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How to Use Customer Feedback to Your Advantage
By Jennifer Dublino | October 24, 2024

Customers provide valuable insights into your business operations. Learn how to gather and take advantage of customer feedback to improve your business.

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11 Ways to Help Protect Your Company (and Customers) When You Take Payments Online
By Jennifer Dublino | October 24, 2024

Data breaches can cost a business time and money and destroy its reputation. Learn how to protect your customers and brand when accepting online payments.

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What Is a Reasonable PTO Policy?
By Kiely Kuligowski | October 24, 2024

A business's paid time off (PTO) policy outlines employee time off regulations. Learn the three types of PTO policies and PTO policy best practices.

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How to Boost Online Awareness of Your Brand
By Devon Vocke | October 24, 2024

Without effective brand awareness, your business will get buried by the competition. Here's how to make your business stand out online.

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How to Improve Your Small Business’s Cash Flow
By Sean Peek | October 23, 2024

Cash flow is critical for businesses, so managing it is key. Here's how to improve your business's cash flow situation.

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How to Calculate Gross and Net Pay
By Julie Ritzer Ross | October 23, 2024

In order to pay your employees correctly each pay period, you need to know how to calculate gross and net pay. Learn how to ensure your payroll is precise.

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Should You Use a Business Credit or Debit Card?
By Donna Fuscaldo | October 23, 2024

Discover which is best for your business – a business debit card or a credit card.

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Business Debt: How Much Is Too Much to Carry?
By Jamie Johnson | October 23, 2024

To start your business, you’ll need money and sometimes borrowing funds is fine. Without proper management and care, though, debt can become problematic.

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Brick-and-Mortar vs. E-Commerce Stores: How to Leverage the Best of Both
By Jennifer Dublino | October 23, 2024

Brick-and-mortar and e-commerce stores have compelling benefits. Learn to leverage the best aspects of both to create an excellent customer experience.

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Your Guide to Creating a Small Business Marketing Plan
By Skye Schooley | October 23, 2024

A marketing plan is essential for winning over customers. Follow these marketing plan templates and guidelines to create your marketing plan today.

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How to Use YouTube to Build Community
By Sean Peek | October 23, 2024

YouTube can be a powerful way for your business to build a digital community. Here are tips on how to build your audience.

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How Email Personalization and Follow-Ups Can Boost Your Bottom Line
By Julie Thompson | October 23, 2024

Consumers want personalized shopping experiences. Here is how you can use email to increase customer loyalty and revenue.

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From Mall Madness to Sadness: Why Shopping Centers May Soon Be Obsolete
By Jamie Johnson | October 23, 2024

Find out how to keep your mall-based business alive and how to embrace e-commerce as shopping centers decline.

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Time to Get Deep: Why CEOs Need to Embrace Mindfulness
By Julie Thompson | October 23, 2024

The attitude of the CEO impacts the entire company. Learn how mindfulness can create a more positive culture and foster success.

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To Infinity and Beyond: Harnessing the Power of Positive Thinking
By Mark Fairlie | October 23, 2024

Your mindset can determine whether your company succeeds. Learn the benefits of embracing positive thinking.

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What Is SUTA Tax? How Do You Calculate It?
By David Gargaro | October 23, 2024

The State Unemployment Tax Act (SUTA) is a required payroll tax employers must pay. Learn what SUTA taxes are and how to understand, set up and pay them.

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5 Tips to Reduce Friction on Your E-Commerce Website
By Chris Christoff | October 22, 2024

Anything that slows e-commerce website browsing or makes it difficult to navigate causes friction. Learn to reduce friction and increase online sales.

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11 Accounting Tips All Small Businesses Should Know
By Rashan Dixon | October 22, 2024

Even if accounting isn't your forte, it's important to understand accounting basics to run your business. Learn 11 tips for small business accounting.

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Times Are Changing: The Future of Performance Management Trends
By Skye Schooley | October 22, 2024

Learn about the direction performance management is heading and how the most effective trends can help manage your team.

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Deposit Required? When to Ask Customers to Pay Upfront
By Jennifer Dublino | October 22, 2024

Upfront deposits show customers you're providing something of value. Learn when to require a deposit and six tips for collecting upfront payments.

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How Projection Mapping Is Changing the Ad World
By Sean Peek | October 22, 2024

Projection mapping can transform buildings into works of art and garner lots of attention. Here is how to use this marketing technique.

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8 Ways to Make Your Business’s Computing Eco-Friendly
By Julie Thompson | October 22, 2024

Learn five ways to improve your bottom line and create a more sustainable business environment by using practices such as cloud-based computing.

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How to Engage Your Email Subscribers More Efficiently
By Liviu Tanase | October 22, 2024

Email marketing has a high ROI when done right. Learn how to engage your email subscribers to boost sales and increase marketing campaign effectiveness.

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Time-Zone Mania: How to Deal With Geodiversity
By Skye Schooley | October 22, 2024

Employing a global workforce can give your company advantages, but your business will also have to deal with the downsides of working across time zones.

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Top 11 Advertising Blogs You Must Follow Now
By Julie Thompson | October 22, 2024

Get business inspiration and tips from the best of the best in the ad world.

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Why Professional Growth Is Critical to a Successful Career: Talking Shop
By Chad Brooks | October 22, 2024

Performance expert Bill Eckstrom believes that when you aren't growing, you're stuck in a cycle that eventually leads to stagnation.

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7 Ways to Build a Successful Construction Business
By Jennifer Dublino | October 22, 2024

Reputation is crucial to a construction business because the stakes are high. Learn how to build a successful construction company with the right tools.

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The Best Commercial Insurance for Entrepreneurs in 2025
By Kimberlee Leonard | October 22, 2024

Our team of experts has compared the best business insurance providers for 2024. See up-to-date comparisons and reviews for the top-rated services.

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International Business Etiquette From Around the World
By Danielle Fallon-O’Leary | October 21, 2024

Business has gone increasingly global throughout the past several decades. Understanding international business etiquette is key to your worldwide success.

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The Management Theory of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
By Miranda Fraraccio | October 21, 2024

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth stressed regulation and consistency at the job. Learn how to use their theory to make your company more efficient.