Read a really interesting article today in the Washington Post called Career Coach: Talk to employees before they leave. The article spends a fair amount of time providing rationale about why exit interviews are something that should always be done but their value is suspect for a variety of reasons including: Posing the right questions, or not. Ill […]
Blogging for Small Businesses – Starting with a Bang
As more small businesses are starting to acknowledge the importance of online presence, an increasing number of blog posts are emerging about the benefits of blogging for small businesses. Small business owners are reading these anecdotal success stories from fellow entrepreneurial newbies and industry experts alike and, feeling overwhelmed with power and ambition, decide to […]
Your Blogging Business Review
You know, I get contacted almost every day by people who want me to review their products, services, themes, plugins, and books. I must say that I can not respond to every request, so I carefully pick what I think is a winning horse. Your Blogging Business eBook that I am reviewing today is an […]
Do You Follow The Right Twitter Feeds?
As a busy, growing company, you don’t want to waste your time sifting through tweets to find something helpful. More often than not, a company’s twitter feed is controlled by a single individual who uses it to tweet personal messages. You don’t care about @tonysmith’s birthday or @MaryQ’s new baby. Luckily, you’ll find a few […]
Small Business; Turn negative things into positive by being creative and open
Before working as an SEO consultant, I used to own my own retail shop. It was a small sporting goods store called Soccer Nation selling soccer gear and products. I later cashed out by selling the shop to my bigger competitor in the area. My best time of the year was the start of soccer […]
Small Business Sales Compensation: How to Pay for Performance but Not Over Pay
If one had to generally summarize the role of a sales compensation plan, it would be to serve two purposes. Firstly, it provides and communicates a framework for a sales rep to understand what is expected of them and what they will get (monetarily) for their efforts. Secondly, the compensation plan provides a guideline to […]