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$15 Minimum Wage: How Have SMBs Been Affected?
By Adam Uzialko | June 17, 2020

When a city or state government increases the minimum wage, small business owners have no choice but to comply. How are minimum wage increases affecting small businesses?

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5 Tips to Get Your Office Back to Normal After Quarantine
By Robert Moutal | June 16, 2020

As governments look to ease the global lockdown, will your employees return to your office as normal? Here are five tips to reopen your office safely and adjust to the new normal of post-COVID work.

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Does Working From Home Save Companies Money?
By Baruch Silvermann | June 16, 2020

Many full-time employees in the U.S. want to work remotely, even after the COVID-19 crisis has passed. But can working from home actually save companies money?

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How to Increase Your Small Business Market Share
By Joshua Stowers | October 28, 2020

Looking to increase your small business market share? Find out how to calculate and improve your share of the market.

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How to Attract Investors During a Crisis
By Howard Goldstein | June 15, 2020

If you have been turned down by banks for funding, it is critical to ensure you take the steps needed to make your business investor-friendly.

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Company Culture: Defining, Building and Maintaining It During a Crisis
By Nick Bogacz | June 12, 2020

Businesses that have a well-defined and sustained company culture will be the ones to survive the COVID-19 crisis – and others that may arise.

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Ready to Reopen Your Retail Locations? Try These 4 Tips
By Bobby Marhamat | June 12, 2020

If you own or manage a retail business, keep these tips in mind as you reopen to the public.

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How Will In-Person Sales Meetings Evolve After COVID-19?
By Neel Lukka | June 12, 2020

How will the sales landscape change after the pandemic subsides? Meeting, travel and conferences will require certain virtual adaptations.

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What Is an Electronic Filing System?
By Kiely Kuligowski | June 12, 2020

An electronic filing system makes organizing your files easy by automating many features. Here's how to implement one in your business.

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Small Business COVID-19 Diaries: Part 4
By Adam Uzialko | June 12, 2020

COVID-19 upended economic activity and disrupted small business owners' lives. Here are stories from real entrepreneurs about how the novel coronavirus pandemic is impacting them.

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How to Go Mobile-First in the Age of Mobile Marketing
By Jared Atchison | June 11, 2020

Here's a breakdown of what you should know about being mobile-first in a time where mobile interactions lead all online activities.

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Why Subscribers Mark You as Spam, and How You Can Prevent It
By Liviu Tanase | June 11, 2020

When subscribers mark you as spam, fewer of your emails reach people's inboxes. Here is how to avoid the spam folder so your campaigns can be seen.

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12 Accounting and Cash Flow Management Lessons From 10 Years as a CEO
By Catherine vanVonno | June 11, 2020

Many small businesses struggle with cash flow and other accounting issues. What tips or strategies have helped you manage business finances effectively?

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How to Mitigate Employee Absenteeism
By Mona Bushnell | October 26, 2020

HR professionals offer their advice on how to manage employee absences during COVID-19 and beyond.

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What to Know About Bereavement Leave
By Skye Schooley | June 11, 2020

Create a bereavement leave policy that follows best practices and meets legal requirements.

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Focus: The Most Important Tool for Navigating Uncertainty
By Andrew Hoag | June 10, 2020

It’s important to focus on your customers, the features required to attract and retain them, and your team during tough times.

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An Uncharted Path to the New Normal for Venture Capital Firms
By Louis Lehot | June 10, 2020

COVID-19 has thrown economies into disarray. Data shows that a global recession, and maybe even a global depression, is now upon us.

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Is Cloud Document Management Safe?
By Kiely Kuligowski | June 10, 2020

Cloud document management is a great option for easy document storage, but users often have concerns about security.

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What Business Owners Should Know About Hiring Minors for Seasonal Work
By Skye Schooley | June 09, 2020

Learn about the benefits and labor laws associated with hiring minors.

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What IRS Forms 1094-C and 1095-C Mean for Small Businesses
By Andrew Martins | June 09, 2020

The Affordable Care Act requires all eligible businesses to provide proof of insurance to the IRS. Both 1094-C and 1095-C are important parts of that requirement.

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Business as Usual No More: How Companies Are Adapting and Innovating Amid Disruption
By Nancy Harris | June 09, 2020

Companies have also been forced to not only rethink norms when it comes to their employees but also to embrace a new vision of what a collaborative and productive workforce truly looks like.

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The Small Business Guide to Employee Handbooks
By Dennis O’Keefe | June 08, 2020

An employee handbook, or staff manual, outlines your company's policies, procedures and behavioral expectations that direct your team's actions.

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How Your HR Team Can Support Your Remote Workers
By Jared Atchison | June 08, 2020

The shift to remote work means that HR must rise to the occasion to support both the business and employees. In the post, you'll learn the ways HR leaders can offer support to teams as they adjust to...

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How the Affordable Care Act Applies to Your Business in 2020
By Skye Schooley | June 08, 2020

Learn what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is and how it impacts your business in 2020.

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4 Best Practices For Small Businesses to Grow Their Social Channels
By Luke Fitzpatrick | June 05, 2020

The importance of small businesses to foster growth on their social channels cannot be understated.

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Why Your E-Commerce Marketing Campaign Failed
By Ronald Dod | June 04, 2020

Check out these common reasons why many e-commerce marketing efforts don't deliver.

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5 Principles for Becoming an Experimental Leader
By Melanie Parish | June 04, 2020

Elevate the dialogue around leadership. Give people a clear path to help them try new things, and create space for innovation with experimental leadership methods.

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How AI Is Changing Digital Marketing
By Sean Cotton | June 04, 2020

Top-performing companies are heavily focused on moving faster, lowering costs and predicting trends. Artificial intelligence makes all of these things possible.

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Collaboration Eats the Smartest Person in the Room for Breakfast
By Sue Bingham | June 04, 2020

We’re in a new era of work that calls for a new style of leadership. Instead of giving employees orders, you must inspire them.

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6 Tips for Improving the Effectiveness of Your Email Newsletter
By Thomas Griffin | June 04, 2020

Do you want to improve the effectiveness of your email newsletter? We are going to look at several tips you can use to increase sales, conversions, and engagement on your emails by using the multiple...

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What Are the Most Important KPIs for Content Marketing?
By Jayson DeMers | June 04, 2020

Here's how to use KPIs to measure the success of your content marketing campaign and improve on it.

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5 Simple Ways to Pinpoint Your Brand's Target Audience
By Chris Christoff | June 04, 2020

When you start a business, you need to understand your target market at a fundamental level at the very beginning.

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COVID-19's Complicated Impact on E-Commerce: How to Deal With the Fallout and Adapt to the New Normal
By Rafael Lourenco | June 04, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is changing customer expectations and e-commerce fraud prevention. Here are steps that businesses can take to cope with the ongoing wave of change.

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Owning Your Onboarding Process Is the Key to Success With New Hires
By Christine Alemany | June 04, 2020

Your team culture includes how you work with one another, so it's important that new hires are empowered to do their jobs.

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The Best Practices for Archiving Documents
By Kiely Kuligowski | November 05, 2020

Document archiving helps you safely store important information while clearing out clutter from your office. Here's how to implement an archiving system.

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6 Tips to Reclaim 10 Hours of Your Time
By Timothy Carter | June 03, 2020

What would you do with an extra 500 hours per year? With these time management strategies, that's how much extra time you could find in your schedule.

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How to Pivot Your Small Business to Help During COVID-19
By Skye Schooley | June 03, 2020

Bently Heritage Estate Distillery pivoted its estate distillery and public house business to provide its community with sanitizers during the coronavirus crisis.

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Choosing a Direct Mail Strategy: EDDM vs. Targeted Mailing
By Kent Moon | June 02, 2020

Direct mail is still an effective marketing method, but it's important to decide which mailing strategy is best for your business.

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How to Easily Implement a 5S Program for Your Business
By Holly Chavez | June 02, 2020

Learn how to easily implement a 5S program for any size business.

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What Health Insurance Benefits Are You Legally Required to Offer?
By Joshua Stowers | October 22, 2020

Is your small business legally required to provide health insurance benefits? Here's what you need to know about offering health benefits to your employees.

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How to Monitor and Support Employee Mental Health
By Skye Schooley | November 06, 2020

Employee mental health is especially important amid the coronavirus pandemic. Learn how to effectively support your employees and their mental well-being.

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Safeguard Employee Well-Being During a Crisis
By Howard Goldstein | June 01, 2020

Ensuring the physical and mental well-being of your employees is critical for the survival of your business.

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18 Places to Find Talented Freelancers
By Scott Gerber | June 01, 2020

These 18 entrepreneurs delve into where online freelance talent is most readily found.

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Showing Employee Appreciation During Extreme Circumstances
By Andrew Martins | June 01, 2020

The novel coronavirus and resulting lockdown has been stressful for everyone, so it's important to show your employees how thankful you are for their hard work and sacrifice.

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7 Strategies to Motivate Your Remote Team
By Jason McCann | June 01, 2020

In order to get the. most out of employees who are working from home, it is critical to keep them motivated and engaged.

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5 Tips for Growing Your New YouTube Channel
By Syed Balkhi | May 29, 2020

YouTube is the second most popular website in the world. Due to its popularity, many marketers and business owners want a prominent account on this social platform. Learn how to capitalize on your...

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Save the Planet With These Business and Personal Credit Cards
By Janet Gershen-Siegel | May 29, 2020

Busy entrepreneurs may have charitable impulses but no time to act on them. Why not use business credit which donates directly to charity?

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How to Build Social Proof for Your Small Business
By Thomas Griffin | May 29, 2020

Building trust with consumers is one of the fastest ways to grow your small business. Here's how to build social proof and generate more leads.

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Electronic Records Management 101
By Kiely Kuligowski | May 29, 2020

Find out how electronic document management can bring your business's filing system up to the 21st century, improving document organization, security and compliance.

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Overlooked Tactics to Grow Your Email List Organically
By Liviu Tanase | May 28, 2020

How are you expanding your list of email subscribers? There are easy ways to do it, and you're probably not taking advantage. Here are some underused tactics to grow your email list for free.