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We’ve been focusing a number of our recent conversations on analytics, relationship intelligence and other topics related to finding insights that can help drive your business forward. Mainly because it’s one of the hottest topics in business, and promises to remain hot for the foreseeable future. Read More

If you want to run a mobile business, you need mobile specific tools like a smartphone and a cloud management platform. This week, small businesses got a few new options. First, Verizon called a new LG smartphone perfect for content creators. And Staples launched a new cloud management and records Read More

Go on any social media platform on Election Day and you’re likely to see plenty of photos of “I Voted” stickers.
But even though it’s just a small token for people casting their ballots, those stickers aren’t free. So some cities have been ditching the practice in recent years.
But social media p Read More

Influencer marketing has been the buzzword for two years straight. It has retained the status of a “Breakout” term on Google throughout 2015-2016 experiencing search growth greater than 5,000 percent. Hundreds of tools and “influencer networks” have sprung up; and more than 80 percent of brands are Read More

How do you connect with strangers and get them to become customers? Businesses have an array of tools to interact with customers (email, phone, social media, mail), but are they really connecting? Perhaps what businesses need isn’t a new technology but a new story. Read More

If you have any artistic skills or crafty hobbies, you might just have one of the essential building blocks of a successful business. There are so many different business opportunities that allow you to share your crafting skills in a variety of different ways. Here are 50 craft business ideas. Read More

All throughout our business career, we’ve been conditioned to believe that “customer is king,” and we need to do whatever it takes to satisfy the customer. Here, a few entrepreneurs are asked, "Should you ever fire a customer?" Read More

People are usually willing to spend more money on high quality products and really good service. Here are some creative ways to define who you are as a company, brand your business and jumpstart your marketing efforts. Read More

Working with a remote team can vastly increase your talent pool, save significant amounts on office overheads (on average $11,000 per company), and allow your staff to work in ways which suit them.
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Small businesses are always in hot pursuit of new clients. For many, however, it’s a prospect they carefully approach because of the potential small business risk that new clients can pose. Here are a few steps you can take to reduce that small business risk. Read More