If you’re launching a startup, chances are you don’t have a whole lot of money to spend on legal help. So how can you get the legal help you need without spending a fortune?
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Skills Shortage Could Mean Opportunity for Small Businesses
Despite persistently high unemployment, there’s a shortage of skills for some critical positions, and that could mean opportunity for a small business that has the ability to train and mentor employees.
Knowing Your Net Promoter Score Can Help Your Business
Few things are more important in business than customer opinions, as they help entrepreneurs shape strategies for product development, sales, marketing and customer service. One of the best gauges of customer opinion is the Net Promoter Score (NPS), which is based on a simple question: How likely are you to recommend <COMPANY> to a …
Get Personal with Marketing and Net More Sales
Think you know your customers? Turns out, knowing the four distinct personality trait categories that people fall into can give you the edge when it comes to making more sales and increasing revenue.
Companies See Opportunity in Social Media
Companies are getting savvier about social media, if a recent survey is any indication.
How to Hire Top Performing Employees
Only one in four hires turns out to be a top performer, so how can you tilt the odds in your favor?
Be Broad-minded in How You Use Broadband
Few entrepreneurs would consider running their company without high-speed broadband Internet. Yet many small business owners may be missing opportunities to use broadband to boost business efficiency and lower their costs, according to a report from the Internet Innovation Alliance and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council.
Protect Your Company From Social Media Mayhem
As companies wade into social media, many find that it’s challenging to develop sound legal policies about the use of this technology. Sharon Toerek, a partner at the Cleveland law firm of Licata & Toerek, says too many companies construct social media policies in a vacuum. “It requires a multidisciplinary approach,” she |
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Sure-Fire Ways to Motivate Your Staff
To achieve a purpose-fueled, engaged workforce, you should resist a one-size-fits-all approach to inspiring your employees. Instead, make an effort to help each worker recognize the importance of his or her job and how it contributes to the company’s success.
Don’t Let Data Loss Derail Your Business
No matter what industry you’re in, few things are more vital to your business than your data. Lost data means lost time and money, and in extreme cases could even put you out of business.
Say Goodbye to the 9-to-5 Work Day
Mobile technology has changed the way employees work, but in exchange for doing more work at odd hours, today’s mobile worker expects more flexibility in return.
Questions You Shouldn’t Ask Your Customers
Consumers are very reluctant to reveal personal information, according to a new survey, so you may want to limit what you ask them – and make it clear what you plan to do with the data.