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If you want your audience to make a decision, you need to tell a good story.

Helping your employees set work-life boundaries is easy and prevents burnout. So why aren't you doing it

Sometimes the best way to keep your business growing is to analyze what would bring it to an end. Judge Smails (aka Ted Knight) once famously quipped in the iconic Caddyshack, "It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat

A rather nerdy analysis of the typical iPhone and Android home screen setup, and how each could be made more efficient. The folks who designed your life-capturing, brain-augmenting smartphone did the best with what they had, which was a phone meant to appeal to everyone.

How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers.

How you use technology not only reflects on you personally, but also on your company and its reputation. We now have the possibility to be connected continually: text messages, emails, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn… all of which can be accessed from our smartphones, our iPads, our computers

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How will people remember you long after you've found success?

Scrutinize your competitors, and become friends with them, too. You just might partner to pitch a client, buy one out (or vice versa), or grow the industry together. Here's a truth: At BzzAgent, the word-of-mouth marketing firm where I'm CEO, I go to ridiculous extremes to obtain information about our competitors.

It's not really about your score; it's about expanding your network and extending your reach. Here are 7 ways to do it. “We’d like to send you one of our new laptops,” the voice on the phone said

Desktop software is sold "by the seat." But a "by the hour" pricing structure offered by cloud-based apps means smaller businesses can put everyone on customer support--even, if necessary, the CEO. Customers are increasingly expecting to get help from companies through social media, like Twitter and Facebook, in addition to traditional channels like phone, email, and web. That's why Salesforce is launching a new application, called Desk.com, aimed at small and medium sized businesses (SMBs).

Put these on your list of tasks not to delegate this year. Fund raiser. Dishwasher.

Recognize any of these devices from your briefcase?

Catering to the assistants is the best way to get a call back from the bosses.