshua Sophy - March 17, 2015 Learn How to Speak Your Customers’ Language on Social Megan Totka - March 17, 2015 6 eCommerce Customer Service Benchmarks for Your Business Rieva Lesonsky - March 17, 2015 How Your Law Firm Can Maintain a Successful Blog (Even if You’re Too Busy) Jeff Charles - March 16, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Kristin Naragon of Adobe: Traditional Email Solution Providers Aren't Cutting It With Marketers Brent Leary - February 13, 2015 Even in the age of social media, text messaging, chat and mobile apps, email is still the main channel marketers use to connect with customers and prospects on a large… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? How Small Businesses Can Leverage Linkedin Sujan Patel - March 20, 2014 LinkedIn isn't just for large corporations with thousands of employees. Small businesses can leverage LinkedIn and also use LinkedIn's features to find employees, reach new customers, and gain exposure.Fox News… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Steven Scheck Steven Scheck is the Principal of Inspire WiFi, the nationwide leader of WiFi networks for the multifamily, hospitality and healthcare industries. He is also very involved in philanthropic causes in Miami and nationally. … More	Hot on BizSugar 4 Reasons Data Driven Small Businesses Are Embracing Big Data How to Win at SEO - Forget Google 4 Ways to Take Advantage of Procrastination
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Free Webinar: Build a Rockin’ Web Presence on a Shoestring

Newsletter March 10, 2015
Home Check It Out! Want to Build a Rockin' Web Presence on a Shoestring? Join Us! You have a business with a great product or service. But it doesn't matter, because no one knows you exist. The good news is an upcoming webinar can help. Small Business Trends founder and CEO Anita Campbell will share solutions during a free webinar this Thursday, March 12 at 1pm ET. Register now!
What's Hot Free Webinar: Women's Small Business Outlook 2015 Register now for a free webinar this Wednesday, March 11th, starting at 3pm ET. This webinar takes place in conjunction with Biz2Credit's annual study of revenues, profits, credit scores and funding of 15,000 small companies in 2014. The research found that the credit gap between men and women is closing and that average revenues of women-owned firms increased nearly 40% in a year-to-year comparison. What's New Financeit Lets Small Businesses Offer Consumer Financing Matt Mansfield - March 10, 2015 If consumer financing is at the top of your “confusing topics I wish I understood better so I could increase my bottom-line” list, then the online consumer financing solution Financeit… SAP Lumira Edge Transforms Spreadsheets into Infographics Shawn Hessinger - March 10, 2015 How Soda Giants Are Mixing It Up To Remain Relevant in Business Diane Helbig - March 10, 2015 4 Steps to Finding a Small Business Lawyer Melinda Emerson - March 10, 2015 11 Takeaways: 2014 State of Enterprise Social Marketing Report Marie Alonso - March 09, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Kristin Naragon of Adobe: Traditional Email Solution Providers Aren't Cutting It With Marketers Brent Leary - February 13, 2015 Even in the age of social media, text messaging, chat and mobile apps, email is still the main channel marketers use to connect with customers and prospects on a large… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? 5 Best Contact Form Plugins for WordPress Megan Totka - March 16, 2014 While most WordPress templates either have built-in contact forms, or can be easily tweaked to include them using widgets, it's often better to create your own contact form with a… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Kelley Keller Kelley Keller, Esq. is an intellectual property (IP) attorney, coach, consultant, trainer, and educator with nearly two decades of experience in the IP field. Through her company, Innovation to Profits, she offers free resources and educational products and services to entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, mid-sized businesses, students, and legal professionals about transforming intellectual property and innovation into valuable business assets that drive revenue and profits. Find her at Innovation to Profits or on Twitter: @Innovate2Profit. … More	Hot on BizSugar Bad News for Marketers, Pinterest Affiliate Links a "No-Go" 12 Ways To Build Credibility With Your Website Sales prospecting: 4 Ways to take control of your sales pipeline
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Why You Should Ask Before You Build

Newsletter March 3, 2015
Home Check It Out! How Your Employees Really Feel About Workplace Benefits The 2014 Aflac WorkForces Report took a look at the issues facing small businesses and found that decision-makers recognize the importance of strong benefits to retaining and acquiring top employees. In fact, fewer small businesses predicted they would reduce benefits in 2014. What are some of the other small-business trends identified by the report? Here's a snapshot.
What's Hot Ask Before You Build to Avoid Product #Fail When you get an idea for a new product or offering, it can be tempting to just go for it. But just because you think something is a great idea doesn't actually make it so. Developing new products can be very costly, especially if you don't have any indication that the product will become a big seller. So, before you spend all of that time and money developing a new product, you need to find out a few key factors and ask before you build. What's New 5 Things to Know About Filing Tax Extensions for Business Barbara Weltman - March 03, 2015 As the tax filing deadline for returns draws near, there’s really no reason to panic. You can easily obtain more time to file.For the record, this year’s deadlines are March 16… How Can Twitter Website Cards Help Your Business? Joshua Sophy - March 03, 2015 Best Places to Find Coupons and Discounts for Your Small Business Steve Gillman - March 03, 2015 What is the Marshmallow Challenge and Can Your Team Beat It? Barry Moltz - March 03, 2015 3 Ideas to Help You Pick the Right Marketing Season for Your Business Melissa Thompson - March 02, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Kristin Naragon of Adobe: Traditional Email Solution Providers Aren't Cutting It With Marketers Brent Leary - February 13, 2015 Even in the age of social media, text messaging, chat and mobile apps, email is still the main channel marketers use to connect with customers and prospects on a large… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? Top 10 Social Media Plugins for WordPress Megan Totka - March 04, 2014 Social media is a crucial component for any online marketing strategy. If you're running your small business website on the WordPress platform, it's incredibly easy to integrate social. There are… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Markelle Harden Markelle Harden helps with content and client initiatives at Get A Copywriter, and creates resources for marketers who are learning about content marketing. … More	Hot on BizSugar Are you a successful negotiator? Make Your Email List Better - By Making It Smaller Add Real Value To Your Startup With A Financial Model
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