Labor costs just shot way up in the states of California and New York. California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday that will raise the minimum wage in the state to $15 an hour.
Similar legislation was signed in New York the same day.
California legislators and labor unions negotiate
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California Minimum Wage To Go To $15 An Hour
Posted by lyceum under NewsFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2950 days ago
How User-Generated Content Can Benefit Online Business
Posted by lyceum under Online MarketingFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2950 days ago
While all online businesses need a professionally-guided ad campaign, perhaps the best way to promote your business is through your customers. If you believe that your products are the best, you can and should talk about that. But, if you’re honest, you will admit that you are not exactly the most
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How Entrepreneurs Can Take Calculated Risks
Posted by lyceum under StartupsFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2953 days ago
Every decision you make in the business world has some sort of risk attached. The key to being successful in the long run is taking calculated risks that minimize negatives and maximize positive outcomes. Have you mastered taking calculated risks, or are you still working on it?
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UPS Renames Next Day Air, Adds Over 12,000 Zip Codes
Posted by lyceum under ManagementFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2953 days ago
UPS has rebranded its oldest small package delivery service in order to provide more reliable logistic solutions for small businesses.
Accountants, healthcare firms and small manufacturers are all expected to benefit from the arrival of UPS Next Day Air Early — which will create an earlier guarant Read More
Accountants, healthcare firms and small manufacturers are all expected to benefit from the arrival of UPS Next Day Air Early — which will create an earlier guarant Read More
Minority Businesses Struggling With Credit According to Experian Report
Posted by lyceum under Raising CapitalFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2953 days ago
Minority businesses still struggle with credit in a way other small businesses do not, a report from global business analytics firm Experian says.
According to Experian, minority owned businesses see an average business credit score of 49.7, five points lower than other U.S. businesses.
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According to Experian, minority owned businesses see an average business credit score of 49.7, five points lower than other U.S. businesses.
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Bad hires are expensive based on an interesting survey performed by CareerBuilder revealing that 41 percent of companies estimate that a bad hire costs more than $25,000; 25 percent of companies said a bad hire costs more than $50,000. And the higher the position, the higher those numbers become. B
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Growth Strategy Scale Your Business
Posted by lyceum under StartupsFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2953 days ago
You’ve worked hard to get your business where it is, and maybe you’re okay staying small. But I encourage you to consider what your brand would look like if it did grow. Maybe you could afford to hire more employees, taking a lot of the workload and stress off of your own back. Maybe you could offe
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The Priceless Value of Telling It Like It Is
Posted by lyceum under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2956 days ago
Early on in my career as a cartoonist most of what I had to worry about was just writing and drawing cartoons. Now, after 15 years or so in business, I’ve got more to schedule.
There’s the constant care and feeding of the website, meetings with clients, calls with vendors and employees, editorial Read More
There’s the constant care and feeding of the website, meetings with clients, calls with vendors and employees, editorial Read More
Chad Kutting of SalesforceIQ CRM: Using Data Science to Bring Relationship Intelligence to SMBs [podcast]
Posted by lyceum under Customer ServiceFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2956 days ago
More and more, business applications are using data science to automatically provide intelligence and insight in real-time to users, especially when it comes to customer engagement. But most of these systems typically are created with larger enterprises in mind. Still, small and midsize businesses
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5 Ways for Small Retailers to Invest in Their Stores
Posted by lyceum under NewsFrom http://smallbiztrends.com 2956 days ago
Despite the growth of online shopping, brick-and-mortar stores aren’t dead — far from it. In fact, according to the 2016 BDO Retail Compass Survey of CFOs, the biggest area in which small retailers plan to invest in the coming year isn’t ecommerce, but redesigning and remodeling physical stores.
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