Management and Operations
Marketing Lowdown: Five Steps To Better Retail Displays A recent poll asked average Americans which of their five senses they would least be willing to lose. The result? Overwhelmingly, the eyes have it. But before we can learn anything with our eyes, we must be interested enough to look. Our attention must be captured.
ManageSmarter.com Management and Operations
Managing the Direct Marketing Supply ChainA direct marketing offer can reach its potential customers through print mailings, e-mail blasts, Website offerings, television advertising, Internet promotions, social media, and the rest of the traditional and new media channels.
ManageSmarter.com Management and Operations
Is Your Introduction Ready?Learn how to sell yourself to prospects in 6 simple steps.
Entrepreneur.com
Management and Operations
12 Questions to Measure Employee EngagementDo your opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of your company make you feel your job is important? Have you had opportunities at work to learn and grow?
Workforce.comMarketing and Operations
Boring Meetings? Get Out the Water GunsSmall-Business Owners Find Creative Ways to Make the Most of Conference-Room Time as Downturn Demands Efficiency.
WSJ.comLegal Issues
Four Legal Pitfalls Loom in 2010Attorneys identify employee lawsuits, immigration audits, improper insurance, and Internet security as risks this year and offer their advice.
BusinessWeek.comFinancial Issues
A Jump Start for Stalled Small Business LendersA program to revive the secondary market for Small Business Administration 504 loans could unlock credit for companies trying to expand.
BusinessWeek.comFinancial & Tax Issues
Tax Strategies for the Newly Self-EmployedIf you're a staffer turned contingent worker, you need to rethink your business status, retirement funding, and deductions.
BusinessWeek.comTechnology Issues
Plug In or Tune Out?Discover which of the year's hottest gadgets, trends and technologies make sense for your small business, and the high-tech shape of things to come.
Entrepreneur.comTechnology Issues
Facebook Doubles, MySpace Visitors Down in NovemberFacebook saw the number of visitors more than double in November 2009 compared to the same month in 2008. The social network had 102.8 million unique visitors in November 2009, making it the largest social network, according tocomScore data.
ClickZ.com Branding, Sales, and Marketing
How to Achieve Your Sales Targets in 2010I’m sure by now that you have established your sales targets for 2010. If you haven’t I suggest that you get cracking and do it now. Time is slipping past! If you have set your targets, congratulations! Here are 10 things you can do to achieve those goals.
BusinessKnowHow.com
Branding, Sales, and Marketing
5 Tips to Attract More Blog CommentsDo what you can to attract more comments on your company blog as more people are noticing updates on Facebook or Twitter. Following are five tips for attracting more blog comments on your company blog.
Entrepreneur.comBranding, Sales, and Marketing
Firms Hold Fast to Snail Mail MarketingDespite the prevalence of digital media, entrepreneurs find old fashioned direct mailings are still a key to winning customers.
WSJ.com