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Nearly three-quarters of American employees think their companies should help extremely poor people around the world if they have the resources, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Millennium Promise and CareerBuilder.com.
About half of workers cited social responsibility as the top reason their companies should help thos
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Lately I’ve been pondering the part that social media plays in my blogging business.
This post is an attempt to make some sense of it. I’d value your thoughts in comments to help me take these half thought through ideas to something more concrete.
Those who have been following me for a while know that I not only spend a lot of time on my blogs b
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Having a mentor is helpful because someone who has already been there and done that can shorten your learning curve saving you time, money and failure.
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The goal of an SEO campaign is to achieve high rankings for keywords that will expose the site to its target market and help create new business. However, some web sites are easier for an SEO to work with than others. I've listed some scenarios that may have you scratching your head as how to best proceed. If you've ever had a client fall into t
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Procrastination is not a time-management problem. It’s a complex problem involving personality, situations and motivation.
Here are three psychologically sound tips to help us procrastinators overcome this problem.
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Franchise companies, facing what many say is the toughest economic environment they've seen, are offering two-for-one deals, reduced fees and financing help to woo new buyers. They are also paying existing franchisees to help spread the word.
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Thinking about conducting your first employee survey? Here are some tips to help make
your effort successful.
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In just a few short months news stories shifted from “if there’s a recession” to “when there’s a recession”. Given the events in the US housing and credit markets and the global financial markets, it is pretty clear that we are headed for the dreaded “R” word. To help prepare your business (whether large or small) there are a few steps you can tak
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Almost anyone can pull together a web-based survey using free or almost free survey
tools available on the Internet. In fact, these do-it-yourself tools can help you save money and time by making use of resources already developed by professionals. However, as some of you might know from getting involved with some other do-it-yourself activities,
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An overwhelming majority of small business owners feel they've been left out in the dark in terms of having either U.S. presidential candidate address specific proposals that would assist them, a new survey shows.
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The best news about this whole trust business is that you can charge a premium for trust. Trust can be a fantastic investment into your business.
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"Not only does this bill not contain any provisions that specifically help small business, it has provisions that could actually harm middle class firms. The language in Section 107 of the bill is totally inconsistent with the stated objectives of this legislation," says ASBL President Lloyd Chapman.
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What's in it for you. (Hint: it's mostly about what's in it for community banks.)
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While Congress fights over whether to pass the $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill, one small business group is hoping for a majority of "yahs" from legislators.
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As a small business owner you may not always have the money to invest in the tools you really need. That's ok. You might actually be surprised to learn how just how many great low cost and even free tools there are to help you improve your online marketing.
In this workshop, Matt McGee of Small Business Search Marketing walks attendees throug
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