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Taking the long view on community outreach and involvement.
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Your customers are looking for you online. Here's how to build the site where they can find you.
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Greening up your business can boost your image, your bottom line, and your sense of well being. And it can be as easy as turning off the lights.
Ask the Readers: How Do You Relax After a Long Day?
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Financial Statement Analysis: Recognizing Debt Overload
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Customer Ideas to Ignore
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Managing a virtual team can get complicated, fast. Here's how to keep it simple.
8 Expert Tips for Building Effective Email Lists
An email list can help promote your business and reach your market simply and effectively. Before you get started, here are a few things to consider.
How To Claim Your Online Identity and Keep It Relevant
Online services such as Google Places and Yelp include details about your business whether you ask them to or not. Here's how to claim those listings as your own.
4 Reasons to Cut Hours, Not Wages
In the midst of the economic downturn earlier this year, I spoke with an operations manager who had received a mandate from his boss to trim payroll costs. He considered reducin
31 Exceptional Strategies for Marketing to Today's Woman
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20 Important Lessons I Learned From My Marketing Mentor
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Dealing With Problem Employees: The Basics of Progressive Discipline
You never want to fire anyone. As a business owner you want to lead, develop, and empower people.
10 Artists Who Became Art Entrepreneurs
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How to Write a Sales Pitch That Sells
Copy a few tricks from a copywriter and create compelling copy -- and compelling sales.
7 Reasons to Rethink Free Online Tools
Free online business tools can make a lot of sense for a cash strapped startup. Just make sure those tools are worth the price you paid for them.
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Habit, routine, and stale thinking might be keeping you and your business from succeeding.