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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

We encourage people to propose new ideas even when they’re outside the scope of their traditional roles. In addition, consider having purely social gatherings where people join in and are given gift cards in advance to purchase special foods during the events to celebrate achievements. .

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The 10 Best Books I Read In 2016

Productivityist

Should you use the link to purchase one of these books, then I’ll get a little bit of money to build my own library (as my Amazon earnings are used to buy more books). I received How to Read a Book as a gift in a book exchange this year, and it is the first book on my reading list starting January 1.

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Here’s how your climate-related choices are contagious (in a good way!)

Ideas.Ted

Then, just before Christmas two years ago, my husband surprised me by saying he’d bought us solar panels as a holiday gift. . And here’s the best part: He’d purchased them from a local company that uses panels manufactured by a company called Mission Solar in San Antonio. What’s “efficacy”?

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

The small gain, along with a fifth straight increase in sales, raised hopes that businesses will begin restocking their depleted shelves, helping… Most small businesses plan no ‘09 bonuses, survey shows : More small-business employees can expect no end-of-year bonuses or gifts for 2009.

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Do Clients Need to Like You to Buy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

With that trust, i can offer my professional opinion on a topic, or proposed course of action that is reinforced with the weight of the trust i have created with my customers. It also means I don’t have to pitch, propose, or do gratis consulting. I guess it depends on the circumstances and size/importance of the purchase.

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How to Put Rumors to Rest

Men With Pens

An even HUGER section on how to handle your clients, including how to write a proposal that gets accepted , how to give the perfect quote, how to nail that first draft, and how to handle clients that are straight-up jerks. Lots of ways to get you off your ass and into your new career as a web writer. Regards, Kelly Kelly´s last blog.

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I feel the gift of speech need to be leveraged. Solomon – I feel that being able to discuss, talk and look at all sides of the coin is a gift, and yet so many people ignore the opportunity to ask questions, go deeper and learn more. That would make it the norm, the expected… would there still be resistence to purchase?

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