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Why Your Character is Important
Today, as you leave breakfast with your family, lunch with a business colleague or dinner with a close friend, consider the following: how did they perceive your character? By character I mean…
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6 Simple Steps to Successful Client Attractions and Capture
A solid client attraction strategy is the lifeblood of every small business, and it doesn’t stop there. In fact, attraction is only the start of the relationship. Next is nurturing through a…
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Minimum Wage. Let’s Get the Debate Right
Solving Problems Begins with Asking the RIGHT Questions Once again protesters took to the streets this month—and this time it wasn’t about police conduct. Protesters marched in cities all across the United…
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Start These 5 Practices to Beat Your Goliath
Bigger isn’t always better; upsets happen more often than you might think. David beat Goliath, the US beat the Soviets in ice hockey in the 1980 Olympics, and you can beat your…
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Ace Hardware CEO John Venhuizen Q & A
John Venhuizen is the Chief Executive Officer of Ace Hardware, which is the world’s largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative. Ace Hardware stores are owned by individual business owners who face many of the…
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How to Stay Relevant in Business & Life
I overheard a couple of acquaintances talking about a person that they work with who was “older” and no longer contributing to their business. This person, in their opinion, apparently couldn’t, or…
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Leveraging Technology to Increase SMB Productivity
How the Cloud Can Help to Build an Attractive Business in 2015 The cost of technology has never been more appealing than it is now, especially for small businesses. The traditional belief…
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How to Improve Communication at Work
Throughout her more than two decade tenure as an Executive Coach and Vice President inside Corporate America, Vivian Ciampi has seen millions of dollars senselessly lost merely due to ineffective communication. “It’s…
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EntreLeadership
Enhance communication with your team “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” You might remember this quote from the movie Cool Hand Luke. While it’s one of the most popular…
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Conquering the Fear of Failure
Running a business can be scary. You put your heart and soul into your company and can’t imagine doing anything else. Then, you realize that no matter how successful you are, you…
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The Mismanagement of Change
As humans we are driven to make connections, find patterns, and establish associations in places where they may not inherently exist. We are compelled to bind ourselves to the external world and…
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5 Unexpected Ways Businesses Can Use Smartphones to Drive Profit
No matter the product, service or industry, mission, or corporate philosophy, nearly every business is bottom line-driven. As well, there is no shortage of ingenuity as to how companies try to glean…
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Build Your Bench With MVP’s
In most organizations, you’ll find more people who understand how to hit the ball than people who can decide which game to enter, more people with well-honed skills for producing results in the…
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5 Breakthrough Social Media Tactics for Luxury Branding
In online marketing we’re bombarded with new rules to follow and ways to follow them, but what if the smartest way to spend on Facebook and Google is to stop spending as…
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5 Tips to Grow in Small Town America
If you grew up with a family business in rural America or are starting a business in a small town, don’t let your location stop you from being a huge success. According…
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4 Top Leadership Myths
Too often people find themselves leading others without the right experience or training. And too often people assume they and others can and will figure it out as they go. While they…
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5 Steps to great networking for sales success
We’re all in sales, whether we want to be or not. We’re selling our ideas, our career advancement, and selling others on helping us out. Small and medium businesses are at a…
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Connecting the Yachts in Antigua
Tina Westwood’s Caribbean Concierge Services The roots of Tina Westwood’s business taking care of Antigua’s yacht owners first sprouted when she was 19 years old. A girlfriend asked if she’d like to…
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17 Things You Unknowingly Do At Work That Say “I Don’t Care”
You care deeply about your clients, employees and coworkers. Of course you do. But if you’re like most people in the workplace (be they leaders, front line workers or someone in the…
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Simple Solutions for Improving Customer Service
The U.S. distribution landscape looks considerably different today than it did a decade ago. E-commerce has grown almost 18 percent each year, according to McKinsey & Co., and customer satisfaction expectations are…
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Are Your Employees Distracted Behind the Wheel?
Most people understand that distracted driving is dangerous, yet the urge to stay connected and productive compels many to use their phones while driving anyway. Research conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation…
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Challenges of 21st Century Entrepreneurship
As an entrepreneur, I know firsthand the challenges of running a successful business. In fact, the first three years of my company were very challenging. I was running through money at an…
