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Worlds Apart, But On The Same Page

YoungUpstarts

We have adapted to a new normal, moving our watercooler conversations to text chats and trading conference rooms for virtual meetings. As supervisors and employees alike adjusted to the changes, our organizations may have foregone traditional employee reviews. by Steven Starks, Senior Career Counselor at University of Phoenix.

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How To Hire And Train A New Employee During The Summer (When Most People Are On Vacation)

YoungUpstarts

Recruiting and hiring employees is challenging, if only because the stakes for making the right choice are so high. Doing so could cost as much as one-third of their annual compensation , according to an Employee Benefits News report. This approach is also beneficial because it creates a clear trail of all documents and conversations.

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How to Grow Your Business by Setting Goals [Webinar]

Up and Running

For this webinar I was joined by Tom Misson, Vice President and Senior Business Leader for Mastercard Worldwide, who manages the U.S. That kind of gives you a good sense of how we’ll going to go about those webinar today, and with that, I’m going to go ahead and get started and welcome you to this webinar given by Live Plan and MasterCard.

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A Quick Primer on B2B Conversion Optimization

ConversionXL

Conversion optimization is a little different if you’re in B2B. You’ll still need to do the same types of conversion research, persona building, and experimentation that is common across conversion optimization, but let’s talk a bit about how and why B2B is different. Longer Sales Cycles and Micro-Conversions.

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8 Strategies To Drive Your Startup To Profitability

Startup Professionals Musings

Word-of-mouth and social media may get you started, but there is no substitute these days for special promotions, webinars, presence at trade shows, and actively calling on decision makers. Ask every employee to focus on sales. Increase the pipeline and the conversion rate. Personally optimize every cash flow transaction.

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10 Ways to Adapt Your Marketing Strategy in a Crisis

Up and Running

Encourage your employees to take some time to think about the morals and practices that make your organization so unique. Also, consider making an official statement explaining how you are keeping your employees and customers safe while under quarantine. Software for video conferencing and webinar technology is rising in popularity.

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Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast

Up and Running

I really admire the simplicity of this, because what’s behind it allows for a robust conversation about people, and their impact on an organization. Whether you have two employees, two hundred employees, or two thousand employees, it’s important to develop some basic rules for how you will work together as a team.