Alphalife voted on the following stories on BizSugar

New study says telecommuting can hurt office morale

Avatar Posted by suzyQ under Management
From http://www.bizjournals.com 6146 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 27, 2008 5:30 pm
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 Read More

Tradeshow Marketing Lessons Learned from CES

Avatar Posted by JohnH under Sales
From http://www.marketingnewz.com 6147 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 Read More

The Eight Drivers of Your Best Life

Avatar Posted by Becky under Self-Development
From http://www.businessknowhow.com 6149 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:

"I began to observe and analyze the high-impact leaders and ordinary leader Read More

Make Goals Not Resolutions -- Chip and Dan Heath

Avatar Posted by Becky under Self-Development
From http://www.fastcompany.com 6149 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. Read More

What's the Best Day & Time to Follow Up on Leads?

Avatar Posted by LaurenO under Sales
From http://www.marketingsherpa.com 6150 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. Read More

Top Ten Myths of Entrepreneurship

Avatar Posted by LaurenO under Startups
From http://blog.guykawasaki.com 6150 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: Read More

Community banks have edge in small business loans

Avatar Posted by TimJustus under Raising Capital
From http://www.murfreesboropost.com 6150 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 Read More

Business Groups Attack Stimulus Plan

Avatar Posted by jnelson under News
From http://www.nytimes.com 6151 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 21, 2008 6:57 pm
A White House plan to boost the nation's sagging economy will do little to help small businesses over the long haul, critics say. The proposed plan, which includes up to $145 billion in temporary tax cuts, is aimed at encouraging business owners to "expand their operations, create new jobs and inject new energy into our economy," President Bush Read More
About one-quarter of Americans have no Internet access, according to a wide-ranging report titled "Information Searches That Solve Problems: How People Use the Internet, Libraries and Government Agencies When They Need Help" by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University o Read More

Consumers remain unhappy with business email

Avatar Posted by alphalife under Online Marketing
From http://www.bizreport.com 6152 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 21, 2008 12:30 am
Return Path's 2007 Holiday Email Survey has been released and the data suggests that consumers are becoming savvy inbox managers and businesses that continue to churn out unrefined email campaigns could find themselves labeled as spammers. Read More
Subscribe

Share your small business tips with the community!
Share your small business tips with the community!
Share your small business tips with the community!
Share your small business tips with the community!