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Frances Foley

Small Biz Tip: People Management: How to get your message to your target audience.

Small Business tips today about target audiences: how to get your message to your target audience.

Tags: small business, target audience, communication, medium, message

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Posted: 8/12/2009 | Comments (0)

Frances Foley

Small Biz Tip: Target Audience: How to Tailor to your Target Audience

Small Business tips today about target audiences: how to tailor to your target audience.

Tags: small business, target audience, communication, convienence

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Posted: 8/11/2009 | Comments (0)

Frances Foley

Small Biz Tip: Target Audience: Define Your Target Audience

Small Business tips today about target audiences: how to define them.

Tags: small business, target audience, demographics

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Posted: 8/10/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Changes to Illinois Sales and Use Taxes

As of September 1st, 2009, Illinois merchants will see changes in the sales and use taxes associated with candy, personal grooming and hygiene products and soft drinks.

Tags: small business, illinois, sales tax, use tax

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Posted: 8/10/2009 | Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: People Management: Recognition & Rewards

Small Business tips today about people management: recognition & rewards.

Tags: small business, rewards, recognition, appreciation, thank you

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Posted: 8/7/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Why Customer Service is Terrible

Jay Goltz came up with three reasons for the terrible state of customer service. He blames health insurance, crazy pricing and the lack of a real merchant class in this country. Is he right? We want to hear your opinions!

Tags: small business, customer service, health insurance, parttime employees

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Posted: 8/7/2009 | Comments (4)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: People Management: Motivating Employees

Small Business tips today about people management: motivating employees.

Tags: small business, people management, motivate employees, rewards, projects, vision

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Posted: 8/6/2009 | Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: People Management: Handling Problem Employees

Small Business tips today about people management: handling problem employees.

Tags: small busines, problem employees, behavior, attitude, problem

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Posted: 8/5/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Government Procurement and Small Business

To many small business owners, the dream of a nice, lucrative government contract is enticing to say the least. Sure, the process is long and arduous, there are stacks of forms that have to be filled out, you have to comply with a variety of regulations, etc., but the playing field is level and you have a fair chance to compete with other small businesses for those government contracts set aside by law for small businesses, right? Maybe not.

Tags: small business, government procurement, fairness and procurement alliance

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Posted: 8/5/2009 | Comments (1)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: People Management: Confronting Problems in the Workplace

Small Business tips today about people management: confronting problems in the workplace.

Tags: small business, confront, problems, workplace, conflict, fair

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Posted: 8/4/2009 | Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: People Management: Being an Efficient Delegator

Small Business tips today about people management: being an efficient delegator.

Tags: small business, delegator, people management

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Posted: 8/3/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Who Gets Credit?

There is a lot of talk about small business and the need it has for credit to survive the recession. We hear that small businesses are having trouble, yet we also get news of small businesses successfully finding the credit they need. A new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy has the answers.

Tags: small business, credit, financing

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Posted: 8/3/2009 | Comments (1)

Cheryl Sowa

Small Biz Tip: Time Management Step 5: Look at the Big Picture

The Small Business tips today discuss time management. Step 5: Look at the Big Picture.

Tags: small business, big picture, physical, fun, personal life

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Posted: 7/31/2009 | Comments (0)

Charles M Cooper

Thou Shalt Not Spam

Spam is worthless and dangerous junk mail and most people treat it accordingly. How can you keep your email marketing from falling in with that bad crowd? Here are some tips.

Tags: small business, email marketing, spam

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Posted: 7/31/2009 | Comments (0)

Cheryl Sowa