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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Turn the Buzz into Loyalty

Today: Turning buzz into loyalty, lessons from the recession, avoiding accidental contracts, treating returning vets right, dealing with office energy vampires, and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, dov seidman, recession, customer loyalty, leadership, listening, citizen soldiers, returning vets, verbal contracts, accidental contracts, cit, venture capital, social media, personal brand, windows 7, eeoc, naacp, office energy drains, vampires, digital marketing, sales misconceptions, persuasion

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Posted: 7/21/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Fair Compensation: How to Know What to Pay Your Employees

It is one of the toughest decisions you have to make, what to pay someone, especially a professional. Are you overpaying them? Underpaying? What else do you offer, other than money, to make them feel well compensated for coming in each and every day, perks that make up for less-than-stellar wages? These are important questions, especially during recessionary times and ones you should address. After all, cherry-picking season will not last forever.


Tags: small business, employment, wages, pay, compensation

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Posted: 7/20/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Stay in Business by Staying True to Your Vision

Today: Learn how staying in business means staying true to your vision, how some jobs you just cannot delegate, all about smart thinking and smart sales tools, and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, recession, recovery, vision, delegating, franchise, bankruptcy, arc loans, sba, charles rangel, healthcare reform, seo, predictive websites, efca, card check, email marketing, customer data collection, sales mindset, sales tools

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Posted: 7/20/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Naming Your Business: Things You Need to Know

Like everything else associated with your new business, the name you give it takes thought and planning. In fact, it is something you should have been working on since Day One. Here are a few things you need to know.


Tags: small business, business name, domain name

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Posted: 7/17/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Is the White House Disregarding Small Business?

Today: Is the White House disregarding small business? Also, employee motivation, the end of card check, the 10 dumbest sales questions and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, cit group, ronald reagan, tax cuts, employee motivation, fun, arbitration, estate taxes, amazon.com, amazon associates, e-tailer, sales tax collection, sales tax, online reputation, healthcare reform, self-insurers, self-insurance, time management, card-check, senate, efca, email marketing, recession marketing, sales technique, sales questions

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Posted: 7/17/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The Model Employee Con

Erick was a model employee, too perfect it seems. Turns out he was an organized crime soldier sent to infiltrate a California gas station, where he worked for 8 months, placed a credit-card skimmer and then vanished with cash, cigarettes, a laptop and the broken trust of the people he worked with.


Tags: small business, organized crime, model employee scam, erick

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Posted: 7/16/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Leadership During the Recession: 10 Things You Can do to Lead

Are you a leader or are you just a boss? Now that the economy has people’s career’s hanging in the balance, that question is more important than ever. During difficult times, when you can’t simply throw money and perks at the problem of employee loyalty and engagement, what can you do? Here are 10 solid ideas.


Tags: small business, leadership, leader, boss

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Posted: 7/16/2009 | Comments Comments (1)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business: Cut Payroll Taxes for a Quick Stimulus

Today: Small business groups tell Obama a cut in payroll taxes would help more, morale boosters you can use today, 5 social media tips for your small business and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, payroll tax cut, cit, employee morale, morale boosters, rivals, competition, shelf corporations, business loans, credit card fees, cloudberry online backup, insurance bundles, healthcare reform, senate, social web, active listener, email marketing, online marketing, social media marketing

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Posted: 7/16/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Microsoft’s Viral Video Leads to Virtual Stomach Flu

Viral videos are all the craze these days, with online marketers putting out videos they hope will raise brand awareness and set consumers beating a path to the store, but come on, Microsoft! Does it have to get this viral?


Tags: small business, microsoft, viral video, internet explorer 8, online marketing, vomiting

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Posted: 7/15/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

A New Surtax on the “Wealthy” Will Harm Small Business

Congress has come up with a political answer to a medical problem, and it’s the same answer they have had for a long time now: Soak the successful, the job-creators, the drivers of the economy.


Tags: small business, taxes, healthcare reform, surtax

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Posted: 7/15/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business is Looking at a Slow Recovery

Today: Small business optimism slips, consumers as consultants, the peril of misdirected email, improving your online reputation and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, mark mobius, inflation, derivatives, nfib, small business optimism, consultants, consumers, wal-mart, turning away business, email, liability, misdirected email, cit, sba, microsoft, online security, social networking policies, phyllis c. borzi, department of labor, benefits regulator, email marketing, sales people, sales management

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Posted: 7/15/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

A Surtax on Small Business

Today: A surtax on small business and news that the economy is worse than we thought; parking, politics and customer service, free advertising, social media and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, organizational change, parking, politics, customer service, whole foods, millenials, gen-y, identity theft, renewable energy, malware, free antivirus software, 401(k) plans, exchange-traded funds, social media, twitter, free advertising

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Posted: 7/14/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Is There a Small Business Bailout in the Works?

Today: A small business bailout is under discussion, cutting costs the right way, the minimum wage hike, relationship marketing and so much more.


Tags: small business, america's best companies, abc, abc eweekly, treasury, taxes, obama, economy, stimulus, sales, marketing, advertising, management, legislation, cost cutting, blogging, venture capital, pitching, minimum wage, california, ious, cloud computing, soa, conduit, browser toolbars, healthcare reform, email marketing, social marketing, social media, co-branding

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Posted: 7/13/2009 | Comments Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Opening-up Shop: The Top 7 Tax Tips for New Small Businesses

If you are planning to start a new business this year, you must be aware of your responsibilities regarding federal taxes. Here are the seven things that the IRS considers vital for you to know if you plan on opening a new business this year.


Tags: small business, taxes, irs

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Posted: 7/13/2009 | Comments Comments (2)

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBIC Changes Mean More Funding for Small Businesses

Small businesses having difficulty securing private equity or venture capital may now find funding easier to get as a result of changes made as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.


Tags: small business, sba, sbic, stimulus, recovery act

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Posted: 7/10/2009 | Comments Comments (2)

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