NFIB Infographic: Small Business & Credit
The National Federation of Independent Business owners has put together an interesting infographic on small business and the credit conundrum. (You can drag the graphic to your desktop and save.)
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5 Steps To A Memorable Presentation: T.H.I.N.K.
Memorable Presentations Require You To T.H.I.N.K. By Kevin E. O’Connor, CSP Too many presenters say things like: “I know you can’t read this but…” “This is pretty dull stuff so I’ll try to get through it quickly.” “You may be bored by my presentation today but it is really important.” “Let me tell you a [...]
Implement Social CRM Processes To Help You Organize, Analyze & Monetize Social Data
By Benjamin Lederer, Sage North America Businesses place significant reliance on social media to support sales, marketing and customer support goals. An organization’s social channels allow it to reach customers instantly, understand customer needs, gauge brand sentiment, see how it compares competitively and much more. Many business professionals are gaining greater access to their company’s [...]
3 SMB Tech Trends For 2013
Himanshu Palsule, CTO and Head of Product Strategy for Sage North America, a business systems and services provider to over 3 million small and midsized businesses, cites the following SMB technology trends heading into 2013. Adoption of employee-owned devices in the workplace will grow rapidly, impacting how business is transacted. By 2016 there will be [...]
VIDEO: The Power of Introverts In Business
The Power of Introverts In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated. Our world prizes extroverts [...]
30.5% of Small Business Advertisers Plan To Spend More in 2013
Small business owners and decision makers are fairly optimistic about revenue projections, with 92.5% expecting their revenue to be flat or up in 2013, according to the latest Small Business Marketing Forecast by Ad-ology Research. This annual study, now in its 5th year, also reveals that small business decision makers are investing their revenue back [...]
VIDEO: Giving Up The Driver’s Seat At Your Small Business
Giving Up The Driver’s Seat Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may even be true when it comes to medical treatment. Baba Shiv shares a fascinating study that measures why choice opens the door to doubt, and suggests [...]
5 Ways To Maximize QR Codes While Avoiding Errors
At first blush, QR codes would appear to offer nothing but upside. A quick scan of a mobile device across an odd-looking square symbol, and the user is presented with your company’s landing page, how-to video or promotion. No wonder QR Codes have proliferated in the past couple years, and are now found everywhere from [...]
How Do Groups Get Anything Done? [Video]
Institutions Vs. Collaboration In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Clay Shirky argues that the history of the modern world could be rendered as the history of ways of arguing, where [...]
10 Critical Steps To Achieving Magnetic Leadership
What do the leaders of top companies do to create an inviting workplace filled with fully engaged and enthusiastic employees? Dianne Durkin, author of the book The Power of Magnetic Leadership, uses the lessons learned from dozens of successful company leaders to explain how the best leaders engage employees, set the example by showing how [...]
Small Business & New IRS Home Office Tax Deduction
After Years of Advocating for New Rule, NASE Applauds New IRS Option Providing Simpler Calculation for the Home Office Tax Deduction As millions of small businesses nationwide prepare for the 2012 tax season, Kristie Arslan, President and CEO of National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the nation’s leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, applauds [...]
Learning From Instagram’s Faux Pas
By Moe Glenner Once again, a technology-based company has exposed to the world their classic misunderstanding of change. In Instagram’s case, the failure was two-fold: a failure in planning and an even bigger failure to communicate. In late 2012, Instagram tried to generate revenue by sharing its users’ photos. (The new policy has since been [...]
