The labor market today is becoming a richer and more varied tapestry of options than it has ever been. We still have the traditional salaried and hourly employees, but we have a whole new slate of self-employed or semi-self-employed (the Department of Labor is going to love that term!) workers, including virtual assistants, freelancers, peer-to-peer […]
A friend is a ham radio operator and he remembers Radio Shack from the days when it was a paradise for electronic hobbyists. He told me that at one point he hadn’t been in a Radio Shack for several years, but when he did return he thought he had walked into some kind of oddly […]
We recently looked at the big picture of “social proof” and discussed how powerful it can be as part of your marketing efforts. Customer testimonials are one of the most important social proofs you can deploy to boost your business, and there are two critical steps you need to accomplish to be successful. You must: […]
A friend of mine once worked at a large chemical company and one day everyone in his department was called together for a meeting. A team was arriving soon from their Japan branch and everyone was going to work together for a few months. The point of the meeting was to teach the American workers […]
Brother recently released its annual small business survey and one of the notable results revealed was that small business owners continue to feel stressed out and stretched thin by their work: 35 percent would like to cut back on their roles and responsibilities. 26 percent want to take more time off. 20 percent feel they […]