Category Archives: Skills Management

Missing A Vital Business Ingredient? Try A Skills Swap

Thea Partridge — May 31, 2017 — May 31, 2017 Running a small business can be a bit like creating a delicious dinner. It requires a multitude of different ingredients, which, when blended together, (hopefully) creates a sumptuous meal. But what do you do when you are missing a vital ingredient from the mix? When … Continue reading Missing A Vital Business Ingredient? Try A Skills Swap →

4 Crucial Soft Skills Marketing Recruiters Love to See in Candidates

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Mark Miller — May 30, 2017 Follow @MMtwopointfive— May 30, 2017 Look at any thorough marketing job description, and you’ll no doubt find a laundry list of practical experience and technical skills needed to be effective in that role. But what’s not always listed are soft skills that enable you to thrive in a given … Continue reading 4 Crucial Soft Skills Marketing Recruiters Love to See in Candidates →

The Crisis of Skills’ Shrinking Half-Life

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Paul Keijzer — May 11, 2017 Follow @Paul_Keijzer— May 11, 2017 Let’s take a moment and think about what we learned in college and/or university. There’s a good chance that aside from your core courses you may have taken a few electives such as humanities, calculus, history, psychology and so on. Looking at what you … Continue reading The Crisis of Skills’ Shrinking Half-Life →

3 Ways to Improve Your Skill Set in the New Year

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Matt Brennan — December 26, 2016 Follow @MattLBrennan— December 26, 2016 What are you doing to improve your skill set? In order to thrive in business, one thing we have to do is keep learning and improving. Luckily, there are more ways than ever to take in added knowledge, and some of them don’t require … Continue reading 3 Ways to Improve Your Skill Set in the New Year →

Persistence, Patience, Preferences

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by Eric Tejeda July 27, 2016 Follow @EricTejedaJuly 27, 2016 If you’ve been following our video series over the past year, it might seem like we imagine that customer decisions and their data points are definitive. Customers either shop or they don’t, they buy or they don’t – right? If only it was that easy. … Continue reading Persistence, Patience, Preferences →

Don’t Skip the Fundamentals

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by Errol Allen July 26, 2016 Follow @consult53July 26, 2016 It’s important to remember that being fundamentally sound will certainly help in the quest to operate a successful company. Now one can have a great product or service to offer to one’s market, but it’s the ability to operate in an efficient, employee and customer … Continue reading Don’t Skip the Fundamentals →

5 Myths About Distributors

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by Joel Goldstein July 25, 2016 Follow @joelgoldsteinJuly 25, 2016 Many companies are hesitant to sign with wholesale distributors at first, probably because of the many myths that are circulating out there about what it’s like to work with them. It’s time to reveal the truth behind these common myths about working with distributors: Distributors … Continue reading 5 Myths About Distributors →

Should You Learn a New Skill or Outsource It?

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by Brian Morris July 13, 2016 Follow @psprintJuly 13, 2016 If you’re a freelancer or small business owner, you know how important continual educating is to staying on top of your industry. However, as your business grows you can quickly find yourself burning the candle from both ends and find it difficult to both manage … Continue reading Should You Learn a New Skill or Outsource It? →

Expand Your Business Skills With 4 Resources

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by Susan Gilbert July 7, 2016 Follow @SusanGilbertJuly 7, 2016 Use These Online Tools to Build Your Business Knowledge Today I have some online resources to help you improve your business expertise whether you are an entrepreneur or small business owner. In order to grow, you need to have daily knowledge, good mentors, and new … Continue reading Expand Your Business Skills With 4 Resources →

Top Skills for 2016 from LinkedIn

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by Sally Falkow June 15, 2016June 15, 2016 This list of the top 25 skills that can make you more marketable in 2016 and beyond was published on the Official LinkedIn blog. The data was gathered by analyzing all of the hiring and recruiting activity that occurred on LinkedIn in 2015 to find the 25 … Continue reading Top Skills for 2016 from LinkedIn →