Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2014

'The economy is clearly changing and to better understand these changes Emergent Research (that's us) and Intuit partnered on a year long study examining these shifts, the trends driving them and their impact on the small business economy. At a very high level, the major trends driving small business change are: Socio-economic uncertainty : Demographic, economic and social shifts - as well as automation and global competition - are leading to fewer good jobs, income inequality and incr

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Virtual Moxie

AUGUST 13, 2014

'This month, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nicole Paull, who is a talented CPVA (Certified Professional Virtual Assistant), and, I''m proud to say, has been my Virtual Assistant and utterly-treasured right-hand for the past 4+ years. I hope you enjoy the interview and getting to know her! Meet Nicole Paull. Meet. Meet Monique Cunningham. Meet Monique Cunningham.

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On The Job

AUGUST 13, 2014

'Research shows that our conscious brains can handle about 40 bits of information a second. While that may sound like quite a bit, consider the fact that our unconscious minds can handle 11 million bits of information per second  and 10 million bits of that can be visual data. In a new book, Power Cues, author Nick Morgan explains this means, for example, that if you suddenly get a powerful gut feeling that the person sitting across from you is concealing an important feeling or piec

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 13, 2014

'In my an earlierpost I talked about businesses making the mistake of ignoring the increasing use of mobile devices. Even those businesses who understand the need to build a presence online often get overwhelmed at the starting point. With so many social networks and new ones cropping up all the time, its easy to get stuck thinking about diving into the pool.

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 13, 2014

'Each time I prepare for a new session of the Damn Fine Words writing course, I open up the DFW writing contest. Many people tell me they wish they could register for the course, because if they could just get in. they''d finally have the skills to write engaging website copy that pulls in much-needed clients.they could make more money, instead of guessing at what to write and struggling to get words out on the page.they could feel excited and happy about writing for their business for the first

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