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Government, Politics and the
Economy
Senate
Considers Medicare Tax on Capital Gains to Fund Health Plan
According
to insiders, the Senate Finance Committee is considering whether to
apply Medicare taxes to capital gains and other non-wage income to
help pay for healthcare reform. Bloomberg.com
Management
and Operations
The
Equity Factor
People
try to keep a balance between what they contribute to a relationship
and what they get back from it. When they feel little or no return on
that investment, engagement slips dramatically. The employer-employee
relationship is no different, and that can lead to problems.
ManageSmarter.com
Motivate
Your Team
For
small businesses, the owner is the leader and many believe that money
alone should inspire passion, productivity, and connectedness in
employees. If that was true, you wouldn't hear people saying "They
are well paid; I don’t understand why they won’t produce."
BusinessWeek.com
Legal
Issues
Defend
Your Terminations with Performance Evaluations
If
your firm doesn’t have a good performance evaluation system in
place, it will be easier for discharged employees who sue to get a
jury trial. You need to be able to produce performance evaluations
that back up why you terminated them. BusinessManagementDaily.com
Taxes
and Financial Issues
Online
Sales Taxes: More Amazon Affiliates Dropped
Amazon.com
has dropped their relationships with small businesses in North
Carolina and Rhode Island as those states prepare to implement new
laws compelling Amazon to collect online sales taxes.
BusinessKnowHow.com
Technology
Issues
Power
Up Your PC Over the Internet
By
using Wake-on-LAN, you can power down your remote PCs to save money
and still be able to access them whenever you need them.
SmallBusinessComputing.com
Help
Your Customers Find You with New Google Gadget
There
is a new Google directions gadget that allows business owners to
pre-fill the direction “To” field with one or multiple addresses,
while leaving open the “From” field so that customers can input
their address or some other starting point. SmallBizTrends.com
Monitor
Your Staff with GPS Phones
Small
business owners need to save money whereever they can. Now, you can
cut your payroll and logistics costs with these new, low-cost
tracking tools. CNNMoney.com
Health,
Benefits and Labor Issues
Senate
Healthcare Refore Bill Could Rescue Employer-Provided Retiree Health
Benefits
There
is a provision in a Senate healthcare reform bill that could
strengthen health benefits for retirees.
Workforce.com
Cash-Balance
Plans for Your Small Business
Large
firms took an interest in the hybrid plans after the Pension
Protection Act of 2006 clarified their legality, but now professional
practices and small businesses are seeing these plans as a great way
to cut taxes and boost retirement savings. WSJ.com
In
the Dating Game, Employers Usually Lose
Office
romances happen, it is a fact of life, but the resignation of World
Bank President Paul Wolfowitz highlights the problems associated with
them. Here are some ideas on how to deal with these relationships.
Workforce.com
Branding,
Sales and Marketing
ROI
Marketing: Delight Your High-Value Customers
There
are things you can learn from luxury brands that can help you keep
your best customers.
ClickZ.com
Building
Trust with the Six-Minute Sales Call
There
is a way to build initial trust in a potential client. It takes just
six minutes and the results will shock you. BizJournals.com
Using
Twitter to Attract Prospects and Engage Customers
Before
you jump into social media marketing, you need a plan of action and
you must understand that even though the costs are low, social media
tools require extensive maintenance to live up to their promise.
MarketingProfs.com
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