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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

And hiring an intellectual property attorney may seem like a budget dealbreaker. Applying for a trademark — Do it yourself or hire an attorney? Hiring an attorney. Why hiring an attorney for trademark registration is better for small businesses. Approaching the trademark registration process can be daunting.

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Hiring Writers at Your Startup? Scrap Your Usual Approach

View from Seed

The best writer I ever hired at a startup wasn’t a former journalist. The best writer I ever hired at a startup didn’t have a resume. The best writer I ever hired at a startup is trying to work at your startup all the time, but 99 out of 100 times, you pass. Why We All Usually Botch This Hire.

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8 Tactics To Make Service Your Competitive Advantage

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen. How they see you deal with and talk about peers, partners, team members, and customers tells them what the real rules of conduct are for customer service. Don’t forget recognition for accomplishment and efforts.

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5 Hiring Tips for Your Startup

The Startup Magazine

This post discusses five hiring tips for your startup. Run criminal background checks Statistics indicate that around 93% of businesses worldwide have background checks as a part of their hiring processes. Develop a recruitment strategy A recruitment strategy contains your startup hiring objectives and the steps to fulfill them.

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Shopify Guide — Here’s How to Become an Expert

ReadWriteStart

Whether it’s marketing yourself as an expert, writing Shopify-specific content, or partnering with other Shopify Partners, fitting into the Shopify Partners and Ecosystem is one of the crucial steps. In order to build a successful Shopify store, many users may choose to hire someone with expertise in these areas.

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8 Initiatives To Heighten Your Customer’s Experience

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to start with hiring only people who are willing and able to make serious customer service happen. How they see you deal with and talk about peers, partners, team members, and customers tells them what the real rules of conduct are for customer service. Don’t forget recognition for accomplishment and efforts.

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DIY Social Media Advertising v. Expert Help: Examining The Real Cost

YoungUpstarts

Is it possible to get the same results as a hired pro? An agency partner will have knowledge of industry performance standards along with the experience to quickly assess your efforts and how to improve. Both DIY and partnering with an agency have benefits. Could the benefits offset the cost of outside help?