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The Documentation Cure-All
I rarely delete my Sent mail, and here's why.
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SerebraConnect: A Viable Outsourcing Option
Small-business owners have an incredible amount to juggle, but typically don't have the budget to hire even temporary help.
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An Idea For Email That's Begging Invention
The crazy volume of email in my inbox used to freak me out. I couldn’t keep up with it, yet I couldn't pretend not to notice. So much of what I did as a managing editor of both print publications and Web sites depended on that channel of communication.
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Time Management: Taking a Cue From Kenmore
The next time you're feeing overwhelmed -- maybe now? -- take a look at your oven's cooktop.
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Catch-oo 24
As I sit here nestled between a box of clean tissues and a garbage full of dirty ones, I can't help but think that if I were still working in a real office, I'd be there today spreading my germs.
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An Easy Way To Share Excel Spreadsheets
Life's what happens while you're making plans. And as it turns out, the same applies to business.
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It Pays To Be a Slob
I'm having second thoughts about straightening up my home office.
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A Fresh Look at Billing
I've been hesitant to deviate from my hybrid Word/Excel self-made, pathetic little invoice system. Sure, it gets the job done, but it's nowhere near elegant. And other than the column in Excel that adds up how much I've billed, it lacks any trace of automation.
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What To Do When Business Is Slow (Or Nonexistent)
Stock-market instability. Looming layoffs at Yahoo, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Sprint. We’re a mere 24 days into the New Year and the business world resembles something like the gray New York sky outside my home-office window.
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Passionate Workers Better Than Workaholics. Or You Can Try The Stickk
The smaller the company, the more important each individual employee. But some say you don't want to hire workaholics, you want to find "passionate workers." Or you could use the "Stickk" to motivate them.
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Brain and Body, Unite!
My friend Arthur likes to pace his office when he’s on a business call. Walking lifts his energy level and sharpens his thinking, he tells me. Turns out, a growing body of research shows that always-ahead-of-the-curve Arthur is onto something.
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10 Web Apps You Should Know About
Let’s hear it for the little guys! I say that not only because I’m barely 5 feet tall, but because here in the SOHO market, making ourselves known amid our bigger competitors is an undeniable challenge.
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Coworking: A Great Office Option For Solo Workers
Did you feel that rush of wind go past? Actually, it was the collective sigh of every home-based businessperson waving goodbye to family and friends as they head back to their post-vacation lives.
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Even Asleep, No Rest For the Weary
George Costanza, who I can still picture napping under his office desk in one of the later Seinfeld episodes, would have felt legitimized by the results of a new Staples survey of small businesses.
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A 12-Step Plan For Doing More With Less
The big mantra a few years back was 'do more with less' and that effectively meant fewer people and more work--the work of those no longer sitting in the next cube.
But business owners know better today and each of us can do more with less if we follow a few good tips from one expert.
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A Little Dyslexia Isn't Necessarily A Bad Thing
If you consider dyslexia as some sort of mental handicap you're not thinking straight. As a noted expert explains, dealing with the disorder builds business skills and the 'can do' attitude needed to suceed.
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New Data Research Portal Offers Up Advocacy
There's a new neat little site you might want to bookmark.
One of the biggest small-business organizations has launched a new research portal that advocates and offers up support for today's SMB shops.
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Survival Tips For The Holiday Season
It’s busy to say the least. Demands at work clash with demands at home (you can only put off hanging holiday decorations for so long without looking foolish in the neighborhood). But it’s no time to slouch off your business tasks.
“Small business owners and their employees need to be accessible even during the season when everyone is focused on their own celebrations with family and friends,” explains Tom Shaughnessy, director of business marketing for Sprint.
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When Justice Fails It Can Be Smelly
This is so way off topic I apologize upfront. But I'm just really peeved about a court decision I read about today. Sometimes there is no justice, or common sense, in our justice system.
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Getting Past The Business "Stall"
Your business is up and running but it's actually really running in place. You're scratching your head wondering why. It might just be that you need to replace yourself as the boss.
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What Employees Really Want From Santa
Nope, it’s not necessarily a raise (well, yes, of course everyone wants a raise each year), that employees want for the holidays. They want less stress. And as one expert notes it’s a pretty easy gift to give.
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Small Businesses Can Outsource Too
Anyone who runs a small business knows that it's not the big, interesting projects that are overwhelming. It's the daily, tedious tasks that can be most time-consuming -- and most frustrating.
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What I'm Thankful For This Season
Small business has a great deal to be thankful for this year: a decent economy, a healthy looking retail shopping season and lots of new innovations that promise to make business more efficient and prosperous.
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Make Performance Reviews Count
The advent of the holidays brings end-of-year headaches--financial and management requirements like job performance reviews and salary reviews.
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How To Make Pay For Performance Work
Throwing money at a problem--or employees--isn't any way to ignite greater productivity or solve issues. One expert offers up some good tips on how to make sure your compensation approach is getting you the most for your money.
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