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Save Your Sanity and Fire That Problematic Client
When entrepreneurs launch new businesses, they go to extraordinary lengths to earn clients. We’ll take any meeting, make dozens of cold calls and send out hundreds of emails. Slowly, our hustle is rewarded as our…
Illegal Loyalty Programs
What could be illegal about a customer loyalty program? It seems that almost every business has some form of loyalty program. There are loyalty programs for grocery and clothing stores, airlines, and just about every…
5 Services All Business Owners Should Consider for the New Financial Year
As we’re in the new next financial year, now is the perfect time for business owners to invest in the right services. The new financial year is a fresh start, and with it comes the…
7 Legal Risks of Doing Business Online
If you have an idea for a service or a product, you can start an online business. With modern technology, starting a business has never been easier… The web eliminates the immediate need for a…
General Liability Insurance for Business: What It Does and Doesn’t Cover
As a small business owner, you may have been tempted to throw your hands up in frustration at the intricacies of insurance. It sometimes seems like the entire point of insurance policies is to make…
Words Have Value, Too!
A lot of time and energy is spent quantitatively analyzing the results of surveys. The survey may be based on metrics such as customer satisfaction, NPS, customer effort, or customer experience. This quantitative analysis may…
Will Tech Kill Your Job?
Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. “My job as a (newspaper publisher telephone installer, stockbroker, travel agent, retail store manager) is safe as this economy continues to grow.” Yup. Thought so. We are in…
9 Steps to a Balanced Business: Purpose vs. Execution
I’m a big proponent of building your business based on a higher purpose, rather than financial gain alone. Today I find that some entrepreneurs, are putting all their focus on a social or environmental cause,…
What Every Employer Should Know About Salary Negotiations
After a long candidate search, you’ve finally found someone who seems to be the ideal match. And, if they’re excited about the prospect of working for you, the situation is almost perfect. But, after a…
4 Ways Finding and Retaining Customers Starts with Management
The goal of management in any business is finding ways to create customers. This means sound policies for developing relationships not just with existing customers, but with as many potential customers as possible. Here are…
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