While telecommuting has grown in popularity--about 37 percent of companies worldwide offer telecommuting as a option-- a new study says it hurts those who still travel to the office to work.
The study included 240 professional employees from a medium-sized company and found that the greater the number of telecommuters at an organization, the l
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New study says telecommuting can hurt office morale
Posted by suzyQ under ManagementFrom http://www.bizjournals.com 6151 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 27, 2008 5:30 pm
Online Marketers: Email Beats Search, Display Advertising
Posted by TimJustus under Online MarketingFrom http://www.marketingcharts.com 6151 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 26, 2008 8:32 pm
Eight in 10 marketers cite email as the best-performing medium, ahead of search and display, according to Datran Media's second annual survey of 2,000 online marketing professionals conducted in December '07. Email ROI will hit $45.65 for every dollar spent in 2008, more than twice the ROI of other mediums including search and display, said Dat
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Tradeshow Marketing Lessons Learned from CES
Posted by JohnH under SalesFrom http://www.marketingnewz.com 6152 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 25, 2008 4:27 am
Rohit Bhargava shares some insights that he gleaned while attending the Consumer Electronics Show. He mentions important tips that I see people violating all of the time at trade shows. For example, keep your booth away from your competition instead of keeping them together. Normally, I'd disagree with the tip "Spend on the giveaways, not the bo
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Top Marketing and Business Books of 2007
Posted by dimanomktg under MarketingFrom http://www.marketingprowess.com 6152 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 24, 2008 10:35 pm
Top Marketing and Business Books of 2007 by Marketing Prowess
Every December I start getting excited. Not for Santa Claus or Rudolf, not for a New Years Eve or Christmas caroling, but for John Moore's (Brand Autopsy fame) annual list of Marketing Book Awards. In the spirit of the Brand Autopsy list, we have created our own Marketing Prowess Top Read More
Every December I start getting excited. Not for Santa Claus or Rudolf, not for a New Years Eve or Christmas caroling, but for John Moore's (Brand Autopsy fame) annual list of Marketing Book Awards. In the spirit of the Brand Autopsy list, we have created our own Marketing Prowess Top Read More
The Eight Drivers of Your Best Life
Posted by Becky under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.businessknowhow.com 6153 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 24, 2008 5:56 pm
David M. Traversi recently wrote a book entitled "The Source of Leadership: Eight Drivers of the High-impact Leader." He writes about the alignment of his own personal search for his best life with his professional search for the "holy grail" of leadership success:
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Make Goals Not Resolutions -- Chip and Dan Heath
Posted by Becky under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.fastcompany.com 6154 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 23, 2008 6:16 pm
The authors of the bestseller "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die" share ideas on the difference between weak resolutions and powerful, achievable goals, and how your mental and social environments can make the difference.
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Small businesses turn to PEOs for human resources help
Posted by ksmith under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.stltoday.com 6161 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 22, 2008 11:35 pm
PEOs act as off-site human resource departments for small- and medium-sized businesses. By entering into a "co-employer" relationship with the client, PEOs can help companies with payroll, health-care and 401(k) benefits, employee recruiting and training programs, and compliance with the growing number of federal and state workplace regulations.
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Community banks have edge in small business loans
Posted by TimJustus under Raising CapitalFrom http://www.murfreesboropost.com 6155 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 22, 2008 2:54 am
Community banks often have the edge in securing small-business clients because of the personal attention they can provide and the knowledge they have of their market; many have bankers who have worked in the same market for more than 30 years. These types of banks offer a full range of services and are able to make decisions locally, based on the
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Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship
Posted by LaurenO under StartupsFrom http://blog.guykawasaki.com 6155 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 22, 2008 1:51 am
Many entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about entrepreneurship, so here are ten of the most common and the realities that bust them:
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What's the Best Day & Time to Follow Up on Leads?
Posted by LaurenO under SalesFrom http://www.marketingsherpa.com 6155 days ago
Made Hot by: melanee on January 21, 2008 7:54 pm
If you think you know the best day or time to follow up on a Web-generated lead, you're probably wrong. Here's a peek at one marketer's results from a study on this issue.
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