Building a Business
How to Know When to Say ‘No’ to a New Opportunity
It's flattering when someone offers you a job or a business deal, but flattery can lead you nowhere.
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Building a Business
Staying Out of the Shark Tank: What To Consider When Choosing Investors
Here are a few tips to make your experience with investors a positive one that provides a boost to the business.
By Paul Mandell
Building a Business
Want to Quit Your Day Job and Work Less?
The journey to your dream starts with these three simple things you can do today.
Building a Business
5 Behaviors You Need to Stop So Your Business Can Grow
An entrepreneur's business is a reflection of themselves. Sometimes, that's the problem.
Building a Business
4 Ways to Cut Down on the Hidden Costs of Sales
Empower your salespeople by giving them the tools they need and removing the distractions they don't.
Building a Business
How to Determine If Vertical Market Expansion is Right for Your Business
Taking your existing product or service to an untapped customer base can grow your company, but the decision should be carefully evaluated.
By Mark Sten
Building a Business
The 5 Traits in Addition to Talent You Need to Watch for When Building Your Team
When the time comes to hire new employees, it means what you are doing is working. Make sure the people you bring on board will help keep it going.
By Jason Hanold
Building a Business
6 Surefire Ways to Realize Goals
Follow a strategic course to bring those noble company objectives to life.
By Marty Fukuda
Building a Business
Make a New Year’s Resolution to Align Employee Success With Company Goals
Team members who are sincerely engaged are a company's greatest asset. Nurturing engagement is the leader's job.
By Matt Straz
Thought Leaders
5 Reasons Why You Would Make an Excellent Entrepreneur
To help see if you are cut out for the entrepreneurial road, here are five signs you should jump the corporate ship and go out on your own.
Entrepreneurs
How to Channel Your Inner Caveman to Fight Stress
Back in prehistory, we dealt with stress a lot better than we do now. Here's how to recapture that.
By Lisa Evans
Building a Business
4 Costly Business Blunders Entrepreneurs Make
While starting a new venture can be exciting, you may fall victim to certain mistakes that could end up costing you a great deal in the long run.
By Aaron Goodin
Building a Business
5 Strategies to Triumph in Customer Support Over the Holiday Season
Thousands of new orders can strain the response to inquiries. Deflect challenging situations and demanding callers by planning ahead.
Marketing
Maximize the Impact of Your Business Greeting Cards With These 4 Tips
Tis the season. Take these extra steps to demonstrate your appreciation while also creating a unique experience that promotes your business.
By Peter Gasca
Online Presence
11 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Small-Business Facebook Following
You don't need to be a social-media expert to be an effective marketer on the platform.
By Anna James
Building a Business
5 Customer Service Tips to Avoid Scrooge-Like Behavior
This time of year means more business, which also means more frustrated customers.
By Matt Lautz
Building a Business
How to Tell Your Small-Business Story
When there are thousands of brands vying for attention, resorting to same old marketing tactics hardly cuts the mustard.
Thought Leaders
The People Growing Rich In Sales Share These 5 Entrepreneurial Qualities
There is job called "sales rep'' but the people who excel at it treat it like their own business.
By Yoav Vilner
Building a Business
The Science of Building Buyer Personas (Infographic)
Reaching out to too wide of an audience dilutes your advertising message and diminishes its effectiveness.
By Eric Siu
Entrepreneurs
How Busy Entrepreneurs Deal With Mundane Tasks
Is there a way to conquer the mountain of minutiae, while still saving your best time for the really important stuff? The answer: Definitely.
By Neil Patel
Marketing
4 Reasons Why Customers Vanish Without a Word
Often, people are just too polite to tell you that you are screwing up. You need to find out for yourself.
Building a Business
7 Must-Dos Before the End of the Year
Finish the quarter not just profitably but thoughtfully. Review results, reset your agenda and reach for the right goals in 2015.
Business Ideas
How Midsize Businesses Can Experiment Without Blowing Millions
The old adage 'too much money makes you stupid' hits especially hard in midsize companies.
By Robert Sher
Marketing
Transform Seasonal Shoppers Into Loyal Shoppers Year-Round
Harness these six methods to secure new customers for the long haul.
Building a Business
6 Changes Your 2015 SEO Strategy Must Focus On
Strategies are always evolving, so get a head start on next year by diving into these shifts.
Building a Business
Holiday Hiring By the Numbers (Infographic)
Check out these mind-blowing stats on seasonal employment and holiday spending.
By Carly Okyle
Online Presence
The 5 Big Reasons People Aren’t Following Your Social-Media Accounts
The audiences are there, but if you're making one of these errors, they won't acknowledge you.
By Zach Cutler