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Use these 4 smart tricks to create and share customer testimonials. Nothing sells your product or service better than a passionate customer. Strong customer testimonials break the ice with prospects on the fence.
Read More »Build a Killer Enterprise App: 10 Rules
The best apps are always on, always alert, and always ready to help your employees seize an opportunity.
Read More »Sleepless night? How to fake a good night’s rest
Tossing and turning all night doesn't have to mean looking tired all day - here are some sneaky tips to look well-rested
Read More »Cruise lines stay the course in Puerto Vallarta
Cruise lines are staying the course and keeping Puerto Vallarta on the schedule, days after 22 Carnival passengers were robbed just outside the Mexican resort town during a ship-sponsored tour.
Read More »What to Do When Relationships Sour
Business relationships can sometimes turn bad. Heres how to protect your business from a bad breakup.
Read More »Prescription sleeping pills tied to increased risk for death, cancer
Doctor said taking sleeping pills, which include Ambien, Lunesta, and Sonata, may be "as risky as smoking cigarettes"
Read More »Video: Sleeping pills: New study shows big risks
A controversial new study suggests that taking Ambien, Lunesta or other prescription sleep aids may dramatically increase your risk of death and that people taking them are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Carl Bazil, director of Columbia University's Comprehensive Epilepsy and Sleep Center talks to Charlie Rose and Erica Hill.
Read More »New study finds big risk for sleeping pills
Study in British Medical Journal finds association between prescription drug sleep aids and increased risk of death
Read More »Get Your Focus Back: 7 Tips
You're in an epic battle against distractions--and most of the time you're on the losing side.
Read More »Is Your Social Media Marketing a Turn Off?
Turns out, the line between promoting your brand and cyber-stalking your customers is thinner than you think. Getting "liked" online in some form or another has become a de rigueur part of marketing. But a recent poll of consumers who use social networks suggests just how easy it is for companies to unwittingly convince people to click that invisible, but oh so potent, "hate" button.
Read More »4 Things a VC Will Never Tell You
You may regard your VC as a partner. Good! Just be aware that the VC may think of you as cannon fodder. To hear them tell it, venture capitalists aren't too different from entrepreneurs.
Read More »4 Steps to a Billion-Dollar Business Idea
There is an unprecedented opportunity today to make money while doing good for the world. Here's how to find a place to break in.
Read More »Guy Kawasaki’s Social Media Secret
The founder of Alltop.com explains his social media strategy (and tells uis why Google+ may overtake Facebook). Guy Kawasaki wears many hats.
Read More »Don’t Hire People Like Yourself
There's a weird tendency among business owners: to hire clones of themselves.
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