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How to Make Sales Your Top Priority

Success

And one thing you didn’t have in mind when you started your business was becoming a salesperson and a sales leader. The first mistake that entrepreneurs make is not recognizing that growing a business is all about sales. Adding customers and selling more to existing customers are the only ways to grow your business.

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How Assessments 24×7 Helps Stop Office Conflict and Increases Success with DISC

Success

Whether you’re interested in personal development , optimizing a small business workforce—or even stamping out office drama—more people are turning to personal assessments every year. Parker feels that DISC assessments can help people work together in efficient and constructive ways, even if their personal styles clash.

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Business owner beware: FLSA compliance and personal liability

Insperity

Because the burden of proof for FLSA compliance lies with the employer, not the employee, it’s vital for businesses to maintain accurate records related to hours worked and wages paid. It’s not uncommon for small businesses to have informal work arrangements, incomplete or non-existent job descriptions, or no employee handbook at all.

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Ep 187: Jamie Vanek on Restoring Respectability to the Assistant Role

Go Burrows

Jamie Vanek made the unexpected career leap from teaching to construction in 2007 and discovered a passion for project management and team leadership. Jamie Vanek made the unexpected career leap from teaching to construction in 2007 and discovered a passion for project management and team leadership.

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Everything you need to know about geofencing time clocks

BMT Office Administration

For example, construction companies often deal with multiple work sites at a time, which can become too much to keep track of manually. It also opens the doors for abuse, as it’s easy for construction employees to act like they’re at a work location when they’re actually somewhere else.

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What are your website visitors’ eyeballs worth?

Ruby

It’s a pivotal moment—the moment a visitor decides whether your business is worth thinking about and finding out about. So why do so many small businesses disregard it? In my experience, small businesses tend to focus on what visitors do with their fingers. After all, the eyes are the window to the sale. …Or

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10 dos and don’ts for business phone numbers

Ruby

Thank you for calling JP Construction. But your business phone is different. Calls are directly connected to financial outcomes, like how many sales you’re making. “thank you for calling” A mention of the answerer and/or company’s name A basic offer of assistance, such as “how may I help you?” This is Greg speaking.