Sat.Jan 18, 2014 - Fri.Jan 24, 2014

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A great event idea for 2014

Practically Perfect PA

'Keeping event ideas innovative and fresh can be an extremely difficult exercise. It’s a delicate balancing act of trying to push the envelope to keep things exciting, but not too radical that it fails to appeal to the majority of the workforce. This seems to be even more apparent in the corporate entertaining sector, especially if you are on a tight budget.

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Virtual Assistance was Never Designed to be the Cheap Option

Virtual Moxie

' . Marianne came to me about a client she’s been working with for four years. Despite the fact that the client loves working with her, and that she’s brought great value to his company (in several instances saving him thousands of dollars he wouldn’t have saved himself), he never misses the opportunity to mention to her, or others, how “expensive” she is.

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Infographic: Reasons for Starting a Business

The Small Business Blog

'It is estimated that nearly 9,000 businesses are started each week in the UK and there are various reasons why someone would want to start being an entrepreneur in this country. Whether they have lost their own job and need to start earning money again or because they have a brilliant idea that is so… Read the full article here: Infographic: Reasons for Starting a Business on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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LinkedIn Q&A: What’s the Difference Between Endorsements and Recommendations?

Eat Your Career

'By now, most of you probably know that LinkedIn is the gold standard for online professional networking. Regardless of your opinion of social networking in general, LinkedIn is a site you simply can’t afford to overlook. A basic account is free, though in order to really get the most out of it, you’ll need to invest a little time and energy into the process.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Can Better Eating Help Your Career?

On The Job

'You may start out the new year with the intention of taking better care of yourself. But then you go to work. In the break room is a birthday cake. The boss orders pizza when everyone is forced to work late. The vending machines have offerings that include chips, candy bars and sugared drinks. You get swamped at work and decide to skip lunch — after breakfast was a giant cup of coffee.

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Top Tips for Balancing Your Working Life

The Small Business Blog

'For all our entrepreneurial readers that run their own businesses, the main priority in their lives is to ensure that their business is a success. Everything else about their lifestyle is most likely based on their business success and perhaps even the lifestyle of their family also depends on it too. But despite the importance… Read the full article here: Top Tips for Balancing Your Working Life on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Shoe Organizer: Creative or Just Weird?

Clutter Coach

'Originally posted 2009-05-01 10:26:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Maximizing storage space is always a good idea. Shelves in the back of your closet, off-season clothes under the bed. This wacky shoe organizer caught my eye. I think it’s a clever idea, but the notion of lying in bed surrounded by a fringe of shoes is a little unsettling.

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Radius Small Business Trends Presentation

Small Business Labs

'Radius  is one of the more interesting big data startups.  Using web-crawling technology similar to Google's, they've amassed data on over 27 million U.S. small businesses.  They sell this data to companies looking for help with prospecting, lead generation and target marketing. They just released a presentation on The Most Important Small Business Trends in 2014.  76 slides long, it covers a wide range of small business trends from a variety of sources, includin

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Insulating Your Home for the Winter: It’s Never Too Late

Eco-Office Gals

'We may have already entered 2014 but I’m sure that we have by no means left the cold weather behind us. This means that insulating your home now will still provide you with the benefit of lowering your energy bill and keeping you cosy during those windy nights that may still be to come. You will also get the benefit of your insulation during the hot summer months as it keeps your home cooler; so don’t think that just because you may have missed out on insulating your home before the cold snap y

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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UK unemployment falls sharply

The Small Business Blog

'We could finally be moving closer to an interest rate increase in the UK, as the number of people out of work fell by 167,000 in the three months to November to 2.32 million. This is the largest drop since 1997 as ONS figures suggested that 280,000 found employment to take the total number of… Read the full article here: UK unemployment falls sharply on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Tips for Saving a Project in Trouble

On The Job

'Projects run into trouble every day , but when it’s your project, your job and your reputation on the line, it can seem like a very big deal. So what action should you take, and when? Todd C. Williams, author of “ Rescue the Problem Project, ” recently spoke with Anita Bruzzese about how to save a project that appears headed for disaster. AB: In your experience, what’s the most common way a project runs into trouble?

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Book Review: Exporting - The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably

Small Business Labs

'I was excited by the arrival of my copy of Exporting - The Definitive Guide to Selling Abroad Profitably. It's written by small business exporting expert Laural Delaney. We've known Laural for years here at Small Business Labs. We actively follow her Global Small Business blog and turn to her information and help on all things related to exporting and small businesses going global.

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Moxie Extra: Calling All Writers--We Need Your Voices!

Virtual Moxie

'My friend Shannon and I were recently having a conversation about how we, as writers, make sure to live whole lives. It’s important to us that our lives are rich, full, and balanced, and that we have ample time to write and create. One thing we’d each realized on our own is that when we don’t take care of ourselves, when we don’t make time for our lives, external to writing, when we put our noses to the grindstone and pump out word after word after word, not only do our bodies, minds and spiri

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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Decisions – Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

'“What is important is not the decision itself but rather how committed and informed people are. The ‘best’ decisions can be bungled just as the ‘worst’ decisions can work just fine.” – William Ouchi, US writer. This week’s quote illustrates the point that just because you might have made some poor business decisions in the… Read the full article here: Decisions – Quote of the Week on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Computer Cord Organizer

Clutter Coach

'The MOS organizer is a beautiful thing. I’m guessing its designers are Apple fans because the packaging is equally beautiful and clever; the device sits in a drawer in its box and you pull an orange ribbon tab to slide it open. I love it when office supplies are fun and nice to look at. No one should have to put up with dull, strictly utilitarian stuff at home or at work.

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Ecommerce Driving Steep Declines in Retail Foot Traffic

Small Business Labs

'The startling chart below shows shows retail foot traffic is rapidly and dramatically declining.   It's from the Wall Street Journal article Stores Confront New World of Reduced Shopper Traffic.  Key quote: "Retailers got only about half the holiday traffic in 2013 as they did just three years earlier, according to ShopperTrak, which uses a network of 60,000 shopper-counting devices to track visits at malls and large retailers across the country.

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There's Nothing Wrong with Being a Night Owl

Productivityist

'I get tired of the argument that you should be an early riser to make the most of your day. I accomplish a hell of a lot as a night owl, and I know I''m not alone. In fact, as long as you''re mindful and intentional about what you''re doing, you can deliver the goods as an early riser or a night owl. You don''t need to alter your body clock to make early rising a habit.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Infographic: Internships

The Small Business Blog

'Invariably, if you decide to embark on an internship it is either to improve your C.V. for the benefit of prospective employers or with the aim of getting a job with the company that you intern at. Given a choice most people will intern at a company that they admire or wish to be a… Read the full article here: Infographic: Internships on: THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG.

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Apps for a Small Business’ Accounting Needs

Small Business CEO

'Being in the accounting department of a small business doesn’t mean being tucked away in the back corner of the office hammering away on a Dell desktop running Windows XP and an old copy of QuickBooks. No sir, accounting can actually be fun thanks to the help of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, and some nifty apps as well as long awaited Mac accounting software.

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Alt-Labor: Unions in a Freelance Economy

Small Business Labs

'Unions haven't fared well over the past few decades. At their peak in the 1950's, about 1 in 3 U.S. workers were in a union. Today, about 1 in 10 are union members - and only about 6.6% of private sector workers are in unions.   The reasons for the decline are well chronicled - globalization, technological change, the growth of the hard to unionize service sector, increasing right to work laws, union mismanagement, etc.   As unions have declined, non-union organizations have

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Focus On The App Within

Productivityist

'Brennen Reece wrote a great piece this week describing the way he gets things done. The Bullet Journal has become popular with paper-based system fans because it is pretty simple, scales, and is flexible to a point. Systems like Patrick Rhone''s Dash/Plus and my Strikethrough System work well for their respective users because, like The Bullet Journal, they offer something that really does help with the building of a foundation – or a "trusted system" as David Allen would say.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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The 33 Days Newsletter Challenge – Day 15

Brilliantly Better

'Today is the fifteenth day of the 33 days challenge. The question for today was: “What’s the most stupid thing you’ve done so far?” Let’s see the answers. C.F. “With the information and emotional intelligence I had when I did it, the most stupid thing I’ve done so far was my best option. I’m glad [.].

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Improving Front-Office Efficiency: Take a Long, Hard Look at Your Back Office

Small Business CEO

'A bag of popcorn in one hand and your favorite person in the world in tow, when you sit in front of that giant screen, you know what you both will be seeing – the movie, the finished product. Depending on the film’s genre, you can end up screaming your head off in fear, laughing like you’ve never laughed before, or falling in love all over again.

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Survey: Email Is 40 Times More Effective Than Facebook and Twitter

Denise Aday

'See on Scoop.it - Email Marketing Virtual Assistant. Just when you thought you’d never have to spam a customer or an employee inbox again, a new article argues the power of email. Denise Aday ''s insight: Key advice from the McKinsey report authors: Focus on the journey, not the click. Customized landing pages—which send the user directly to the item or offer featured in the e-mail—can increase conversion rates by more than 25 percent.

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There’s Nothing Wrong with Being a Night Owl

Productivityist

I get tired of the argument that you should be an early riser to make the most of your day. I accomplish a hell of a lot as a night owl, and I know I’m not alone. In fact, as long as you’re mindful and intentional about what you’re doing, you can deliver the goods as an early riser or a night owl. You don’t need to alter your body clock to make early rising a habit.

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha