The hidden importance of employee social media posts
If you’re at all close to your neighbors, you probably know how they feel about their jobs and their employers – especially if they either love their work or hate their employers. Today our “neighbors” extend to our social media circles and if your social media contacts have either wonderful or terrible feelings about their […]
read moreWhen watching pennies will cost you dollars
Do you ever come across a Facebook post and resulting thread of comments that makes you want to pull your hair out? Of course you do and I want to share a recent one I saw with you. (Don’t worry, it’s not political at all!) A self-employed accountant was having fits with his Windows PC. […]
read moreBoost your business with these free HubSpot courses
Each month I like to point you toward some excellent free learning and training resources on the Internet. Over the last few months I’ve been focusing on MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses, such as the 52 self-paced business courses listed here. Today I want to point you toward the HubSpot Academy. HubSpot provides inbound […]
read moreThis week in small business: Relish in adversity, read a free sample chapter, get organized
You should embrace adversity instead of trying to find a work-around! That may be one of the important take-aways from this week’s crop of curated content. You’ll also get a chance to pick the brains of some truly successful business men and women. Leadership, management, and productivity Sometimes running after “the latest big thing” can […]
read moreThe 4 People You Meet on the Road to Business Success
No man is an island. It takes a village. Two heads are better than one. The proverbs, adages, and clichés go on and on, but I think you get the idea: in any endeavor, it’s impossible to make the most of it if you stubbornly insist on flying solo. In business there are four people […]
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