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Project Management for Small Business Owners – Part 1
From formal project management courses to new age disciplines, there are many theories of project management. Some are strict,?Ǭ†some are more fluid, but all have the goal of getting a project done. Tools such as Microsoft Project have made the field and practice of project management all the more visible over the years. No matter [… Read More]
How long should you keep your tax records?
It’s an age-old question one never really knows the answer to: how long should you keep your tax records? The length of time you should keep a document depends on the action, expense, or event the document records. Generally, you must keep your records that support an item of income or deductions on a tax [… Read More]
Monday Motivation – January 4, 2010
Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood. Make big plans, aim high in home and work and let your watchword be order and you beacon beauty. -David Burnham In Chip & Dan Heath’s book, Made To Stick. One of the principles they share is the importance having compelling story. How [… Read More]
How To Hire & Manage Interns
Small businesses in Northeast Ohio ?Ǭ†– and across America, for that matter – have long used college student interns and recent grads as a helpful, low-cost human resource. Student interns are capable, motivated and ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú if well managed ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú highly valuable to your business. A great number of high school, college, graduate and vocational school [… Read More]
Get Creative! Making Team Meetings More Powerful with White boards…
I love a good brainstorming session. Something about taking a group of smart people and throwing ideas on the wall. Be they good, bad, or otherwise — it’s a great way to get all the options & all the issues up in your face. I recently toured some facilities with white board walls all around [… Read More]
How I Wasted $6843 on Adwords
This is the tale of a hubris, addiction, and greed. Ok. It’s really the story of how I let myself be a real dumbass. In fairness to myself, I had budgeted $7,000 for marketing tests associated with this publication’s launch. This is common practice in the direct marketing field, in fact I’ve seen campaigns lose [… Read More]
My Morning Checklist
A little while ago I wrote some articles on the importance of standardized process and one on the importance of planning your day. In discussing this topic with a friend here in Akron, he asked to see the checklist I use as well as an example of my morning work plan. So, I decided to [… Read More]