by Linda Fayerweather | Sep 29, 2014 | Business Culture, Business Management, Planning for Business
Working at a library, I know the marketing books for the small business is a huge section in our 658.8s shelves at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. A recent addition by Scott Stratten, QR Codes Kill Kittens: How to Alienate Customers, Dishearten Employees, and...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Aug 18, 2014 | Business Culture, Business Management, Employee Management
My friend told me an interesting story about a recent job interview she had gone to. The position was entry level, just about the lowest position you could get in the company. The position only required a high school graduate level education. Considering that, my...
by Tiffiny Fayerweather | Jul 7, 2014 | Business Management, Employee Management
Hiring can be difficult but knowing what you want in your management can make or break the way your company is perceived by the public. A bad leader can create a negative atmosphere that will spread itself throughput your company and eventually into your customer...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jun 30, 2014 | Business Management, Employee Management
Last week I talked about Who Has The Keys To Your Business? which got me thinking about what else to do when an employee leaves or is terminated. So I made a list! Have the employee do exit paperwork. This paper work could be any thing from 401k transfer permission to...
by Jeff Mendelsohn | Jun 23, 2014 | Business Management
As I write this I am sitting here staring at a set of keys I found while cleaning out my desk. The keys don’t belong to me. They belong to a business I use to work for a very long time ago. The one key opens both the front and back door to the main shop. The...
by Linda Fayerweather | Jun 16, 2014 | Business Management, Saving Time
If you are like me, you may dream of having just an extra hour each day to do ________________. You fill in the blank. What would you do with an extra 60 minutes? Fill in the next three lines because if you know what you would spend an extra hour each day doing. ...