Serve, don't sell: Making the most of Twitter

Serve, don't sell: Making the most of Twitter: Six easy steps to put Twitter to work for your business

Nine Ways Employers Screw Up Hiring

Nine Ways Employers Screw Up Hiring: Honesty tests, "Must know Excel," "Where do you see yourself in five years?" and all the other nonsense that bedevils the hiring process

Nine Ways To Build Customer Loyalty

Nine Ways To Build Customer Loyalty: Loyal customers spend more, provide free word of mouth promotion and visit more often.  Yet small businesses often focus on chasing new customers as a way to improve the bottom line.  Here are ten simple ways to increase loyalty and build profits.

Planning: "You become what you think about"

Planning: "You become what you think about": Are you planning for success or failure?

8 Simple Ways To Drive More Traffic to Your Website

8 Simple Ways To Drive More Traffic to Your Website: Website traffic isn’t one of those elusive goals that only the big companies can achieve. It’s entirely possible for a small business to generate impressive traffic, which can ultimately lead to bigger revenues. Following are some simple strategies to boost your visibility online.

Three New Answers to the Question: What is Leadership?

Three New Answers to the Question: What is Leadership?: What are the new requirements of leaders in an economy that's transforming before our eyes?

7 Ways To Financially Empower Your Kids

7 Ways To Financially Empower Your Kids: In the last 20 years, the American childhood experience has undergone dramatic changes. Thanks to technology, we see new opportunities for learning, developing and innovating. Take tablets, smartphones, video games and laptops for instance. Even the youngest of today's adults didn't have these types of gadgets until they were older.

How To Boost Your Confidence At Work

How To Boost Your Confidence At Work: All high achievers have two attributes in common. The one you hear about is their self-confidence--the inner sense they can overcome challenges more often than not. What is often forgotten (or ignored) is that most people who enjoy self-confidence were once plagued by fears born of imagined or actual inadequacies. The

The Four Cs Of Effective Client Communications

The Four Cs Of Effective Client Communications: In today’s fast-paced world, where news travels faster then ever before, people demand and expect information when they want it and how they want it. If you don’t provide it to them, either someone else will or they will find it themselves.

Gifts for horrible bosses

Gifts for horrible bosses: Monday is National Bosses Day. Other than a swift kick to the rear end, what do you give a horrible boss? Here are five gifts that will keep your boss's butt safe and you, hopefully, still gainfully employed.

Lessons I Learned from Interviewing Over A Thousand Financial Planners

Lessons I Learned from Interviewing Over A Thousand Financial Planners: Over the years, I’ve personally interviewed over a thousand financial planners as part of our recruiting process at Financial Finesse.

Six Tricks To Make Coupons Work For You

Six Tricks To Make Coupons Work For You:
You probably think that coupons save you money, and if you use them correctly, you're right. However, stores and manufacturers issue coupons to increase their total sales, which means that if you aren't careful, you can end up overspending when you shop with coupons. Coupons expose consumers to additional advertising,

What hit me? Your risk-management primer

What hit me? Your risk-management primer: Trouble comes in bunches. Better to be ready now than when the pressure's on.

What’s your B2B marketing mandate?

What’s your B2B marketing mandate?: Simplify your marketing into three critical customer phases for better results

How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business

How to Take a New Product from Just an Idea to a Business: Scott Hamlin, the founder of the innovative upcycling company Looptworks, shares his views on the importance of knowing who your customers will be, how you're going to distribute your product and what makes it meaningful and different.

Lessons in Startup Survival from the Downturn

Lessons in Startup Survival from the Downturn: Startups large and small have sprung from downturns. Here's how they've managed.

Interview Body Language Mistakes That Can Cost You The Job

Interview Body Language Mistakes That Can Cost You The Job: Your perfectly manicured résumé, flawless cover letter and brilliant responses to tough interview questions might make you a strong job candidate?but forget to smile, slouch in your chair or fail to make eye contact during the interview, and you could be out of the running.

Stephen R. Covey Revisits The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey Revisits The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: I caught up with Stephen R. Covey to have him reflect on his worldwide bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, over two decades later. First written in 1989, it has now sold over twenty million copies in 38 languages! Dr. Covey has been recognized as one of Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential Americans. He is the co-founder and vice chairman of FranklinCovey, the leading global professional services firm with offices in 123 countries. He is also the author of The 8th Habit and his forthcoming book is called "The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems." It will be released on October 4th. In this interview, he reviews and emphasizes many of the points made in his book and it is truly inspirational and timeless advice.

10 Tips To Improve Family Office Investing

10 Tips To Improve Family Office Investing: Wealthy individuals and family offices have, generally through hard work and sometimes just plain luck, been blessed with financial success. Yet contrary to popular belief, they often are not nearly as successful when it comes to investing their money. When I first began working with the wealthy (as opposed to my pension fund clients) I was surprised to find that they were so prone to make, shall we say, less-than-optimal investment decisions. I presumed that given their extensive capabilities and resources, these investors were relatively astute in investment matters. Not necessarily.

How to Estimate Startup Costs

How to Estimate Startup Costs: Get an idea of how much money you'll need by creating three quick lists and making a few educated guesses.