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Facebook Launches New Call to Action Feature for Business Pages

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Facebook launched their Call to Action (CTA) feature for business pages over three months ago, making now a perfect time to ask: have you tried out the new feature, how are you using it, and what kind of results are you seeing? If you didn’t know about it, or haven’t tried...

Six Shark Principles That Are Key to Unlocking Infusionsoft Success

Ever wonder what technologies Daymond John, from ABC’s “Shark Tank” uses to grow his Shark Tank companies? While there are many technologies out there to grow small businesses, one of our premiere software partners, the one that outshine the rest, is Infusionsoft. Infusionsoft allows us to get organized, grow sales and, ultimately, save time....

Ignition Video Series: Joe Courtney on How to Balance Work and Your Personal Life

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Most entrepreneurs can understand what it's like to try to balance the scale between work and their personal life.  That's why on this weeks episode of Ignition, former NBA player, and author of "Life Above and Beyond the Rim", Joe Courtney will be appearing as a guest in the success lab to share...

4 Golden Rules of Driving Traffic to Your Blog the Natural Way

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] So, you want to launch a blog, but aren’t sure where to start?  You’re not alone. There are literally thousands of blogs that are started on a daily basis, so how do you get yours to stand out from the crowd? Photo credit: Northeastern University   With 78% of marketing officers believing that...

Why I Love Insignificant Things (And You Should Too)

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] I spend a lot of time observing insignificant things. The only reason I first realized this was because of an annual ritual I started more than five years ago where I would collect these bits of insignificance and arrange them into curated ideas that I felt described a shift in how consumers...

5 Elements That Make You Unapproachable in Your Business

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Every move you make, every word you state, someone’s watching you. A subtle gesture, a grouchy attitude, or a curt response could alienate a potential or blossoming relationship. Sometimes we have the opportunity to correct our unpleasant gestures, while other times, someone will walk away with the wrong impression of us… forever....

HustleCon: The Conference That Says ‘Forget the Tech, It’s All About the Hustle’

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] For some reason, and maybe we need to blame this on Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and the media, there is a perception that successful entrepreneurs are tech geek geniuses that sit in a back room and code until the money starts rolling in. It is, after all, an age of technology...

The Ugly Truth About Small Business Entrepreneurship

This week members of the Smart Hustle team will be heading off to ICON15 - Infusionsoft's Small Business conference. This annual event, now in it's 9th year, brings together small business entrepreneurs and business experts for three days of learning and networking. It's an event super-charged with excitement and inspiration. Throughout the week we'll be...

The Biz Numbers You Need to Know When Looking For Investors

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] For six years, a growing number of Americans have sat down in front of their televisions on Friday evenings to watch hopeful entrepreneurs ask for investment money from wealthy investors to help them continue to grow their businesses on the show Shark Tank. To some viewers, the program gives fascinating insight into how private...

Ignition Video Series: Pamela Slim on How to Turn Writing Into a Business

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Infusionsoft just recently launched their new video series, Ignition, a fun and informative way to answer small business owner's questions about running and growing a small business. Each week, the show tackles one question from their viewership and brings a successful entrepreneur / business expert into their "success lab" to help answer. In this episode,...

Save Time and Secure Your Business with a Password Management Tool

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] How many passwords do you have? If you’re like most business owners, the answer is “too many.” In the course of a month, the average individual visits over 25 different password-protected websites. That’s a lot of information to remember. To make it simpler, some people use the same password for multiple sites;...

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Mobile Friendly Websites Gain Useful Advantage With New Google Mobile Search

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]Being encouraged to have a mobile-friendly website certainly isn’t a new thing, but on April 21 it will take a new form of urgency as Google adds mobile-friendliness to their search algorithm. The announcement came on February 26, 2015, when Google announced that its algorithms have to adapt to new internet usage...