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Looking for marketing ideas that work? Here are 20 proven ways to market a small business.

To some, networking simply means contacting someone new for a one-off discussion. But networking can be a useful life skill that can help you achieve more than you could possibly ever do on your own.

What’s holding you back? Rob Ashkenas, managing partner of Shaffer Consulting, points out the root of the problem, and smart ways to fix it.Slowdowns are inevitable, but to get through those slumps, you’ve got to know what’s behind them, says Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Shaffer Consulting, in The Harvard Business Review…

He is said to be the happiest man in the world. His name is Matthieu Ricard and he is a molecular geneticist turned Buddhist monk who resides at the Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal.
Ricard has spent a lifetime exploring the concept of happiness. As Ricard says;
“whatever we do, whatever we hope, whatever we dream – somehow is related to a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness”…

As a freelancer or an artist you might have the advantage of working for yourself and loving what you do but one of the critical issues for you may be pricing your work. How to put a price on a work of art or one off project? That is something which can be a bit of a deal breaker for most freelancers and artists like you…

More than a year ago, I did something crazy. I quit my job, purchased several plane tickets and traveled the world for six months, training and living with the world’s best athletes and their coaches in an attempt to answer questions like: Why have the world’s best middle-distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are 137 of the world’s 500 best female golfers from South Korea? What is the secret behind Brazil’s mass production of soccer superstars?

These gold mines of world-class…

Despite achieving success, many business leaders doubt their skills. Here are four tips to help overcome impostor syndrome.

Many small business owners have too much on their daily schedule to cover all the necessary bases in running a successful company.
With that being said, how can you put yourself in position to successfully get the right amount of promotion for your company, allowing you to get your name in front of as many potential customers as possible?
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At last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) conference and show, both Microsoft and Sony unveiled their new gaming consoles which will be released this holiday season. While both systems support a wide variety of games, they each have unique differentiating features. Microsoft’s Xbox One, for instance, provides strong integration with television, Internet, and Skype…

The world moves fast and if you can’t keep up, your company is doomed. Here are five skills that every leader must have to run a company in today’s culture.

When the merger of Britvic and A.G. Barr was announced late last year it looked set to create one of the biggest drinks companies in Europe. However the deal seems to have run into some difficulties and has been referred to the anti-trust watchdog due to concerns over competition laws.
In the meantime Britvic has revealed the merger of their own British and Irish arms, which will result in a major reshuffling, loss of jobs and a projected saving of £30 million by 2016…

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Before protesters engulfed Turkey’s Taksim Square, the country had become a rising star for businesses and entrepreneurs.