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Top Signs That It's Time to Hire For Your Small Business

08.09.22 | Recent news coverage and articles online have certainly made it seem that it’s getting harder and harder to find people to fill job openings. The reality, however, is that unemployment numbers are low, and there are a lot of applicants who are interested in finding new and exciting opportunities with small businesses…
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Summer Marketing and Advertising Tips for Small Businesses

08.01.22 | Black Friday and holiday sales are on the minds of advertisers and business owners all year round. Some companies and industries build their entire marketing strategy around and cater virtually all of their marketing efforts to, these narrow windows in the calendar year…
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14 Tips To Avoid Harmful Influencer Marketing Techniques For Your Brand

07.07.22 | There are ways to avoid these problems with influencers who are helping. Even if the damage is already done, there are maneuvers that can recover the company’s brand. Brand marketing is important to a business, but it does not have to exceed your budget. 14 members from Forbes Communications Council share their wisdom on how to avoid or to recover from this…
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16 Keys To Building A Summer Internship To Attract Full-Time Talent

07.22.22 | Internship programs help small businesses and large corporations alike to create pipelines of top talent who will hopefully join their ranks later. Organizations often create summer internship programs, specifically, to help students and recent graduates gain valuable experience in their chosen fields. Done right, it’s a win-win, as interns get to learn about the company’s culture, operations…
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How To Rethink KPIs To Better Understand Campaign Results

07.20.22 | As every communications leader knows, there are countless ways to interpret data. Sometimes, tweaking how you’re approaching stated success metrics can reveal a different perspective, either allowing for better insights into how a campaign could be refined to improve results or illuminating a part of the bigger picture that had been obscured. The tricky…
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How Comms Teams Can Support Organizational And Individual Health And Wellness

07.21.22 | A company’s communications team typically plays an outsized role in crafting internal messaging sent to employees. From efforts to improve employee engagement to communications meant to get everyone on the same page regarding company changes and policies, comms team members are involved in disseminating critical information about many aspects of their company’s…
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Council Post: 14 Ways PR And Sales Teams Can Help Meet Each Other’s Goals

07.07.22 | Gaining media coverage is a great way to build a company’s brand and, ultimately, drive engagement and sales. While PR teams may collaborate with the sales team and other departments to plan their media outreach, different teams often have different ideas about how to reach their shared goals of increasing positive brand awareness and boosting sales…
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16 ‘Checkpoints’ Executives Can Use To Evaluate A Communications Plan

06.30.22 | Solid communication is the foundation of any successful business. Every employee needs to be on the same page as upper management when it comes to messaging, and that unified message needs to reach and resonate with each member of the target audience. Without an effective communications plan in place teams are more likely to miscommunicate not…
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How To Get Remote Employees To Buy Into The Company’s Purpose

06.29.22 | “Purpose” has become a buzzword in the business community in recent years, and for good reason. Purpose-driven companies have more engaged and motivated workforces, more satisfied customers and happier shareholders, which often translates into more revenue, more loyal customers and greater adaptability in overcoming obstacles to evolve and innovate…
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Essential Digital Marketing KPIs to Track In Your Next Campaign

06.24.22 | Nowadays, there are more metrics than ever that marketers can use to track and measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns or broader marketing efforts. Choosing the right digital marketing KPIs, then, is a critical first step in terms of measuring the return on investment of your various marketing efforts…