Turn the Table: What’s an Angel Look Like?
Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options.
Read More Always Be Closing!
Closing starts long before the first call we ever make on the customer. It starts with identifying our sweet spot—what problems are we the best in the world at solving, who has those problems. It’s virtually impossible to close, at least successfully, if we aren’t focused on the right customers.
Read More A Supportive Atmosphere for Pregnant Employees
When an employee becomes pregnant, it may cause some mixed feelings or concerns for both parties. However, with the right support system, the team can end up stronger than they were before.
Read More Ready for the New Facebook Ad Format?
In April, Facebook announced plans to overhaul the right-side column ads. Long-term concerns about engagement and visual quality led to these changes. Facebook is selectively rolling out the new right-side ads with a complete transition occurring August 1st. Here is what you need to know about the new format along with expected impact of the change.
Read More Is Your Small Business Conducting Exit Interviews?
Employee turnover is expensive. Human research professionals estimate the cost of turnover ranges from 50 to 200 percent of an employee’s annual salary. Furthermore, an employee resignation can impact the morale and productivity of your remaining team members.
Read More 7 Tested Tips to Keep Your Company’s Data Secure
It seemed like everyone I knew got a new credit card last year, and it wasn’t because of great introductory offers or frequent flyer miles. Instead, they were issued a fresh card after the onslaught of security hacking scandals in 2013.
Read More Where can we get started if we wanted to buy or create an Employee Handbook?
From a general business perspective, the number of employees, type and number of employee fringe benefit programs, and other factors influence the need for an employee manual.
Read MoreIs My Business Phone System Secure?
In the modern business world with so much of our technology based on the Internet, it is easy to become concerned with the security of private business communications.
Read More Should You Align Your Content Marketing and SEO Efforts?
Organic search is the greatest driver of traffic, at 47 percent of all visits compared to just 6 percent of paid search, according to Conductor. The question, then, is how can you align your efforts to optimize and market content?
Read More New Research on How to Motivate Your Employees
How to motivate employees? According to new research, messages from on high need to be more abstract and less details. And messages from immediate supervisors need to be more concrete. Here’s the summary.
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