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Posted by Lena West on 3/10/2010
The Real Reason Social Media 'Eats' So Much of Your Time
Twenty years ago, big time CEOs had secretaries to type various bits of correspondence for them. This worked fine for a time, but as the shift to the knowledge economy was made,...
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Posted by Diane K. Danielson on 3/9/2010
Tuesday Afternoon Rants and Raves
OK.  I’ll start with the good stuff. I’m always flattered to know people are reading, so thanks to Peter  Cho who alerted me to the fact that Top Shelf Reading Picks was...
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Posted by Joanna Alberti on 3/9/2010
Stand Out From the Crowd
I’m preparing to exhibit at the Surtex Tradeshow this May for the first time! We want to show our best work, be very prepared and most of all stand out so the...
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Posted by Nina Kaufman on 3/9/2010
Completely Satisfied Customers: Dreamland or Doable?
“Completely satisfied customers” seems to be a perfectionist standard of mythic proportions.  But Joe Calloway on FuelNet reveals that there are secrets to making this happen.  How important it is for our...
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Posted by Cheryl Isaac on 3/6/2010
Creating Repeat Buyers in Business
Today I took my stepkids to a local high school's "Pancake Day" fundraiser. As we enjoyed the pancakes, festivities and games, we decided to get some smoothies from a Smoothie King stand...
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Posted by Rosalind Resnick on 3/6/2010
Time to Start Hiring Again?
Knowing that his company is short on cash, I advised him to relax and take a deep breath. Maybe he needed someone to pay the bills and send out invoices, I said,...
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Posted by Vanessa Summers on 3/5/2010
8 Quick Tips To Improve Your Website
As a business owner, you have an incredible opportunity to get it together when it comes to your website being a key tool to generate traffic, appeal to visitors and, ultimately, provide...
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Disabled Vet Designs the Perfect Tech Job
Carol Craig parlays her experience as a flight officer into a high-tech career as a military contractor.

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