We’ve been hearing some negative economic news lately. But what may be the case for some — or could amount to nothing more than worries — may not be the case for others. Take, for instance, this report we got from Upwork this week. It identified the top 20 highest paid independent professionals in the […]
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It’s the end of the week so now is as good of a time as any to remind you that it’s soon time to take a little break. We’re reminding you after getting recent data from Asana. It finds that 82% of employees say they feel overworked. Now, this is a four-nation study so it’s
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Online security was a big topic in the past week. Of course, news broke mid-week about the big Capital One data breach. And we talked about how you can deal with that as a small business owner and entrepreneur. There’s a good chance your data was compromised in the attack in some way so be
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The debate on how many emails your business should send to customers and clients is as old as email itself. Or so it seems sometimes. How many is too much? How few are not enough? You look one way and you get told you’re not sending enough. And in another direction, you hear the complete
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There’s a lot of good news this week for small business owners that’s looking in the rear view. But let’s look a little bit ahead and some big news this week for some retail small businesses. New data from the National Retail Federation suggests that Back to School shoppers plan to spend $40 more this
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We’re always working anymore. We may post business hours on our office or stores but those don’t tell how much business owners are working before and after them. But maybe that’s because our customers are OK with it? That’s why we weren’t too surprised by the results of a new survey from Carphonewarehouse this week.
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Every year the federal government awards more than $500 billion to businesses across the country to complete work on its behalf. And every year, the federal government sets a goal to promise a portion of those contracts to small businesses. This week, we learned that the federal government once again hit that goal. In fact,
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If someone asks one of their voice assistants to find a business near them, will that person find your business? If you answered, “No” or “I don’t know” then now may be the time to find out. According to a new survey from SCORE we reported on this week, 58% of consumers now find local
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It’s the start of summer and that means thousands of seasonal businesses across the country finally get to open their doors to customers again. But it also means that authorities in communities across this country may be issuing citations that stomp out the entrepreneurial spirit in those most vulnerable of all summer entrepreneurs. We’re talking
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Are you giving your employees what they want? You might think that means, “Am I giving them more money?” Well, you’re probably right to a degree. But according to a new survey this week from Instructure, it’s not money — all the time — that forces employees away from your company. Instead, 70% say they’d
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