When it comes to technology, people seem to be at one end of the spectrum or the other. Either they love it and furiously work to figure out all of the new and improved ways to enhance their lives electronically, incorporating them wherever they can, or they hate it, finding any way they can to …
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Want to Be a More Successful Business Owner? Hone This One Skill
Success. As a small business owner, what does this one word mean to you? Does it mean bringing in a certain level of revenue annually? Increasing your client base to a particular number? Reaching a specific goal or milestone, such as a certain number of products sold or services …
For Immediate Release: How to Make Press Releases Work for Your Small Business
It has been a mainstay of business communication for decades, but who wrote the first press release? Historians give the credit to an American named Ivy Lee. In 1906, Lee’s marketing agency was working with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a client at the time of a deadly train accident. The Atlantic …
Effective Business Communication Apps: An Infographic
Patrick Kelly, Marketing Manager at the Sheraton Athlone Hotel, created this infographic to inform small business owners of some of the best apps currently out there that can help with both internal and external business communication. The best part—all of the recommended apps are available as free …
Business Email Etiquette
In the world of business, we use email for many, many things. For instance, it helps us share special deals with our clients, we use it to communicate expectations with our partners and colleagues, and it even enables us to provide necessary employment-related information (like changes in policies …
How Honing This One Skill Can Increase Your Business Success
We all get into business to be as successful as we can be, right? We want to climb to the top of our field and become known as the leader in the industry. The queen or king. The best of the best. The person that everyone else looks up to because you’ve got “it,” whatever “it” may be. Have you ever …
