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How Telecommuting Beats the Recession

Productivity Bits

T he global economy has experienced several recessions since the industrial revolution, however, the current recession is unique in many respects. Previous recessions affected traditional industry and resulted in large populations finding themselves out of work and with no hope of future employment. Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits.

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Social marketing 101: respond to your customers about social issues too

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At first Northface ignored the comments on their Facebook page, but as irrefutable evidence of Allied Feather and Down being one of their suppliers who support the foie gras industry, Northface needed to address the issue. Customer service and the impact of social media There is absolutely no getting away from social media.

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses

The Small Business Blog

6 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 6 Responses to “ 5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses &# Dean Soto Said on November 10th, 2009 at 10:32 am I depends on the type of training, but there are two free ways to get free training in presentation skills and sometimes tachnology skills.

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Small Business Start-Up Idea: Image Consultant | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Establishing a professional looking portfolio website to showcase your previous work will be the main way in which you will attract customers. Skills needed: Experience is the key to success in this industry. The image/beauty industry is a great place to be now and for the next 20 odd years. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Start-ups to save the UK economy says Digby Jones : The former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Lord Digby Jones, claims that small businesses alone will rescue the struggling UK economy. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Top 5 Tips on Making Big Changes

The Small Business Blog

Ideally they should follow a proven path, just perhaps from some other business, industry or expert. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

Yet as soon as these women have a child they are placed on a ‘has-been’ pile with their skills and talents lost. And people claim our country has a skills shortage? I meet these ladies all the time, and often they come from large corporate backgrounds, and have a fantastic skill set. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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