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The Right Ingredients: SBA Loan Prep Steps
There are several challenges a small business faces when attempting to secure an SBA loan. Evan Singer of SmartBiz offers some tips for small business owners to help them prepare for the process.
Is CEO Disease Crippling Your Company? How To Diagnose And Treat It Before It’s Too...
Do your people proactively report to you with current, accurate information — whether it’s good or bad? If not, you may be suffering from “CEO Disease”, says author
Dan Quiggle.
10 Difficult Coworkers And How To Cope With Them
Geoffrey James, author of "Business Without the Bullsh*t: 49 Secrets and Shortcuts You Need to Know", identifies 10 of the most difficult coworkers so you know how to handle - or avoid - them.
Mastering Online Time – Fishing For Customers
Before picking a date for a promotion or event it’s important to understand how the various online resources at your disposal can work for your business, says Eric Groves, CEO and co-founder of Alignable.
15 Tips From Ronald Reagan For Communicating With Impact
"They called it the Reagan Revolution. Well, I’ll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense." — Ronald Reagan
Small Business Owners: Top Tips For How To Compete In A Digital World
7 out of 10 small business owners say time and cost restraints prohibit them from improving their online presence. Lance Brown, VP of Product Development at Huzzah Media, offers some ideas small business owners can do to get started.
10 Tips To Keep Customers Coming Back Through The Doors
Today, you need ways to keep customers coming in the door. Francois Bondiguel, Online Marketing Manager at VendHQ.com, shares 10 tips.
The Great Social Media Monitoring Debate
Employers are increasingly tracking how employees use social media, but when does the surveillance stop becoming business-minded and start becoming an invasion of privacy? Rob Wilson, CEO of Employco USA muses the situation.
How Efficient Communications Are Damaging Projects
While efficiency in communications is great for busy executives and companies, it is terrible for projects, especially when it comes to communicating about the project with others, says Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO.
CIOs Are from Mars; CMOs Are from Venus: Seven Ways To Bridge The Great Divide
Infighting is nothing new in the corporate world, but in today’s marketplace it can be
especially damaging. And the rise of web commerce and social media has exacerbated the friction between two C-suite leaders in particular — CMOs and CIOs. Rich Karlgaard explains why their “Mars vs. Venus” rivalry matters and how companies can bridge the divide.
E-Learning: 7 Tips For Integrating Technology Into Workplace Training
For companies of all types — from restaurants and hotels to accounting and law firms — here are 7 tips from Anthony Lye, Chief Product Officer of Red Book Connect, for integrating technology into training.
How Can Employees Show Customers They Care? 11 Strategies To Operationalize Caring.
Caring about customers is one of the best ways to differentiate your business and gain long-term consumer loyalty. Jon Gordon, author of "The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All" shares 1 1 strategies employees can use to show customers (and each other) that they care.
CEO Kryptonite – What Savvy Company Leaders Avoid At All Costs
by Jim Alampi, founder of Alampi & Associates
Everyone knows that Superman’s sole weakness is a mineral called Kryptonite. If he came in contact with the substance it...
Build The Five Pillars Of “The Soft Edge” For A Powerful Competitive Advantage
To get ahead and stay there, a company must also master its “soft edge” — a powerful competitive advantage that is made up of five pillars, argues Rich Karlgaard, author of “The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success“.
6 Social Media Mistakes That Are Killing Your Marketing Campaign
Social media marketing is a hip and brilliant way to drive traffic to your business. But if you're using these platforms, Teddy Hunt says you should make sure you're not making any of these ghastly mistakes.
Why Smart Employers Care About Work/Life Balance — And How To Help Your People Find...
If you assume that creating a healthy work/life balance is your employees’ responsibility, Dr. Carmella Sebastian would like to encourage you to reconsider that position. When you take steps to help your people separate their personal and professional lives and reduce their overall stress, she says, everyone wins — including your company’s bottom line.
Nine Tools You Must Apply To Create Highly Successful Teams Over The Long Term
What makes a leader great? According to author of "Serve to Be Great" Matt Tenney, it might not be the qualities you think. Here, he explains why serving others is the distinguishing quality of an excellent leader and shares nine service-oriented strategies to help you take your team to unprecedented levels of success.
A Quick Guide To Providing Good Customer Service
If your customers aren’t happy, they won’t come back to you. Which means you need to prioritise customer satisfaction above all else, says Sean Blanks, marketing director of www.cartridgesave.co.uk.
Fighting Through The Pain: The 7 Pain Points Of Project Management
Managing a team, especially a remote team, requires a project manager to start developing an arsenal of management tools to help them cope with “7 Pain Points of Project Management” that all teams face. Fred Mouawad, founder and chairman at Taskworld, elaborates.
Is Employee Cynicism Killing Your Culture? Ten Strategic Ways to Re-Configure It Around Trust
Hipness, snark, and cynicism are hallmarks of modern culture. But what about your company’s culture? Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard says employee cynicism is a red flag signaling a serious dearth of trust—and explains what you can do to fix it.
How To Determine Real Employee Motivations
As an employer, you can use the principle of motivation by “the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge inherent in the work itself” to make a big difference in your team’s productivity, argues Emily Egbert, co-founder of HitUp.
Are Your Employees Sabotaging Your Company’s Accountability? Ten Bottom-Line-Busting Behaviors to Watch Out...
Authors Julie Miller and Brian Bedford share ten employee “types” whose attitudes and actions are sabotaging your company’s accountability, costing you money, and sending customers running for the hills.
Do’s And Don’ts Of Email Writing
These dos and don'ts can make your reader's experience more pleasant and your messages more effective, says Laura Brown, author of "How to Write Anything: A Complete Guide".
The Language Of Hiring: Choosing The Right Words To Find The Best Tech Employees
Now more than ever, the increased competition for talented engineers is forcing technology companies to optimize their hiring strategies. Alaina Percival, Head of Developer Outreach for Riviera Partners, explains.
Doing Business With Other Businesses: Networking In The 21st Century
Being adept at networking — online and in real life — will make your business run more smoothly, and because much of the burden lies in making people want to do business with you. Here is a look at how to network in the 21st century.
Serve To Be Great: 11 Leadership Lessons From A Prison, A Monastery, And A...
By simply shifting focus away from short-term goals and financial gain toward more effectively serving the people on their teams, leaders can create conditions for superior long-term results while simultaneously making the world a better place. Here, author Matt Tenney shares 11 lessons to help leaders achieve higher levels of lasting success while also living a more fulfilling life.
How To Hire A Great Project Manager
Russell Harley, veteran project manager and Director at PMO, offers some tips to help hiring managers improve their practices to find the best project managers for their needs.
Teaching Sales Professionals to See the Glass as Half Full
One of the most crucial skills you can help your sales team develop is the ability to effectively manage adversity and overcome rejection through the power of positive thinking, says Larry Caretsky, CEO of Commence.
The Importance Of A Structured Hiring Plan
Michelle Joseph, a talent acquisition expert and CEO of PeopleFoundry, explains how you can use a strong internal growth strategy to enhance culture and drive success.
5 Tips For Recruiting World-Class Talent
Now that you’ve acquired funding and gotten that startup off the ground, it’s time to staff your business with the best of the best. To ensure that your business attracts only qualified applicants, use these tips.