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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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You can’t get the best out of freelancers until you’ve honed your management processes. And the key to good management — freelance or otherwise — is communication. Clear communication up front, and continuing conversation through regular check-ins and transparent project management helps streamline workflows and prevent confusion.

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10 Reasons To Give Sprout Social A (Free) Try

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Many companies, brands, celebrities, and individuals have found the value of using social media management platforms. Sprout Social offers a centralized platform to manage multiple social media accounts, making it easier for businesses to stay organized and efficient. This helps support our journalism. Learn more here.

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Global On-Demand Flexible Office Marketplace, LiquidSpace, Publishes The Happy People Hybrid Workplace Index

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Many businesses are on the precipice of change, but predicting how their employees might take advantage of a hybrid workplace strategy and how much that might cost them, has been difficult to predict.

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The 2011 Small Business CRM Leaders

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For the 10th year in a row, CRM Magazine has released their annual list of the top customer relationship management (CRM) software vendors and products.    Key quote on SugarCRM: "Extending its winning streak to four years, SugarCRM swept 2011’s open-source category, scoring the highest marks in almost every metric. . 

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

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All the hedge fund managers in Greenwich, Connecticut, probably didn’t pay for their Ferraris by being nice to people. But once they’ve added many new managers, they have to be ready to let go. I do want to win, don’t get me wrong—we’re all about winning—but not at all costs. Nice people don’t always finish first.

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Who Needs an Office? 10 Entrepreneurs Weigh In on the Future of Virtual Work

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Virtual tools and resources can help you hire, manage projects, collaborate with far-flung team members and even make it look like you really do have an office. She recommends Elance.com [now Upwork] as a virtual human resources department for hiring and managing people. For that matter, who needs to travel to a meeting?

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Key Findings from 10 Years of Studying the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

As the study chart below shows, the percent of full-time independent workers reporting that independent work is more secure than a traditional job has grown from a minority share of 32% to a solid majority of 56% over the past decade (2011-2020). This is interesting both from a sentiment perspective as well as the magnitude of growth.

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