Human Resources
4 Ways to Manage Working Relationships With Toxic Family Members
Strategies for dealing with family employees who've become too much to bear.
By Gwen Moran
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Building a Business
How Online Retailers Can Ride the Exports Growth Wave
Online sales are still booming in Spain, Brazil, China, Russia and Mexico, and their ecommerce growth rates are expected to outpace U.S. growth in the next four years. Here are eight tips for e-tailers seeking to improve their appeal to overseas shoppers.
By Carol Tice
Building a Business
An All-in-One Mobile Marketing Tool
Advertisers can get check-in, discounting and social media marketing in one neat little package.
By Dan O'Shea
Building a Business
Why I Decided to Take the Money and Sell My Startup
The founder of 2-year-old digital card startup GiftZip.com decided to sell to gift-card behemoth SVM. He shares his views on the dangers of not doing the math.
By Sam Hogg
Building a Business
Four Ways to Cut Small Employer Health-Care Costs
Health-insurance premiums in the U.S. surged substantially in 2011. Here's how small companies can reduce costs.
By Diana Ransom
Building a Business
Monitors That Pull Double-Duty for Marketing
Monitors can be repurposed as interactive marketing kiosks, allowing your customers to see for themselves just how innovative you are. Here are three of the sharpest.
Building a Business
How to Start a Business in a Recession
Economic cycles come and go, but businesses must thrive in good times and bad. Fat Straws Bubble Tea's Terry Pham launched during a recession and survived two downturns. Learn how Pham and other entrepreneurs made a go of it in tough times.
Human Resources
What’s the Secret to Better Brainstorming?
Ah, the brainstorming session--who came up with the idea for that, anyway? The Esquire guy offers up some advice on how to cultivate better concepts.
Building a Business
Five Ways to Give Your Seasonal Business an Off-Season Boost
There are a number of ways to keep the money coming in, even after your high season has passed. Think creatively, learn more about the needs of your customers, and test new ideas, even if they may seem a bit zany.
By Gwen Moran
Human Resources
Three Ways to Streamline Shipping for the Holiday Rush
Small-business owners share their time-saving strategies for the upcoming season.
By Lisa Girard
Tech
Four Alternatives to PowerPoint for Your Next Presentation
Not long ago, PowerPoint was the go-to tool for business presentations. Now there are more options.
Building a Business
How to Build a Stellar Team at a High-Potential Startup
Ready to add an employee or 12 to your roster? Put these recruiting and hiring strategies to work for your growing company.
Marketing
How Scripts Can Help You Increase Sales
A good sales script can help you and your team stay on message, overcome customer objections and win more repeat business.
By Brad Sugars
Building a Business
A Business Plan Tool That Helps Size Up Your Odds of Success
Enloop pushes the emotional clouds out of the startup process to give entrepreneurs a clear view of their business plan.
Building a Business
Ways to Build Online Traffic and Boost SEO
Turbocharge your Internet marketing efforts with these cost-effective ways to improve SEO and online traffic.
Tech
How to Move Your Business Data into the Cloud — Safely
The process of migrating to the cloud can loom like a thunderhead over a business. Here's advice on a safer path.
By Dan O'Shea
Business Legal
Five Overlooked Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
When starting a business, details can get lost in the excitement of a new venture. Here are the top legal mistakes unwittingly made by new business owners -- and how to avoid them.
By Lisa Girard
Building a Business
Does Your Home Business Need Insurance?
Here's a look at the most common types of coverage for home-based companies and what make sense for your business.
By Carol Tice
Tech
Ways to Back Up Your Smartphone
You know how important it is to back up your business computers--but what about your smartphones? Here are some of the best services and apps for preventing loss.
Building a Business
Co-creation: How to Harness It For Your Business
Co-creation is turning consumerism into teamwork, enabling buyers to be part of a company's innovation.
Building a Business
Ways Inventors Can Get Stuff Made
Maybe you don't want to give up the rights to your brilliant idea. We understand. Here are some options for inventors.
Building a Business
Four Fast-Growing Niches in the Travel Business
Have a passion for the travel business? Consider these four niches that are quickly winning over weekend warriors.
By Geoff Carter
Tech
Six Tips for Surviving a Cyber Security Threat
How to thwart threats to your company's computer system.
Building a Business
Quirky: The Solution to the Innovator’s Dilemma
At the age of 24, Ben Kaufman already has a successful startup track record. With Quirky, he's tapped into the power of open innovation and created a place where anyone can become an inventor.
Marketing
Five Ways to Improve Your Website — Now
If visitors to your site click away within seconds, use these tips to help fix that problem.
By Khoa Bui
Business Accounting
Looking to Pay Less in Taxes? Consider a Health Savings Account
How you can transform spending on health care into a tax-savings strategy.
Tech
10 Ways to Keep IT Systems Secure
Use these tips to protect your business from hackers, crooks and identity thieves.