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Thought Leaders

Your Swag Is Not Your Company

Handing out free stuff at your next trade show isn't likely to close any deals. Invest instead in training and bringing the right people to represent your business.

By Monica Zent

Human Resources

5 Classic Personality Types in Business and How to Work With Each

By Michael Mamas

Business News

Why the Golden Rule Must Be Practiced in Business

By Brenton Hayden

Building a Business

Your Network Should Be Wide and Deep

By Ivan Misner

Building a Business

Relationships Are Currency

Keep investing in relationships if you ever hope to make a withdrawal.

By Ivan Misner

Building a Business

Stock Market of Things Launches in Detroit, Building a New Exchange As City Reinvents Itself

Sneakers are just the start for StockX and its commodity-goods market.

By Amanda Lewan

Marketing

How to Get a Great ROI on Your Influencer Marketing Plan

Trust, authenticity and word-of-mouth advertising are your best tools.

By Murray Newlands

Human Resources

This is How You Create the Ideal Millennial Workplace

Summer hours, beer and good conversation. That's all you need to succeed.

By John Tabis

Thought Leaders

When You Fix Problems With Mid-Level Managers You Fix Everything

If the mid-levels aren't happy, good luck making anyone else happy.

By Thuy Sindell and Milo Sindell

Thought Leaders

4 Ways Entrepreneurs Earn Huge ROI Investing In Their Community

Relationship capital is the foundation of investment capital.

By Stephen Tang

Entrepreneurs

5 Principles for Dealing With Constant Change

Build competencies for adaptability into your company or risk losing your way in an ever-fluid marketplace.

By Gregory Wallace

Building a Business

How Often is Too Often to Send Client Updates?

Don't be a pest but don't think a weekly "all is well" notification is all it takes.

By Kuty Shalev

Marketing

You Can’t Succeed at Sales Working in Failure Mode

Customers buy products because of awesome marketing, not because of an awesome salesperson.

By Jurgen Appelo

Building a Business

Business Travel 101: 3 Ways to Get the Most From Your Trip

Business trips can be exciting, especially for new employees. Use these tips to make sure your adventures are successful on a personal and professional level.

By Chris Myers

Building a Business

3 Things to Value When Networking With an Entrepreneur

Showing value to an entrepreneur will show the entrepreneur how serious you are.

By Tyler Leslie

Entrepreneurs

The Power of Saying ‘No’

Start valuing your time, stop feeling like you are missing out, and learn how and why to say no.

By Paula Rizzo

Building a Business

How to Use Content to Stay Top of Mind With Investors

There are three ways content can help you achieve top-of-mind status with investors.

By Kelsey Raymond

Thought Leaders

The Things Successful Leaders Do and Don’t Do to Build Relationships

If you're sincere you won't have to worry about what you should be doing to cultivate successful friendships, at work and in life.

By Alan Zimmerman

Entrepreneurs

How Can Entrepreneurs Improve Their Personal Relationships? 8 Experts Weigh in.

The first step: Assess your priorities. Then create boundaries.

By Jacob Warwick

Building a Business

Master the Art of Relationships Because Business is Not a Solo Sport

Building relationships with influencers in your field is an important tactic for growing your business.

By Gene Hammett

Building a Business

Customer Loyalty 3.0 Is Never About Transactions. It’s About Getting to Know Your Customers.

Decipher what your individual customers want, and use the pillars to build relationships. Rinse and repeat.

By Carol Roth

Building a Business

Grab a Margarita on a Wednesday Night With Your Spouse, Friend or Co-Worker. It’ll Work Wonders.

A mid-week night out is refreshing and adventurous and will make any relationship in your life stronger.

By Jim Joseph

Building a Business

8 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Need More Business Relationships and Fewer Friends

Social networking has changed the definition of "friend." But successful networking isn't about how many friends you have.

By Martin Zwilling

Building a Business

How to Say ‘No’ the Right Way and, Yes, There Is a Right Way

Putting off your refusal or rejection too long may result in resentment or rage, on your part and your listener's.

By Michael Mamas

Building a Business

5 Ways to Give Thanks and Give Back at Work

Start a new tradition of 'career letters,' to express gratitude for what's good your work life.

By Donna Morris

Thought Leaders

7 Etiquette Tips for Sending Holiday Cards to Business Associates

Sending holiday cards to clients and business associates is an important recognition of the relationship but there is a lot you can get wrong.

By Jacqueline Whitmore

Thought Leaders

An 11-Year-Old Boy’s 5 Tips for Entrepreneurial Parents

Your kids can deal with you being busy but not with being excluded.

By Zeynep Ilgaz

Building a Business

Mary Barra Has Time to Respond. So Should You.

Email, like any social tool, is an opportunity to build relationships, and more importantly, build up people.

By Carolyn Rodz

Building a Business

There Is Nothing Virtual About Building Relationships on Social Media

Social media is such an astounding innovation that we forget people still connect with people, not with personas.

By Dixie Gillaspie

Building a Business

The Real Meaning of 18 Polite Terms Related to Sucking Up

Eskimos have dozens of words to describe snow. Business people have an equally vast vocabulary of euphemisms for meeting strangers in hopes of making some money.

By Josh Mait