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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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The co-founder and CEO of SparkToro , who previously co-founded Moz, gives consultants an edge over agencies and full-time employees in a recent blog post. The company hired four agencies and five consultants in its first two years. Of course, managing a freelancer is not the same as managing a full-time employee or agency.

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Society 18 Founder Pamela Zapata on Supporting Influencers of Color and Knowing Your Worth

Success

In 2019, she launched Society 18 , an influencer management and digital marketing firm that focuses on multicultural and multiethnic content creators. Pamela Zapata: I had been working in marketing, production, talent and casting for about 10 years when I started the agency. I started at Ryan Seacrest Productions; then, I went to E!

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The Art of Persuasion: 4 Tips to Master Influence

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Harris is the co-founder and CEO of Mekanism , an advertising agency that blends soul and science to drive results. In 2019, he released his Wall Street Journal best-seller, The Soulful Art of Persuasion: The 11 Habits That Will Make Anyone a Master Influencer. The first is skill-hunting, a term Harris uses to represent curious people.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. She’s passionate about enabling teams of creatives, technology leaders and innovators with the skills, mindset and network to tackle the complex and evolving challenges of tomorrow.

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

Workplace Insight

The researchers studied the performance of 121 chess players across three separate tournaments between 2017 and 2019. Exposure to such concentrations is common in many cities around the world and is classified as moderate to unhealthy by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The World Bank estimates this cost to be US$8.1

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . Indeed, partnerships are a proven way to boost the bottom line.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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Rich Leigh, whose Gloucester firm Radioactive PR moved to a four-day week in 2019, told me, “I can’t move for great resumes from great people” who were wanting to escape London but remain in the industry. Working hours, innovation and the pandemic.