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Ways to Avoid Reckless Holiday Spending that Could Wreck your Retirement
While an enjoyable part of the holiday season is giving to others, those nearing retirement would be prudent to give something back to themselves as the year nears its end. That’s the advice from some retirement planners: Reduce holiday spending to provide more money for one’s retirement savings. But it’s a well-known fact that much of […]
It’s That Time of the Year to Shop Small
In between the big-box holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday sits Small Business Saturday, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year — on Nov. 30. Created to help small businesses to capture a larger piece of the critical holiday season spending, this nationally recognized day celebrates the incredible contributions that small businesses make to their local
Why Salespeople Don’t Make More Sales
Things don’t go well for some salespeople. Simply put, they say they want to sell, but their numbers tell a different story. What’s missing? What needs to change? The answer may rest in how salespeople view their job. We can call it task tunnel vision. It’s common throughout business organizations, including sales departments. Here’s how
Healthy teeth, healthy finances: Making the case for oral health
Sponsored Content With salary, medical insurance, and retirement plans taking top billing in compensation packages, dental coverage can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. But
4 Tips For Steering Your Business Through Tough Times
Good times come with this certainty: They never last. For businesses, that means formidable challenges (a weak economy, new competition, a sea change in the marketplace) are always just around the corner, and unprepared business leaders face the potential for disaster. You don’t have the luxury of resting on your laurels. You have to keep
Tell Us What’s in Store for Your Business in 2020
Current macro-economic trends reflect a regional economy that is overall strong and growing. However, to truly get a clear, nuanced, and comprehensive picture of the region’s economy, we ask our CenterState CEO members annually to share their expertise through our economic forecast survey and focus groups. Members can take this year’s survey through this link: https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=157177508200 CenterState CEO
CNY Tweets – November 18, 2019
Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, HR, and career tips. SBA @SBAgovDid you know @sbirgov programs provide U.S. small businesses more than $3.7B in early stage R&D funding per year to develop breakthrough technologies of tomorrow? More information available at http://ow.ly/wnsv50wUjC5 IRS Small Biz @IRSsmallbiz#IRS to business
Some Thoughts for Employee-Benefits Season
— “Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of the employees, they will take care of the clients.” — Richard Branson The famous white duck, perhaps the most recognizable mascot on television, just may be the most effective marketer in the insurance industry. Before you finished that sentence, you knew who
Open enrollment: Not just about group health-plan selection anymore
Remember how open enrollment used to go? Your agent would come to your business location, review the goals of your company and how they related to the health-insurance plans you offered to employees. You would review benefit levels, deductibles, claims experience (for larger companies), how many plan choices to provide, and what funding levels you
Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, HR, and career tips. Clay Sanford @Sanford_IRSIf you’re a #smallbiz owner who employs a spouse: #IRS has important tax information you need to know. https://go.usa.gov/xVvek SBA @SBAgov#DidYouKnow out of the $500 billion in U.S. government contracts awarded every year, 23%
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