Sat.Jun 30, 2018 - Fri.Jul 06, 2018

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A Simple Tool for Leading Productive Meetings

Practically Perfect PA

I hate meetings. Long or short, large or small, food or no food, outside or inside, morning or afternoon — it doesn’t matter. Meetings drain the life out me, and I’m guessing most of you feel the same. There’s even a book called, Meetings Suck by Cameron Herold. Unfortunately, meetings often resort to nothing more […].

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Social Security Data Shows Self-Employment Has Been Increasing

Small Business Labs

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) dug through social security data and found the number of self-employed grew between 2000 and 2015 (the most recent data available).  Their chart below shows the increase in share of earners reporting self-employment earnings. The EPI  article  Social Security data confirm same old pattern: Self-employment headcount has risen but economic impact remains small  reports 3 key findings from this work and other recent EPI research looking at

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Mastering Self-Management: How to Gain More Autonomy at Work

Eat Your Career

This month, here in the U.S., we celebrate Independence Day. Technically, the fourth of July commemorates our founding fathers’ declaration of freedom from British rule. But practically speaking, it’s just an excuse to barbecue and watch fireworks. In the spirit of the holiday, I’ve been thinking a lot about independence and how it relates to work. When it comes to professional development, we often focus on things like teamwork and collaboration.

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How to Declare Business Independence

Tips From T. Marie

With the July 4 th holiday tomorrow here in the U.S. it only seemed fitting that I pen a post about independence. Specifically, independence as it relates to your business. And yes, I know I’ve written about it before, but it’s a subject worth repeating. If your business is coming between your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness keep reading. It’s time to claim your business independence.

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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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This May be the Smartest Move for Any Wanna-Be Entrepreneur

On The Job

Should you quit your day job to launch your new start-up? Some experts will say "yes" because they believe it's the only way you can devote the time and attention to your new venture that it requires. Giving it a halfhearted effort, they say, means you won't be successful. On the other hand, other experts (including your mom) say that it's dumb to quit a paying gig for one that might -- or might not -- pay off.

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Sales Tips to Increase Your B2B Customer Retention

Small Business CEO

Acquiring a customer is hard work. No matter what field you happen to be in, every new customer is cause for celebration. Of course, picking up a new customer is only the first half of the equation. Just as importantly, you need to be able to retain that customer moving forward. A big part of customer retention is delivering quality goods and services at a fair price.

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The Evolution of Getting Things Done with David Allen

Productivityist

David Allen joins me on this episode of the podcast to dive deeper into the Getting Things Done methodology. The meat of our conversation gets into how it has evolved over the years since it first was introduced in 2001. There’s a bit of noise at parts during our discussion, but even still this episode is a winner. Some of the highlights of this episode include: How much of a role he had in writing the new book, Getting Things Done for Teens.

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Research Shows Why a Good Hair Day Can be So Important for Your Career

On The Job

The temperatures are soaring in much of the country, and it's hard to have a "good" hair day when your're dripping sweat or the humidity is making you resemble a chia pet. Having a terrible hair day can be distressing for many people, but it turns out it can also affect your ability to manage well or to get along with others at work. According to studies by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, researchers say that when you believe you're attractive (having a good hair day), then you tend to

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Pet Industry Continues to Attract Venture Capital

Small Business Labs

Crunchbase's  Investors Unleash Millions Into Pet-Tech Startups covers the surge in pet industry venture funding over the past 5 years. Key quote: Funding in pet startups surged by 334 percent to $291.8 million compared to $67.2 million in 2012, according to Crunchbase research. So far, funding totals in pet-related startups have already reached $519.3 million in 2018—78 percent higher than all of last year.

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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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How to Pick Up an Affordable Parcel Rate Wisely?

Small Business CEO

Modern courier system is the lifeline of any business line of the current era. Parcel prices have been treated as the vital aspect of this system. These prices are now getting influenced by lots of factors and if you can analyse those factors easily then only you will win a budgeted rate. Things that can increase parcel rates. 1. Customised solutions.

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Starting an Aussie SME? 4 Reasons Melbourne a Business Hotspot

Small Business CEO

Australia was the world’s 13th-largest economy in 2017 according to IMF estimates and it hasn’t suffered a recession for over a quarter of a century. Melbourne, Australia. If you’re flexing your entrepreneurial muscles Down Under, Sydney’s a popular choice, but don’t dismiss Melbourne too swiftly — the state capital of Victoria punches well above its weight.

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How to Start & Run a UK Telephone Answering Service Business

Small Business CEO

If you are looking at how to start your own UK based telephone answering service either from your spare room at home, or by hiring a small local office to run your business from, then theanswercentre.co.uk have some great information for you to help think more deeply about making that move. We have to say that anyone approaching this idea with previous experience as a virtual PA or who has worked in a call centre or offered some business services over the telephone will certainly have an advanta

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Ideas to Expand the Interest Around Your Commercial Building

Small Business CEO

Sometimes the best thing that you can do around your commercial building is to make it more interesting to the people who see it. Regardless of what you do inside, making the exterior visually compelling can bring in a different kind of clientele. You may be so focused on internal workings of your company that you don’t recognize this truth to be evident.

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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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Follow Your Own Path With TESOL Entrepreneurship

Small Business CEO

If you’re a native speaker of English who wants to escape the rat race and start your own business, you should consider TESOL entrepreneurship. Whether you want to start your own English-language school, teach English online full- or part-time or tutor students in person, TESOL entrepreneurship could be for you. As a TESOL entrepreneur, you’ll be able to teach the way you want.

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Should You Purchase a Vehicle for Your Small Business?

Small Business CEO

One study estimated the “ average cost of starting a new business from scratch at just over $30,000.” Additionally, research has found that the “average small business invests about 1 percent of its revenues into advertising.” It’s obvious that starting and running a small business is not cheap. Many small business owners are forced to make important decisions on essential spending each and every day.

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4 Ways Employee Wellbeing Can Grow Your Business

Small Business CEO

The mention of ‘wellness’ can bring to mind visions of new age healthy living hysteria, avocados and yoga. But if you ignore the hyped-up Instagram influencers and ‘naturopaths’ and take wellness for what it is, advocating and promoting better health and wellbeing, there are in fact a great many benefits that businesses can realise by implementing health and wellness programmes.

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Businesses to Benefit from Blockchain Technology

Small Business CEO

Blockchain Technologies gained a real foothold in our society today. Over the past several years, blockchain industry and cryptocurrency have made their way into the mainstream, going from the early days and early adopters of Bitcoin to the mainstream news press headlines. Along the way, blockchain technology has threatened to disrupt several industries and drive new waves of innovation around the globe.

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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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How Social Media can be Harnessed to Monetize Your Web Presence

Small Business CEO

A web platform is one of the most crucial aspects underlying any modern organization’s operations. This provides your connection with the outside worlds; your communication hub where you keep in touch with stakeholders at every level. Depending on the scale of your enterprise, your web presence might be a dynamic site, encouraging thousands of individual visits per week, or it could be a single-page blog aimed at disseminating pertinent information on a regular basis.