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The Benefits of a Performance Culture (and How to Implement One)

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We were making a lot of cold calls, just pounding the phones, to try and convince people to work with us. billion in annual production in 2012 (up $900 million over 2011) and partnered with 850 leaders in the insurance business. This article was published in April 2014 and has been updated. Photo by @ilonakozhevnikova/Twenty20.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2014

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To see earlier lists, click on the year: 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008. It's a Visual World:  Just as cameras and pictures have become ubiquitous on mobile phones, so too have video cameras.  Income Inequality:  Income inequality is a big issue that will become bigger in 2014. GDP increasing 2.5%

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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Women of color-owned firms saw a growth of 43% between 2014 and 2019, while firms owned by African American women saw both the highest growth rate (50%) and the highest number of “net new women-owned businesses” (42%). million workers and generating revenue of $1.9 The corporations took notice, and the legislators took notice,” she recalls.

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Networking best practices for assistants

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Take for example an assistant who has a fantastic relationship with a client’s PA, they see each other outside of work and are able to phone each other for favours. Along with three other PAs, Amanda set up the network in 2011 with the aim of providing networking opportunities for Manchester based PAs. This fact blows my mind.

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Why Your Small Business Needs to Optimize for Mobile Browsing

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There are also an increasing number of teens and kids using smart phones as well, for better or for worse. This infographic from Microsoft indicates that by 2014, mobile internet should take over desktop internet usage. In 2011, Google did release a Googlebot-Mobile web spider to crawl and index mobile specific content.

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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2013

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billion from Angels in 2011.   2013 will see the showrooming trend gain even more traction and expand beyond price with smart phone and data-powered customers and competitors getting ever-greater, real-time access to information on small business products, services and business performance.   

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

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One of the reasons I started Practically Perfect PA back in 2011 was because I wanted to create an online community for assistants. This then took me into the arena of public speaking and gave me the opportunity to be on the PA panel at ACES 2014. Sherien : I am sure I am with the millions when I say I can’t live without my phone.