Sell Like a Pro – 6 Tips to Get You Started Sell like a pro, what does that mean? Say the word “salesman” and many people immediately conjure up images of Jack Lemmon and Alec Baldwin from “Glengarry Glen Ross” or one of the many spoofs of the infamous line, “Coffee is for closers.” That…
Google Drive – My Little New Year’s Gift Each year as I return to my classroom from winter break, I look forward to several things. Reconnecting with colleagues, hearing stories from students and returning to my daily routine generally, top the list. However, one more thing I look forward to is getting into my Google…
Home Page Optimization – It is Important! Guest Post by Kate Webster When designing your businesses homepage, you want to be sure that your home page optimization accurately represents your company in a way that is aesthetically pleasing. Often your webpage is the first view a potential customer or client has of your company, so…
Business Tip One: Invest in Cloud Computing Reduce Your IT overhead (Tip One in our Series of 13 Business Tips for 2013) Tip one for our 13 business tips is invest in cloud computing. Most businesses carry too much in their IT infrastructure and is why we feel business tip one should cover this aspect…
Whether you like it or not, social media has become a vital tool for marketing, branding and building a business in the 21st century. Companies that have embraced social media and have done it well have reaped significant benefits in the marketplace. However, too many companies still fail at some of the most critical aspects…
Keeping Employees – How to Keep Your Best Employees Great employees are your most valuable business resource and keeping employees is like protecting your investment Without their talent, hard work and dedication, your company doesn’t succeed. Plus, losing employees costs you money and lost productivity as you search for and train new staff. Numerous business websites set up calculators…
Tips for meetings come from many, I like to avoid if possible but for most of us that is not going to work, we can cut but can not avoid. Work less and play more maybe? I once had a coworker who would spend her time in meetings mentally calculating how much everyone at the table made…
Simple tools to make you more agile and responsive (Guest Post) Smartphones are the next frontier of SEO (search engine optimization) —a way to keep a constant eye out in a business that is growing as competitive as it is lucrative. Not all apps are created equal, but we’ve selected a few of the best…
Your brand is the most important corporate asset you have, and the way you use your brand strategy influences your success in lead generation. Sears CEO Lou D’Ambrosio probably said it best. “We cannot control the weather or economy or government spending. But we can control how we execute and leverage the potent set of…
Email Subject – Key to Email Marketing Success Email subject is an often overlooked part of the many email marketing campaigns. Would Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” had as much of a lasting impact on literature if Swift had stuck with his original title, “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By…
