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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Hire fewer employees until you’re bursting at the seems with work for the ones you have.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

It can also keep your employees employed or help you retain your job—a modicum of security in uncertain times. These companies tend to over rely on reducing the number of employees. Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. But nothing gets better if we stand still.

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10 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

He had the good fortune to be an early employee at Facebook. So they solved it by each department manager, the sales manager, and the owner running their own schedule and telling the junior employees what to do. Conant was also famous for engaging with employees through his handwritten notes. Well done Reed! 2- Noah Kagan.

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Twitter Link Roundup #212 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees - crowdspring.co/1bCrvce. Tech hubs have better inequality performance since 2007 than other large cities. The Right Way to Grant Equity to Your Employees – crowdspring.co/1bCrvce. Body Language, Non-Verbal Cues, and Small Business - crowdspring.co/1oHulQl.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

After being furloughed by the Harlem Globetrotters due to COVID-19, I founded Eric PR & Marketing, LLC as a way to help nonprofits and small businesses during difficult times. I officially parted ways with the Globetrotters in August and Eric PR & Marketing is my path forward. Thanks to Eric Nemeth, Eric PR & Marketing ! #6-

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4 Definitive Ways To Deal With Outages

YoungUpstarts

Back in 2007-08, I remember when not a week went by without Twitter going down. Even a minute of downtime means millions lost in revenue and tons of bad PR. by Shankar Ganesh, Marketing Analyst at Freshdesk. In fact, sometimes, the fail whale would take ages to load. People grumbled, But those were the dark ages. While Yahoo!

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

But did you know that founder Markus Frind has just 3 employees for his $10MM+ revenue business? You should keep your employees as 1099s as long as possible (there are state and federal guidelines on this that your accountant will help you comply with). PR/Marketing. For startups, PR firms are a waste of money.