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Newsletter April 28, 2015
Home Check It Out! 8 Steps to Social Selling Did you know that you could actually sell from some social media channels, such as Facebook? Social selling is a growing trend, according to Google Trends, since it first started appearing in 2012. Here are 8 steps to get your business into social selling.
What's Hot Join Today's #EMVtalk Twitter Chat on New Chip Cards! Is your small business ready for the new EMV chip cards? It should be. EMV cards are designed to help control fraud and protect card issuers, businesses, and consumers from loss. Fortunately, there's a way to learn all you need to know about EMVs. Join Small Business Trends CEO Anita Campbell and First Data tonight at 7 p.m. ET under the hashtag #EMVtalk for a Twitter chat on the topic. What's New Is WordPress Really the Best Site Builder for Small Businesses? Matt Mansfield - April 28, 2015 If you’ve ever wondered what market domination looked like, here it is:4 percent of all the current websites online built using site builders were built using WordPress. 8 percent of all the current websites… CEO Uses His Own Salary to Raise Employee Wages to $70,000 Annie Pilon - April 28, 2015 3 Things You Should Look For in Employees Tim Berry - April 28, 2015 These 7 Lies Could Destroy Your Startup Melinda Emerson - April 28, 2015 Can the Samsung Galaxy S5 Let Hackers Steal Your Fingerprint? Tabby McFarland - April 27, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Russ Chadinha of PROS: Automating Quotes and Pricing Improves Revenues and Customer Experience Brent Leary - April 24, 2015 Many products and services today come in a bunch of different configurations. Just think about the options you face when shopping for computers, phones, a car, or even plans for wireless and… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? 50+ Tools for Content Curation and Content Marketing TJ McCue - April 28, 2014 Content curation and content marketing are hot terms today. Curation involves weeding through the vastness of the Web to find the information your audience will find useful and meaningful. Curation… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Mark Anderson Mark Anderson's cartoons appear in publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. His business cartoons are available for licensing at his website, Andertoons.com. … More	Hot on BizSugar 8 Reasons To Initiate A Startup While Job Searching How To Take Your Online NetworkingOffline 15 Important Growth Hacking Tools You Need to Know About
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How To Choose The Best Payment Processor For Your Business

Newsletter April 21, 2015
Home Check It Out! What Question Would YOU Ask Barbara Corcoran of Shark Tank? Barbara Corcoran, of the hit ABC TV Show, "Shark Tank," is coming to a computer screen near you. If you have a question you'd like to ask her, this is your chance. Barbara will be a guest on a webinar hosted by small business expert and radio show host, Barry Moltz. Join them this Thursday, April 23rd, at 2pm ET. Register now!
What's Hot 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Payment Processor Choosing the best payment processor for your business is an important choice. When it comes to picking one, focusing on the lowest bidder can be a big mistake - but only one of several mistakes. When choosing a payment processor, there are seven mistakes you should do your best to avoid. What's New 13 WordPress Plugins Small Business Owners Should Focus On Ed Lieber - April 21, 2015 Are you getting the most from your business’s WordPress site?Thousands of small businesses rely on the WordPress platform for their site design and content organization. But beyond the standard layouts… SBA Preparing for National Small Business Week Joshua Sophy - April 21, 2015 These Words Aren't Allowed in Your Business Name Nellie Akalp - April 21, 2015 7 Icebreaker Questions That Could Kill Your Business Relationship Barry Moltz - April 21, 2015 Hillary Clinton's Social Media Lesson for all Entrepreneurs Scott Yates - April 20, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Greg Head of Infusionsoft on Systemizing a Small Business Anita Campbell - April 17, 2015 Just about every small business owner can relate to problems surrounding growth.Greg Head (pictured), Chief Marketing Officer for Infusionsoft, joins Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends for an exclusive… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? 25 Tricks For Effective Instagram Marketing Sujan Patel - April 22, 2014 With Facebook declining in popularity among younger users, more and more businesses are turning to Instagram to reach younger demographics.If you plan to adopt a similar strategy, you'll want to… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. US Small Business Administration The US Small Business Administration is an independent federal agency that works to assist and protect the interests of American small businesses by delivering the answers, support and resources small businesses need to start-up, succeed and grow. The SBA Community is an interactive extension of the site and features a variety of discussion boards and blogs that allow business owners to connect with their peers, industry experts and government representatives to ask questions, share best practices and get advice. … More	Hot on BizSugar Small Businesses are Bullish on the Economy #infographic Create Ridiculously Good Content with "Everybody Writes" 11 Elements of a Super-Star About Page That Stands Out From The Rest
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Innovative Marketing Tips to Make Your Business Sizzle

Newsletter April 14, 2015
Home Check It Out! Congrats to The 2015 Small Business Book Awards Winners! Small business book lovers gather 'round. The votes have been tallied and now it's time to salute the winners of the 2015 Small Business Book Awards! A huge congratulations goes out to the winners and to all who were nominated.
What's Hot Over 130 Marketing Tips in This Free eBook Back in February we invited you to share your visual marketing tips. And what a great response! We picked the most awesome and wonderful tips - over 130 of them! We included them in this exclusive free eBook, brought to you by Small Business Trends, with the support of Brother International. Grab your free eBook copy now! What's New Are You Backing Up WordPress? You’d Better Be Matt Mansfield - April 14, 2015 If your small business is backing up WordPress only once in a while, then you’re not alone.In fact, a survey of 503 WordPress users released March 10 by CodeGuard, a… 7 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Payment Processor Shawn Hessinger - April 14, 2015 14 Keys For Creating Your Business Success Story Deborah Shane - April 14, 2015 4 Steps to Creating a Killer Marketing Plan Today Melinda Emerson - April 14, 2015 Bitmoji Offers Emoji Characters That Look Just Like You Annie Pilon - April 13, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Rohan Gilkes of Wet Shave Club: Growing a $4K Investment into $350K Business Brent Leary - April 10, 2015 Sometimes a person who has a good business idea isn't able to translate it into a successful business. But that doesn't mean it can't be done. Rohan Gilkes was not… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? How Does The White House Think Women Dress for Work? Annie Pilon - April 15, 2014 Women work in a variety of different industries and because of that, there isn't just one way to depict women in the workplace. But that's what the White House recently… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Steve Gillman Steve Gillman is a freelance writer, author of, "101 Weird Ways to Make Money" and the creator of Every Way To Make Money. Of the more than 100 ways he has made money, writing is (so far) his favorite. … More	Hot on BizSugar How to create great unboxing experience in e-commerce #TYBtop10: The Most Popular Tweak Your Biz Articles During March, 2015 Stop Trying to Go Viral Viral Content Hinges on Community (Podcast)
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Help Support Pure Water Efforts

Newsletter April 7, 2015
Home Check It Out! How Does Your Business Stack Up Against The Competition? 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. Businesses can take the survey now, and once QuestionPro has collected all of the responses, it plans to build a database to show you how your company compares to other businesses similar in size.
What's Hot Raise a Glass to Pure Water Water is a part of our lives in many ways that we often don't think about. Without pure water we would not have playgrounds for surfing, wakeboarding, or snowboarding. These activities rely on clean water sources now, and for future generations. The relationship with water runs deep with Finlandia vodka. Grab your smartphone and a Finlandia cocktail, then post a pic of you raising a glass with the tag #4PureWater on Instagram or Twitter. For your help spreading the pure water message Finlandia will donate a dollar to one of our pure water initiatives up to $10,000. What's New The Small Business Guide to Invoicing and Getting Paid Small Business Editor - April 07, 2015 One of the most stressful times for most small business owners is when cash flow becomes tight because payments are not coming in from customers. Not necessarily that your business… 3 Benefits of Tracking Your Time Accurately Curt Finch - April 07, 2015 6 Ideas to Speed Up Your Customer Service Rieva Lesonsky - April 07, 2015 This Hoodie Doubles as a Musical Instrument Annie Pilon - April 06, 2015 Samsung Gets Edgy with Galaxy S6 Smartphone Joshua Sophy - April 06, 2015 What the Smartest Voices Have to Say Tushar Makhija of Helpshift: Using Proactive Support to Provide Great Mobile Customer Service Brent Leary - April 03, 2015 As we discovered last month, marketers are building mobile marketing platforms out of smartphones to tap into how much time we spend looking at them. That is why mobile devices also… Blast From The Past: What Was Hot One Year Ago? 55 Email Marketing Tools For Small Businesses To Use Mark O'Neill - April 09, 2014 These days, marketing has seen a big shift from email to social media, because of the big opportunities there. To some, the idea of email marketing may be past its… Featured Expert Each week we feature a Small Business Trends Expert. See all the Experts here. Christian Brim Christian Brim has worked with thousands of small business owners over his 20+ career. This work comes from his "why" of helping small business owners reach their full potential, helping them have clarity in their business decisions, and to keep the business working for them, not the other way around. … More	Hot on BizSugar How Much Does it Cost to Incorporate in Each State? The 8 Most Common Small Business Accounting Mistakes Hootsuite: More Than Just A Social Media Monitoring Tool
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