Social Media: A Race You Can't Afford to Lose + MORE

When you are having a great relationship with your family and relatives, it’s tempting to take your relationship to work in a business venture. However, I’ve witnessed so many relationships are becoming broken because of business-related issues. Why can things just work like the way it is when running a family business?

There are some answers to the question: Different business aspiration, different business principles and policies, and so on…

I’m a small business owner, a contractor, a writer, a wife, a daughter and a mom, among many other things. To say that I wear many hats is to say that summers in Arizona are hot. It’s not even summer here and I’m sweating, and yes, I wear more than a few hats. It’s a wonderful thing to be able to work from home, manage your own team, direct your own course and, well, be your own boss…

A surprising number of college students don’t use the professional-social network. Here’s why that’s a mistake — especially for young entrepreneurs.

Whether you are a small medical company dealing with private data, or a small financial company having to navigate the regulatory rules surrounding social media, there’s no way around it: interacting via social networks is getting increasingly complex. Make sure you have a working compass.

Frequently overlooked and hidden deep within our marketing tool box is the ultimate marketing vehicle for your business – you! These marketing traits are often overlooked but are pivotal to long-term success.

Are You a Trained, SEO Copywriter?
If not, please stop writing your company’s content!
If you are writing your own copy for all of your marketing needs, but you are not a trained, SEO (search engine optimization) copywriter, stop! You may think you are saving time and money, but you are actually losing out on dramatically increased sales and online awareness…

Choosing an office space in a strategic locale can help grow your business. Here are six factors to keep in mind when considering where to base your business.

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Personal finance expert and author Linsey Knerl tells AllBusiness.com about the best ways for home-based businesses to save money while building a fully functional home office.

Flextime, where employees work a flexible schedule, is starting to become more and more desirable in today’s marketplace.
Why?  Well it offers a number of benefits to both the employee and the employer.
If your business is thinking about flextime, here are some things to consider:
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At a panel with Dylan Lauren and Coco Rocha, the fashion icon explains what it takes for women entrepreneurs to succeed.Iman never aspired to become a fashion icon, but when she was approached by world-renowned photographer Peter Beard, he made her an offer she couldn’t turn down. “At first I said, ‘I’m not that kind of girl,'” she joked at the Secrets of Start-Up Queens panel held in New York yesterday…

An interview with Jonah Berger, Wharton School professor and author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On.

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