Small Business Labs

JULY 25, 2016

Defining and Achieving Small Business Success  is a new study we recently conducted in partnership with the sales and marketing automation company  Infusionsof t.    In 2007 and 2008 we did a series of focus groups with small business owners on this topic. See the report for more on this. 

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LEADERASSISTANT.COM

JULY 24, 2022

Learning how to respond vs react. Andrew began his career in 2008 as an EA in the Retail industry, supporting the Chief Merchandising Officer at Hudson Group for 8+ years. Andrew Reeves is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer at Reddit. He brings over 13 years of administrative experience to the table. ABOUT ANDREW.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 25, 2024

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s firms such as General Electric, AT&T Bell and John Deere created campuses in idyllic setting across the US. It also confirms something we have learned about biophilic design; that natural forms can improve our wellbeing almost as much as actual nature. Nor is its application in the built environment.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 20, 2013

Don''t know/no answer. Don''t know/no answer. Although few respondents expect to invest in soft skills training, the results show a greater emphasis on this area than in 2008 , when only 8 percent of CFOs planned to support interpersonal skills development. Their responses: Poor interpersonal skills. Poor work ethic. Management.

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JULY 13, 2010

It seems that she has a customer who asked her to do something that she isn’t comfortable doing. The conversation is going along just dandy and then you ask a question – they say nope can’t help you – and you are left with this awkward silence. But her motto is to “just say yes and figure it out later.&#

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MARCH 13, 2010

I recently learned a lesson from a group of young boys who had developed a band. .&# (BoyBand is just a place holder, that wasn’t the name of the band – I can’t remember the name of the band.) The point being – they were consistent with their name in every online venue.

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MAY 3, 2010

It was an incredible day – more about what I learned in future posts – and several sponsors provided beverages and food to make the day completely FREE to those in attendance. It has a name that can’t be pronouced correctly without assistance. I don’t have anything else to say. LIKE NOTHING.

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Productivityist

JULY 5, 2021

On June 29, 2008 I started using Evernote. It wasn’t going to be enough to just let that YouTube video stand on its own. That core reason is that I don’t trust Evernote anymore. I just didn’t like what I was looking at. Yet I haven’t quit using those things. On June 29, 2021 I quit Evernote.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 20, 2010

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. It doesn’t help to rip them off if you want a long-term relationship. If only more people would learn the value in such information. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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Make or Break Moments

AUGUST 9, 2010

We didn’t grow up together. We didn’t grow up together. Our kids weren’t in soccer together. We didn’t work at the same place. When I learned of the diagnosis I went straight from the store to the hospital to give her a hug. It isn’t the name over the door. Week after week.

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JUNE 28, 2010

They didn’t know me. They didn’t trust me. Conversely – how would I ever develop relationships with the other associates to learn about them, if they never came in my office? We started to learn about each other. Hey, you don’t happen to have a white van do ya? They came to vent.

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JUNE 2, 2010

If your customer is between the ages of 18-35 – you need to learn to master the art of social media – or at the very least – be listening real close and often to what is being said. Maybe it isn’t that many people. Eighty percent of what, you ask? That’s a big chunk of your customers.

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JUNE 4, 2010

My father would say “Why are you working so hard – it doesn’t say Debbie Vision over the door?&# It doesn’t matter if no one care…I care and to me, it does say “Debbie Vision.&# He would shake his head and mutter something about working myself sick and to some extent he was right.

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JULY 1, 2010

I learned a great deal from her regarding social media marketing, organizing my time better and walked away with a lot of tools. June 20, 2010 Sheila Clover English , Social Network Committee Chair , International Thriller Writer’s Organization I didn’t know Sheila. I wanted to GIVE BACK to her and wasn’t sure how.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Of course, almost a year later, the Kindle isn’t new news but there was a statement in the article that was important enough for me to circle it and save: “There are two ways to extend a business. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We don’t have many career advancing opportunities and networking can help us learn from each other. During our Assist Conference , which takes place in February 2015, one of our sessions will be solely dedicated to networking and learning best practices from some of the UK’s foremost movers and shakers!

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

I have just been made to feel more stupid than dirt and it isn’t a feeling I enjoy. But what happens when you have to use one of the old fashion, non-computer pieces of equipment because the fancy stuff isn’t available? How do I get credit for it?&# “You can’t because you didn’t do the exercise.&#

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 20, 2010

When you begin employing staff you need to quickly learn how to not only manage them, but also how to help them achieve their best. Allow your staff time to come to you with ideas or questions; you’ll learn a lot about your business and might even discover an avenue you’d never thought of taking. You want a little more.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Lesson Learned: One way to create sales is to get people into the store. That’s fine and good, but if the sales associates don’t understand the importance of those first 30 seconds, then you’ve missed the opportunity to make a difference. It isn’t an either/or proposition.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

And we aren’t exactly quiet. Great meeting to learn about new sites, new social media techniques. Mocha Joe’s Coffee Shop (formerly Arabica Coffee) has graciously hosted our meets up without a fee or fuss. And sometimes they have a right to fuss. And we stay – sometimes for three hours. Norma said, I agree!

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Don’t charge by the hour! by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 12, 2008 It always amazes me to see how many businesses still charge by the hour – it is a business killer. I don’t know this person, I don’t know how good he/she is at what they do? You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 20, 2010

As I have mentioned previously , I am looking to help small businesses to hold conversations, engage with each other and learn from what is happening in the big business world. Small business owners need to consider ‘online’ an extension of their market place and learn to communicate well within that environment.

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Loosely Speaking

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 2:02 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Life of the Virtual Assistant With each successful update of WordPress, the more comfortable you become when receiving weird fatal error messages, which cause your blog to crash completely until you decode and address them. They are totally different. Â So, thanks, Andrew!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2010

Learn about how your company structure affects pay. Don’t pay yourself too much or you will harm the company. Don’t pay yourself too little or the taxman will be suspicious. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2009

If you are no longer personally growing and learning in your role it can cause your business to stagnate. Don’t wait until you’re stagnant or you hate what’s happening. Martin Russell Said on December 26th, 2009 at 9:26 am I would say that usually BIG changes shouldn’t be creative ones.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 13, 2010

It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. Stefan Töpfer Said on May 14th, 2010 at 7:16 pm John, Dragon’s Den isn’t much better – IMO, a bunch of bad mannered people who need to have an ego trip. You want a little more.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Don’t rely on positive word-of-mouth alone to be successful, you must be pro-active. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree."

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2008

by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 13, 2008 Two professors, Julian Lang and William Bygrave , from Babson College in the US have found that the business performance of businesses started, with or without business plan , was unaffected. own a franchise Said on January 24th, 2008 at 5:48 am I remembered one of my friends when I read your last line.

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Bonnie Low Kramen

MAY 5, 2021

Oh, but don’t cross them… Olympia Dukakis taught me so much about being a working mother, about being a leader, and about the way to treat others. The truth is that my students and audiences learn from Olympia Dukakis every time I speak and they may just not know it. She scribbled some more and put the napkin in her purse.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 13, 2010

It might take time, but you will learn a great deal about how to, and how not to, do things! Networking not only allows you to meet potential clients but you will also learn valuable lessons from people who are more experienced in the business world. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

She said lots of thought provoking, inspirational stuff as Maya often does but the one quote that really struck me was this one: ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ ’ How true is that? we might ask them.

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JULY 19, 2010

I am at a point where there are some things I just can’t do anymore and a friend of mine once told me “delegate everything but your genius.&# So – I was off to find a virtual assistant. The first project – transcribe a one hour speech from an audio file. I started to look at their test scores. He gave me options.

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MAY 6, 2010

If you could pick one person to work with and learn from; who would that be? Why don’t you email them or call them or link to them on LinkedIn? You were so thougtful to share with other hundreds of women to learn and grow. Ernest Hamwi was selling zalabia, a very thin Persian waffle at the 1904 World’s Fair.

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JUNE 15, 2010

He’s too new in the sales game to have learned the trick many sales people adopt – focusing their sales efforts on the items that bring the biggest commission. As a new store manager at Pearle Vision, I was familiar with that selling tactic and didn’t approve, however, I did believe in rewarding my associates.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I came across one company from Canada which took SEO optimisation into their own hands and learned through experience and extensive testing a few proven ways to boost Google’s rankings of your website. It’s been a few months but my website’s page rank haven’t improved yet. You want a little more. Saves a lot of time.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Don’t hire someone with similar abilities to you. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." " 1 week ago Be a likeable person to be successful at being self employed or a freelancer. 1 week ago More updates. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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