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Learn about how the latest Google product could revolutionize how we perform business with one another! Google Glass 2.0 is back and better than ever. In this latest Tek Shouts! article we go over what exactly makes the Glass 2.0 a worthy successor this time around and why you should be excited for Read More

The Worst Thing about Best Practices

Avatar Posted by Dagmar_R under Strategy
From http://www.themanager.org 3397 days ago
Made Hot by: thecorneroffice on August 3, 2015 7:48 am
Few consulting “tools” are more widely abused these days than so-called best practices. It’s no wonder most supermarkets, airlines, and so on look astonishingly similar—they’ve been busy copying each other’s best practices for decades. Here are four reasons you should dump best practices. Read More
Do you want tons of free traffic to your website?No matter what business you are in you have more competition every day. You can ignore this fact and get crushed or you can get energized by it. The fight to get on top of the search engine results has never been more fierce. Read More
Today, online users no longer spend all their time reading text online – that would be so boring. They look out for something better – such as short and informative videos online. In fact, 60 percent of senior executives in corporate America would rather watch a video than read text, if both are av Read More

8 Common Elevator Pitch Blunders, and How to Fix Them

Avatar Posted by martinzwilling under Startups
From http://blog.startupprofessionals.com 3397 days ago
Made Hot by: deanuk on August 5, 2015 9:09 am
Every entrepreneur needs a value proposition statement for his or her startup that can hook potential investors and partners in less than a minute -- the short time you might join them in an elevator on the way to their offices. This may sound easy, but every investor I know is frustrated by wasted Read More
Brittany Hurlburt has compiled here 10 latest social platform updates of July. Getting yourself acknowledged with these updates will optimize your marketing efforts. Read More
People are increasingly taking to social media to get answers from brands — yet they are being ignored 88 percent of the time. Put into context, that’s the equivalent to a customer service line answering only 1 in 8 phone calls. The 2015 Sprout Social Index shines light on this and other shocking d Read More
In 2011, small business lending was at an all time low, with banks approving less than nine percent of loans for small businesses.
What a difference four years makes.
Lending from large banks to small businesses more than doubled between June 2011 and June 2015 to reach an all-time high, accordin Read More
It’s the beginning of the end of Elance.
The Upwork platform has announced it would be shutting down Elance beginning next month, and migrating its community over to its home site. Read More
Do your customers know they need you? How do you find them and connect with them? I will answer those questions and more in part 2 of my Guide to Marketing your business. [FREE WORKSHEETS!] Read More
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