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How To Motivate Unproductive Employees

There are clear and specific steps you can take. We’ve taken a look at how to retainhot-shot employees.  It’s a good problem to have.  But what if you’re suffering the opposite, and probably more common, circumstance: unproductive employees?  Let’s not get into the best ways to let them know they’re fired.  Instead, let’s look at ... Read more...

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Best Home Business: Start a Green Cleaning Company

Green cleaning fills a niche and isn't expensive to start. It can be hard to know which type of business to start up, and finding a good niche can be at least half the battle.  Keeping on top of the latest trends is key, and that’s what we’re here for.  Each year, a few hot ... Read more...

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Think and Act Like Mary Kay Ash

Belief and positivity have fueled Ash's success Mary Kay Ash came upon her business empire in a way that is anything but textbook. But if not “by the book,” it was from a book. Her project, a book to help women in business mutated into an actual business plan, and that exploded into an actual ... Read more...

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Pitfalls To Avoid When Starting Up

Today's topic is survival, mortality. It's about strapping on the Kevlar and loading your weapon for the war ahead. In the face of the doom and gloom statistics about failure rates of businesses, it takes a fight to stay alive. And it also requires smart decisions and poise. Here are a few tips for beating ... Read more...

Alternatives to Paypal: Wepay

Alternatives to Paypal: Wepay

Today’s installment in alternatives to Paypal is quite an alternative indeed, a special and unique payment tool. Wepay is a payment platform for platforms. Wepay is designed to work to facilitate payments with platform-based enterprises such as crowdfunding, small business software, and online marketplaces. Wepay believes that these platforms cause important connections in society and ... Read more...