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Amazon's High Tech, Checkout Free Grocery Store Opens Today

Small Business Labs

Amazon opened their brick and mortar, cashier-less store of the future today in Seattle. Called Amazon Go , it looks like a very high-tech version of a 7-11 convenience store. It has a selection of salads, sandwiches and beverages (including beer and wine), ready-to-eat meals, produce and meats.  Recode has a very nice photo tour of the store , which is where the picture below comes from.

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How Do I Increase My Brand Value? PART 1

Office Dynamics

By Anel Martin. “Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room” – Jeff Bezos. I have to thank Jeff, as I have not found a better way to explain personal brands in all the years I have been exploring the subject. There are a few things we need to understand ( from my point of view and experience ) when it comes to brand: Your brand already exists (whether you know it or not).

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What’s the Biggest Blocker Holding You Back in Your Job Search?

Practically Perfect PA

It’s that time of year, when we start reflecting on what we have achieved, question if we are on the right path and possibly asking ourselves if we are adding value or creating an impact in any way. Even if it’s just on a small scale. Now normally I’m not a big advocate for choosing […].

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3 Ways to Set Meaningful Career Goals

On The Job

A recent survey by Accountemps finds that 93% of workers say that goal setting is important to their on-the-job performance. Makes sense. But here's the part that doesn't make sense: While 51% say they talk to their managers about their goals -- 11% never even bring up the subject. I'm pretty sure that most managers are not mind readers (despite the fact they seem to know when to call a meeting at the exact minute you're trying to leave work early).

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Euromonitor's Top 10 Global Consumer Trends for 2018

Small Business Labs

Euromonitor International recently released their 2018 Top 10 Global Consumer Trends list,  which are listed in the chart below. We found all the trends interesting, but we especially liked two trends that we also follow closely - the shift to access over ownership and the rise of entrepreneurship. Key quote from the report summary: Consumers of all ages want and need less.

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Podcast 087: Design thinking, part 2

Clutter Coach

by Subscribe: iTunes ? Stitcher ? Soundcloud ? YouTube ? Google Play. You can leave a review here! This is Podcast 87 and it’s about the other three stages of design thinking: ideate, prototype and test. This carries on from the previous podcast. Ideate means coming up with ideas to address the problem you identified in phase 2. This is the time to go wild and think up as many ideas as you can.

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Why You Keep Getting Overlooked at Work

On The Job

Take a minute and look at what you're wearing right now. Are they the same clothes you wore in college? Or similar enough that you could have worn them in college? Now, take a look at your work area. Do you still have the beer mug you won in a chugging contest sitting on your desk -- along with your calendar of "Hottest Fire Fighters Ever?" The reason I ask is because people often wonder why they're not getting ahead at work.

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Romancing the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

According to research by Chris Larsen, a professor at the University of Colorado, the median income for romance authors has tripled during the e-book era. The chart below, from her article  Shades of green: What gig economy workers can learn from the success of romance writers,  shows how romance writers have seen their income increase even as the income of other authors have declined.   Larsen's articel was originally published in The Conversation.

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3 Ways To Get More For Your Money When You Start A Business

Small Business CEO

It’s one thing to run a business and it’s another to grow your business. The difference between the two is the use of the Pareto Principle, better known as the 80-20 rule. According to this principle, 80 percent of your results will come from only 20 percent of your efforts. Since the aim of every business is to increase profits, a person who runs a business focuses on marketing and sales.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Time to Get Organised!

Three Shots Ahead

I began the year staring down in hopelessness at the pile of receipts, books and papers falling off their supposedly organised piles, melting into a collage of admin that hadn’t been touched during the month long frenzy of busyness also known.

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Putting A Bow On 2017 & Unwrapping A New Year

My EA Career

In Australia we are about to enjoy our first public holiday for the new year and it feels like I’ve taken almost the entire month of January to get onboard with the fact that it’s 2018! It’s probably just me but it feels like the new year won’t have started properly until my three children go back to school. Thankfully that’s imminent!

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Undoing Things with Alison Stratten

Productivityist

On this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Alison Stratten of Unmarketing. Alison is a writer, marketer, podcaster, parent and also a fellow Canadian. I had a great time talking with her. Here are a few highlights from the show: The line between personal information and business marketing. The roles of work and family. Alison’s story.

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How to Start Your Investment Portfolio Construction

Small Business CEO

Starting an investment portfolio can be an intimidating task. Whether you are planning to monitor and trade regularly or set up a one and done growth portfolio, the amount of time it can take to set up a solid plan for growth with your money can shake even the most stedfast of us. Although it can be intimidating, setting up a stock portfolio is a great way to build your wealth over time, and can even be the reason you never “work” again.

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Mandatory COVID Vaccination Policy Template

New vaccine mandates and testing policies will affect employers with more than 100 workers. Get Paycor’s free, customizable vaccination policy template to communicate critical details and new requirements to your employees. Get Paycor’s Template today!

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Business Landing Pages

Small Business CEO

Business landing pages need to pop. Consumers and clients are very picky, and who can blame them when there are so many options at their disposal? Statistics show that 81% of shoppers do research online before making a purchase, 22% of businesses are happy with their conversion rates, and 72% of consumers who did a local search visited a store that was within 5 miles of their location.

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Business Taxes That Small E-Commerce Businesses Should Be Aware Of

Small Business CEO

Managing taxes for your business is, well, taxing. It involves a lot of paperwork and several receipts, all of which you need to properly sort out and file. Even if you’re running a small business , taxes are still part of your responsibility, and this same goes for small e-commerce businesses. Are Online Businesses Required To Pay Taxes? One common misconception is that selling online does not involve paying taxes.

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How to Keep Your Business Safe From Cyberthreats

Small Business CEO

If you think your company is too small to be vulnerable to cybercrime, think again. It’s not just big companies like Target and Experian that face cyberthreats to information security and assets. Companies of all sizes are vulnerable. But, unlike Target and Experian, your small business likely doesn’t have the resources to recover from a data breach or other cybercrime.

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4 Skills to Master for Improving Business Processes

Small Business CEO

Business owners often look for ways their companies can improve. After all, nothing is ever perfect and the more your company evolves, the more likely it is you’ll succeed long-term. Fortunately, improving your business doesn’t mean you have to make drastic changes. There are small skills everyone in your company can learn to help improve your business processes.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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3 Steps to Choosing the Best Website Hosting Plan for Your Small Business

Small Business CEO

As a small business owner, you have to make many decisions when it comes to how to set up and run your business. You have to decide where you’ll be located, what you’ll sell, how much you’ll charge, and what type of customer you want to serve. Well, one of these decisions also involves choosing the best website hosting plan for your company’s online presence.

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The Culinary Tastemaker – 10 Tips For Effective Hospitality Management

Small Business CEO

Whether you’re new to the business of hospitality management, or looking to improve and develop your rapport with staff and customers, there may be factors you’re overlooking or unsure of approaching. The following 10 tips are aimed at making your management (and your business) more effective – without leaving any passive-aggressive notes. 1. Look The Part (Without the Cost).

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The Rise of Do-It-Yourself Home Business Security

Small Business CEO

Running a home business? If so, then home security is even more important for you. Not only protecting your personal well-being, but you also need to protect your business’ continuity. Indeed, it’s essential for peace of mind. It doesn’t matter if you live in a normally safe neighborhood. Unwanted, nefarious intrusions can happen anywhere, at any time.

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Tips on How to Make Your Small Business Stand Apart From the Rest

Small Business CEO

Owning your own small business has many benefits, but they are benefits only awarded to the few willing to put in the work to receive them. With seemingly so many willing to at least attempt the feat, it is difficult to make your business stand apart from the rest in a beneficial way. It’s rather easy to grab the spotlight for failure. It happens every day.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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The Power of Anticipation

Small Business CEO

As a professional you experience a multitude of problems on daily basis. If you don’t know how to handle all the pressure, then you’ll break. So, what should a professional do? Read on. “Just try and be present” is something people with anxiety and stress hear an awful lot. It’s not bad advice, but it’s also a little vague. No one really says what “being present” means.

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Outsourcing Marketing Functions: 7 Things Chief Marketing Officers Should Consider

Small Business CEO

While outsourcing exists in every nook and cranny of various industries, it is the B2B marketing sector, which is rapidly expanding with its aid. However, for the chief marketing officers (CMOs), outsourcing functions need more thought that you could imagine. We’ve seen copious examples of this with the outsourcing commercials. And at present, it has expanded to digital content creation, analytics and so on and so forth.

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