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In The News
Workplace Shootings in Florida, Texas Again Put Focus on Violence on the Job
The
two shootings are the highest-profile incidents of workplace violence
since a Yale University student’s strangled body was found in the
university laboratory where she conducted research. A co-worker,
Raymond J. Clark III, was later charged with the murder.
Workforce.comManagement and Operations
How to Resolve Workplace Conflict
Conflict in the workplace is a painful reality and a key reason for
poor productivity and frustration. Do you have people in your workplace
that cause problems for everyone else? Do they create additional work
for others? One point is clear--conflict does not magically go away and
only gets worse when ignored.
BusinessKnowHow.com
Management and Operations
Seven Ways to Boost ProductivityFor
many small-business owners, the recession created unprecedented
pressure to cut costs, trim their staffs or enact hiring freezes. Slow
sales and a tight lending environment left human capital at a high
premium.
WSJ.comFinancial Issues
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Financial Issues
6 Facts to Know Before Renting an Email ListData can make you or break you in Direct Marketing, whether it is postal, email or telemarketing!
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Technology Issues
Online Retailers Get Social for the HolidaysTo
combat a slow sales forecast, many online retailers will be looking to
boost their digital presence this holiday season, per Shop.org's annual
eHoliday Study conducted by BIGresearch.
ManageSmarter.com
Health, Benefits, and Labor Issues
New IRS Site Simplifies Small-Business Retirement PlansThe average American’s
retirement plan isn’t worth as much as it was a few years ago — but
offering such plans is still a huge perk that helps small businesses
attract potential employees. No longer are retirement plans just for
big companies. You’ll find a good selection of plans out there for
companies with only a few employees and even for sole proprietors.
SmallBizTrends.com
Branding, Sales, and Marketing
Shops Restructure Ways to Go LocalMedia agency networks are taking steps to reinvent the $5.5 billion local buying process as they seek leverage and efficiencies.
ManageSmarter.com
Branding, Sales, and Marketing
4 Sure Ways to Get PublicityThere are more channels for exposure than ever, but it takes diligence to keep your business in front of the right ones.
Entrepreneur.com
Branding, Sales, and MarketingSEO for Twitter ContentThe
major search engines have a history of evolving their indexing
capabilities to keep up with new types of digital content. First it was
HTML text, then blog content, then multimedia files like videos, and
more recently it was flash content. Now the search engines are indexing
another type of content -- tweets!
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