Considering a Franchise? Consider Sales Tax!

One of the advantages some franchise business opportunities tout is “No sales tax!” This typically shows up right along with home-based, no or few employees, no inventory, and low overhead as an advantage for service-oriented businesses like gyms, salons, and business-to-business professional services.
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How to Be a Good Agency Client

For most of us in the marketing world, we serve clients (could be an internal department or external, paying clients) and in most cases, we are also someone else’s client (vendor, strategic partner, agency if you’re client side, etc.) as well.
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5 Ways to Successfully Build Your Network

Networking is the lifestream of any business. It increases your number of contacts, generates leads, and connects you with people who can help grow your business. There are many networking strategies you can initiate to build a strong, relevant network.
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Every Mobile Office Needs These 4 Essential Things

When your definition of “office” is less cubicle and more coffee shops all over the world, there are certain pieces of hardware that make your life a million times easier. Because I’m cheap, I have learned these things the hard way as I watch my web designer boyfriend sail through his days while I curse the gods of wifi and laptop batteries.
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Don’t Succumb to the Tartle

“Tartles” are common challenges in face-to-face (F2F) networking, and one that causes not a small amount of angst amongst those who want to become successful in building successful relationships.
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8 Tips for Reaching Maximum Productivity

Remember when a phone was just a phone, and the most distracting thing it did was ring? Now, you can’t get through a conversation, meal, or project without checking your inbox, retweeting a picture, or responding to a text.
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