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How to Choose Accounting Software That Fits Your Small Business
As a small business owner, it’s good to know exactly where your company stands when it comes to cash flow and profitability. Gone are the days of manual bookkeeping, spreadsheets and hand-written...
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How to Hire Great Retail Employees
Prior to a recent retail opening, I was asked to visit a franchisee to evaluate his new crew. I discovered all of the employees were bland, boring and bad. The problem is that none of them were...
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5 Warning Signs That it’s Time to Rebrand
It is important to understand what we mean by “branding” before diving into the warning signs. I would like to take an excerpt from one of my favorite branding books, Emotional Branding by Marc Gobe....
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How to Identify Online Trends and Patterns For Better Business Decisions
Any savvy business owner knows that in today’s marketplace understanding and reacting to market conditions is vital to the growth and sustainability of the business. It’s not enough to know what to do,...
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5 Expenses of Owning a Small Business That Can Sneak Up on You
Owning your own business comes with many challenges, some of which include expenses you hadn’t considered. If you underestimate these costs, the worse case scenario is that it could result in business...
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My Business is Getting Audited! 5 Things You Need to Prepare For
You’ve recently found out that you’re being audited. Luckily the process is not nearly as invasive as you may think. Unless you’ve deliberately done something wrong, the taxman is just looking to...
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How to Find (or Be) a Great Mentor
There’s no shortage of content that defines the who, what, why and how-to’s of a mentoring relationship. Since the job market has tanked, many in their early stages of career building are looking for...
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How to Stay Productive While Traveling
Traveling for business has both positive and negative side effects. Some of the plus sides to traveling are that you get a break from your daily routine, have face-to-face meetings with clients or...
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7 Ways Marketers Can Find New Ideas and Inspiration
How do marketers consistently generate a stream of creative ideas? The key is having a process, one that is preferably committed to writing. Over time it should be refined as you make new...
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Family Businesses: Finding the Right Balance
There are 5.5 million family-run businesses in the United States, employing 62 percent of the nation’s workforce and generating 64 percent of gross domestic product, according to Family Enterprise USA....
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