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February, 2012

The Importance of Data Destruction for Businesses

Submitted by Robert Dean on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 11:47
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When starting up your very own small business, it is important to do thorough research into legal areas in relation to your type of business. There will also be legislation that applies to all businesses including laws relating to the privacy and confidentiality of your clients and their information. Taking this information into consideration will help to secure the long term future of your company and safeguard its reputation.

How to Build a Dependable Workforce: Using Background Checks

Submitted by Dave Thomas on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 12:21
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Hiring process is an important part of every business. The question is how to ensure that your company adds the right employees to the team. The infographic from Business.com will help you find the right answer. You can learn about the potential pitfalls of not performing a thorough check on prospective employees’ resumes during the hiring process, as well as you will find some great tips on how to improve the hiring process.

How to Start a Business on EBay: 3 Most Important Things You Need to Know

Submitted by Ewen Chia on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 18:27
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If you are an avid customer of eBay, you have probably wondered if you too can sell items there. Your most frequent question is probably how to start a business on eBay? Well, wonder no more. Here is some sneak peak on how you too can be a businesswoman on eBay:

10 Ways to Realize Hidden Opportunities

Submitted by Jeff Beals on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 10:45
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"Great moments are born from great opportunities," said the late Herb Brooks, one of the world's most famous hockey coaches.

Brooks certainly seized opportunity during his career. He agreed to coach the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that beat the "unbeatable" Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York during the famous "Miracle on Ice" game on the way to winning the gold medal. It was a modern-day "David vs. Goliath" matchup. Many coaches would refuse such an overwhelmingly difficult job. In fact, several did.

All Successful Entrepreneurs Follow This Strategy

Submitted by TJ Philpott on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:15
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All successful entrepreneurs follow a simple strategy which goes a long way towards their ability to build a profitable business! In this case we are speaking about internet entrepreneurs and the simple 3 step process they follow to build successful online incomes! This is not to say building a profitable business online is as simple as 1-2-3 but rather to break down the 3 step process involved!

Managing Your Budget Effectively

Submitted by James Bentham on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 11:39
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As a project manager, you are tasked with the responsibility to deliver projects on time and on budget. Often, this requires the ability to work with your own team of professionals as well as related third party vendors. This stress is combined with other factors, such as the possibilities that you may be working on multiple projects at a time. Managing your budget is often a more challenging aspect of the job for many project managers, but there are some tips you can apply to simplify this task and improve the likelihood of delivering your projects on budget. 

A Beginner's Guide to Social Media

Submitted by Todd Bailey on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 16:25
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As most developers already know, social media is becoming a much bigger part of the search engine optimization picture.  Traditionally, most SEO campaigns have been reliant on a combination of keywords, content and HTML code.  Although those factors are still very important to utilize, the rise of social media has added a new element to the mix.  Today, social networking sites rank amongst the most highly trafficked on the entire Internet and that traffic hasn't been ignored by search engines.  In fact, Google has even launched Google+ and the Search Plus Your World feature as their response to the social phenomenon.  Using an Internet marketing company can help with this.  As with any SEO technique, leveraging social media can be a difficult and time consuming process, but there are some proven methods to get the most out of a social-focused campaign.