Tue.Mar 06, 2018

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Thinking of Starting a VA business? The time is now…

Practically Perfect PA

There has never been a better time to launch your VA business. If you have been considering it for a while, have proven skills that can be easily transferred into the remote support sector, have a realistic understanding of the hard work and effort involved in working for yourself, and have the funds required to […].

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Is Craft Brewing a Harbinger of a New Artisan Economy?

Small Business Labs

There have been a number of recent articles pointing out that despite having to compete with several giant beer companies, the craft brewing industry has dramatically expanded over the past decade. Examples include The Atlantic's  Craft Beer Is the Strangest, Happiest Economic Story in America , Bloomberg's  Craft Brewing as a Model for Helping the Middle Class , and the Economist's  Crafting a Life.

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3 Key Ways Your Small Business Can Save

Small Business CEO

Keeping down costs as much as possible without sacrificing quality is critical to any small business if it’s going to stay competitive, maintain a high customer satisfaction rate, and ultimately grow into a medium or even large-sized business somewhere down the road. Many small businesses these days can be run by only one or a few people, at least in their “infant stage,” and sometimes can even be run entirely from a home office with no physical business property.

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Boosting Information Retention During Staff Meetings

Small Business CEO

According to Harvard Business Review , 15 percent of an organization’s collective time is spent in meetings. This percentage has increased year-over-year since 2008, meaning many organizations are now devoting even more time and energy to meetings than in the past. Staff meetings can be invaluable for disseminating important information across a company and encouraging collaboration.

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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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How to Get More Millennials Coming to Your Restaurant

Small Business CEO

Millennials rank dining out as one of their top guilty pleasures. Ranking this activity even higher than buying electronics, apparel, beauty products and accessories. It’s a fact that over half this group of diners eats out at least three times a week, regardless how much money they make or if they have a family or not. Why? People who’re aged 18 to 34 are the biggest demographic on the planet, recently taking the crown from the baby boomers who used to dominate the consumer marketpl