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It is fascinating to see how different blogging platforms have developed during the years. I started out blogging in 2002, using Blogger. The term, blogger, was coined by Ev Williams. 15 years ago, Blogger got acquired by Google. Move back to the future, and we could see battle of the movable types Read More

The Networking Scorecard app from BNI.com encourages you to build your business networking skills by scoring the different actions you take to grow business relationships.
BNI.com, the world’s largest networking organization, created the Networking Scorecard app with some gamification features. Th Read More

Getting paid is an essential function of any business. So your goal as a business owner should be to make it as easy as possible for customers or clients to actually send you their payments.
So how do you go about accomplishing this goal? You can learn some valuable deal closing tips at an upcomin Read More

Two new distribution tools for social media from Vimeo will help creators streamline their workflow so they can be more efficient and reach a wider audience.
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A staggering 41 percent of entrepreneurs will leave their small business behind in five years. This was the finding of a report by the global financial services firm UBS (NYSE: UBS), looking at business ownership and entrepreneurialism in modern America. Read More

The most memorable commercials are probably the ones that made you laugh. And a new survey from Clutch says 53 percent of consumers are just as likely to remember an ad if it is funny. Read More

With a whopping 70 percent of small businesses struggling to find and retain skilled employees, attracting and retaining talent is the leading challenge small business owners face. This was the key takeaway at Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Business Summit: The Big Power of Small Business. Read More

If you’re constantly bringing in information and not processing, you’re not taking action and the information is pointless. Information is addictive. We crave it. Lack of information isn’t the problem anymore. There’s always more to read, more to do, more to learn.

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I know I said last week that for the next couple of weeks my focus will be on how to find the right people to have on your team. But as I was helping a friend out with her resume the topic of referees came up and the way my friend reacted to it, well, I could relate to it, and so I thought you prob Read More

I am getting closer to the publishing date, and I am thinking about the next step of the self-publishing journey: marketing. And at the same time, my mind is going back and forth between planning for the next book on (specialty black teas), and how to improve the writing process of the second book… Read More