photo credit: TheeErin Customer loyalty for a small business is as much about brand perception as it is about brand behavior. Your loyalty efforts can go a long way towards bringing people back into your store, but you can’t expect their return alone to bring profits. For that you need to continue driving value, service […]
Springwise: Much the way Webkinz pets are more than just stuffed animals, so t-shirts can be more than just t-shirts when they forge links to the online world. The conversation-starters offered by Reactee, Shyno and Augme are one type of example; now bringing a new purpose to such connections comes The Music Tee, a shirt
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 photo credit: kevindooley Today businesses are sorting through a stack of employment applications wondering which ones will be the best choice for their company. The more applicants makes it harder to choose whom you think will be the best fit not just for the company but for the current employees as well. Here are
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Fortune Small Business: Matthew Fitch learned it the hard way: Sometimes you’ve got to look — twice! — before you leap. Fitch, 38, is the owner of Aerial Adventures Demos in Hopewell, Va., one of a handful of national parachuting companies that drop skydivers into outdoor events, with clients including San Francisco’s Emerald Bowl and
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photo credit: wohnai Chegg is a textbook rental website, and they began renting boks before it actually owned any! When an order came in, its employees would surf the Web to find a cheap copy. They would buy the book using Mr. Rashid’s American Express card and have it shipped to the student. Eventually, Chegg
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photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography Yes it is tragic when we continue to see the unemployment rate rise every month, it is depressing for most of us and stressful wondering if our job is the next to get cut. However, small business is actually benefiting from the high rise in unemployment, and we all know
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Entrepreneur: Without a doubt, an entrepreneur’s biggest fear is failing–understandably, because 95 percent of all businesses fail within the first five years, Colleen Long, a psychologist who specializes in entrepreneurship, says. When you’re starting with those kinds of odds, it’s OK to be a little freaked out. The list of what-ifs is endless: What if
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 photo credit: trekkyandy Consulting Pulse posted an article that I felt brought up a very good point. While today we can stay connected to more people in more ways and places than our parents ever could have, we still shouldn’t rely just on online tools to do business. You never know when your computer will
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Internet Retailer: Threats by retailers to cut off affiliate marketing relationships in states that are trying to tax sales generated by affiliates have had an effect. The governors of California and Hawaii have vetoed legislation that would have imposed such taxes in those states. The governors acted after such major online retailers as Amazon.com Inc.,
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Franchising.com: Rob Goggins, vice president of franchise development for Great Clips, Inc., announced the Grand Opening of the company’s newest franchised salon in the University Square Shopping Center in Bozeman, Montana. “This manager-run salon is located at a high-traffic area at Main Street and South 23rd,” said Goggins. “The center is anchored by Albertsons and
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