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Small Business

Five Strategies To Help You Succeed In Business Meetings

I’m not too fond of meetings.

They typically take far more time than necessary, involve more people than necessary, and often lead to more meetings.

Unfortunately, it’s impossible to run a successful company witho..

Small Business

Why Your Small Business Should Fire Bad Customers

Here are four things you should consider when your small business identifies and fires bad customers.

Small Business

Customer Service: The Difference Between Empathy and Sympathy

Great customer service requires empathy, not just sympathy for the customer. Here’s how empathy differs from sympathy.

Small Business

Small Business and Startups: The Elements of Good Advice

Not all advice is good advice. Here’s now entrepreneurs should evaluate the advice they receive from others.

Small Business

Small Business Tips: 5 More Great Online Tools (Have I Mentioned These Before?)

A few weeks ago, I offered up five online tools that I have tested or am currently using (which I have never written about before). I like to explore these new apps, tools, and services every so often with an eye toward..

Other

12 Questions: Meet Tal More (USA)

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly ..

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12 Questions: Meet Connie Zegers (The Netherlands)

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12 Questions: Meet Jelena Mirkovic Jankovic (Serbia)

Marketing

What Influences People To Buy Products or Services? Top 10 Factors

Why do people buy one company’s products or services while ignoring the products or services of a competitor? What influences people’s purchasing decisions?

Some, like Clay Christensen, argue that customers “hire” pr..

Other

12 Questions: Meet Tayo Adetola (Nigeria)

Marketing

Small Business Marketing: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips

You are not alone if you don’t have a dedicated website for your startup or small business. But you’re in grave danger of falling further behind your competition.

You might be slowly building a fan base on Facebook (if y..

Marketing

Why You Should Not Ignore The Science Of Marketing

Supermarkets share a common layout. Many competitive products (toothpaste, for example), have similar packaging. Do supermarket and toothpaste companies lack imagination?

It’s possible, but a different explanation is..

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Brand Identity

Cultivating a consistent, authentic brand never ends. But, we’ve gathered all the resources you need to do it right.

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Design

Good design is good business. Check out these actionable insights on graphic, web, print, product, and packaging design.

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Entrepreneurship

Leadership, inspiration, and business know-how. The actionable insight entrepreneurs need to succeed.

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Marketing

Reach more customers and expand your market with actionable tactics, strategies, insights, and resources.

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Small Business

Small businesses do it all with less. Our marketing tips, tools, and growth strategies will help you run your business better.

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Agencies

Marketing techniques, trends, tools, and more to help modern agencies grow and thrive.

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Nonprofits

Nonprofits must accomplish a lot, with less. Our tips, tools, and insights will help you launch and grow your nonprofit.

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Musings on a variety of topics related to small businesses, startups, design, and marketing.

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