Like so many of us who are working on our profiles and accounts such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook—plus blogging—another social media service to keep up with just seemed less than appealing.
Perfect circumstances are rare, and the exception. You can count on human error, call offs, customers being late, technology breakdowns, service interruptions, out of stock items, and undependable vendors. Is your company prepared? Are your frontline employees trained and ready?
Since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), U.S. employers—specifically companies with 200 or more full-time employees covered under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)—have felt its effects, with an average of two percent increase in enrollment.
It’s that time of year when everyone and their mother is professing last minute tips about taxes, and the sheer volume of this messaging directed toward business owners is particularly overwhelming. You’re reading about IRS loopholes and special extensions and whether or not you qualify. You’re...
When I started my career, someone once said that the key to business is selling the sizzle (the marketing), not the steak (the product). Back then, I didn’t get it. Well, I get it now.
It’s 3am and I spring out of bed and head for my computer. I have tried not to do this. I have attempted to trick myself into thinking if I don’t get out of bed that I will remember the idea that danced across my dreams without writing it down. That never worked. I always forget it unless I email...
Ever since the great financial collapse of 2008, it has been harder than ever to win new B2B business. The recession that followed resulted in a greater resistance to change and a slowdown of the opening of wallets. Nowhere is this more apparent than the small business market, where purchasing...
That’s right, it isn’t business as usual anymore, and it hasn’t been for a few years now. Rating sites and social media—the internet—has changed things forever. Yelp, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Twitter and now Google+—this is the new frontier and these sites require attention and demand relationships...
Consistency and Continuity The two most important words in the success of implementing systems are consistency and continuity. Nearly every company has more ideas than it knows what to do with.
It was a regular day working from home, with four teenagers pounding up and down the stairs, work and home phones ringing, and the Blackberry buzzing like crazy. I was frantically trying to get dinner on the table and preparing for an overseas call with India that has been in the works for nine...
Business decision makers love online video and more and more executives are watching online business videos at work. Many businesses owners and corporate marketers realize the power of marketing with online video on YouTube, but are not sure how to get started.
“If you haven't hugged or kissed your kid in the past couple of days, take that time.” This comment from Chardon Schools Superintendent Joseph Bergant rang understandably true to me. From coaching an executive who admits that all he does is yell at his kids (and probably his staff, too) to...
Whether you ask the reviewer or the employee being reviewed, “Do you like the performance review process?” I guarantee that you will get the same response: “No.” We sent a man to the moon over 40 years ago, but we can’t seem to find an employee review process that people don’t hate.
It seems like everyone has been cutting down—some more than others. While dining with others lately I’ve noticed no one is ordering dessert, and I don’t believe it is about dieting.
National Employee Appreciation Day, originated by Recognition Professionals International (RPI) in 1995, is celebrated on the first Friday in March. Acknowledgement of the day is growing steadily; however, if it does not yet appear in red letters on your company’s calendar, this might be a good...
Selecting a PR firm is one of the most important decisions you’ll make for your brand. The firm will represent your products across a variety of media platforms, implement and support your business ventures, and most importantly, help emanate the precise image you would like for your brand....
Puglisi Consulting Group, Inc. Year founded: 2005 Headquartered in: Hauppauge, NY Number of employees: 3 employees, 5 contract consultants Basil C. Puglisi, Founder Website: www.puglisiconsulting.com
It may be possible that those of you who don’t live in New York and/or are not basketball fans or even sports fans may be unaware of “Linsanity.”
Through good times and bad, the number one challenge business owners face is making more money.
Jackson Solutions LLC Year founded: 2008 Headquartered in: Darien, CT Number of employees: 1, plus subcontractors Karen Jackson, President Website: www.jacksonsolutions.com
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