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Adding Legal Help to Your Small-business Team

By Glenn Muske

Scales of Justice

At some point, you will need the support and expertise of an attorney as you operate your small business. Often, though, owners delay adding that member to your business team. The thought is that you, the owner, will know when you need such help. But that line of thought has two major issues. First, you […]

September 6, 2017 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: effective management, legal, small business management, small business success, small business team, success

Networking Isn’t a One-Time Event

By Glenn Muske

Want to have a successful small business? Then build your network. Comments like this are not uncommon. Good networking is one factor in building a successful, sustainable small-business. Both anecdotal information and research supports such claims. We have written about it previously in this blog when discussing “Networking for Business Success.” Most articles, like this […]

August 23, 2017 Filed Under: rural, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: business success, business tools, effective management, networking, small business success, success

Effective Marketing

By Glenn Muske

Marketing

I am not a regular television watcher but happened to catch a “60 Minutes” episode recently (http://tinyurl.com/60Minutes-socialmedia). The episode focused on how influencers are marketing using social media. Although I follow and use several social media platforms to help reach small-business owners, most of this information was new to me. But it was not surprising. […]

August 16, 2017 Filed Under: marketing, rural, Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: marketing effective marketing, online marketing, small business, small business marketing, small business success, success

Time to Hire?

By Glenn Muske

Help wanted

Help? I am swamped. So get an ad in the paper and get some employees, right? Sorry, this isn’t the time. When you are overwhelmed is not the time you want to hire someone for several reasons. First and foremost, you will rush the process. Steps will be skipped such as reference checking. Second, you […]

August 9, 2017 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: business growth, effective management, growth, hiring, human resources, management, personnel, small business success, success

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