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Super Bowl Promotions and Preparations: How 8 Small Businesses Are Bracing for the Big Game

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They are coming: Taylor, Travis and about a zillion other people are headed to Las Vegas to witness the festivities for Super Bowl LVIII—and small businesses across the city are hoping to capture the economic boost through Super Bowl promotions and preparations. And we hold off on business travel to Phoenix and Los Angeles.

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Workplace and property firms must wake up to the new era of networked businesses

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Each person in that network is not only responsible for fulfilling their own duties as part of the network, they also have to sell their value, report their successes, and communicate constantly … with the parts of the network with which they interact”. Once held together by risk and liability management, what binds firms together now?

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Getting real about climate change

Ruby

After a historically cold winter that shut down the power grid for days, the state and its communities took months to recover. The outages had affected everything from the state’s water supply to train lines to manufacturing. A statewide power outage disrupts manufacturing and transportation lines, causing shipping delays.

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Coopetition: how to grow your business by partnering with a competitor

Ruby

The book details these types of partnerships between businesses in a variety of sectors, from car manufacturers to software and hardware designers. For years, Samsung has manufactured screens for Apple’s iPhones. What’s more, this kind of all-out competitive mindset tends to keep small businesses small.

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How to Break Up with Your Business Partner

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When clients call for help in dealing with business partners, “Almost every single time, there has been a communication breakdown, and no one is speaking to each other,” Elster says. To avoid this kind of interpersonal standstill, Elster suggests making it a priority to keep communication going. You don’t want that,” she says.

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Worker shortage explained: what 2021’s workforce issues mean for your business

Ruby

The shortage includes a dearth of candidates for highly technical positions in the fields of operations/logistics and manufacturing/production as well as countless unfilled roles that emphasize communication—jobs in areas such as customer service, office administration, and sales/marketing.

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The secret ingredients to boosting your brand and winning customer loyalty

Ruby

For example, when Coca-Cola partnered with K-pop group BTS , the drink manufacturer earned an 83% increase in brand interest. Small businesses can benefit from collaboration too— even with their competitors !) Keep branding consistent. The result is added extrinsic value to both of your products and services.