By Piers Ede There’s often a very thin line between a company that is failing and one that is simply experiencing a temporary cash-flow shortage or a seasonal decline in sales. Businesses do not fail overnight. Instead, in many cases, there is a gradual and almost imperceptible decline that business owners might miss, particularly when […]
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Great relationships give live significantly more purpose, and in business, they translate to resources, advice and stability. Trust is at the heart of these connections. These 15 signs are dead giveaways that you’re dealing with a keeper. 1. They are consistent. A trustworthy person will use roughly the same behavior and language in any situation. They
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By Bruce Hakutizwi There’s no doubt that buying into the right franchise at the right time can be a fantastic business opportunity for numerous reasons: Proven, duplicatable systems make startup and growth easy and scalable Established branding and national marketing support enhance your own marketing efforts Support from a parent company and community of fellow
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Any good executive or owner of a company knows that culture is king. It should be in their best interest to build an organization where shared values and virtues are held firmly, and where jerks, bullies, and troublemakers don’t thrive. Reason being, if your good workers and high performers are witnessing these toxic behaviors in action, as
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It’s an exciting time to be part of a startup. It seems like every time you turn your head, new, lean companies with big dreams are sprouting up between the cracks of traditional business. And even though the startup boom may be coming to a close, there are still innumerable old business models that stand
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After making a big noise about their broadening video ambitions, Facebook’s video content push seems to have eased off a little in recent months. That, in part, would appear to be due to poorer performance of their Watch platform than expected – according to a report from Digiday, Facebook has struggled to monetize Watch content,
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Marketing is a game of mirrors. Unless you’re familiar with the unspoken rules of the Internet, it can be very easy to mistake “industry experts” for people who know how to manipulate other people’s lack of knowledge. In fact, it has gotten to the point where I really struggle calling myself a “marketer” because of
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The sales landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade. Organizations are implementing sales enablement strategies in order to stay ahead of the market. These strategies help sellers improve productivity, accelerate the buyer’s journey, and ultimately reach their target sales goals faster than ever. If these are all goals you’re looking to accomplish with your sales
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In addition to being able to schedule posts via third-party tools, one of Instagram’s recent updates enables users to follow hashtags. Let’s count the ways on why this is a beautiful update: With the right hashtag strategy, this new feature can help you increase organic reach and gain new followers. Creating a branded hashtag,
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In a move to manage payment flow and simplify the end-to-end experience for sellers and buyers, eBay has signed an agreement with the leading global payments processor Adyen. By intermediating payments on its Marketplace platform, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) intends to improve the customer journey. PayPal, which has been in partnership with eBay for 15 years,
