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IDEA PEOPLE

By Jeanine Nistler // Photos by Joel Butkowski, BDI Photo

Handyman's owners Doug and Carol Severson meet customer needs with flexibilityand fresh ideas.

TECH STRATEGIES: Social Listening

By Dawn Zimmerman, The Write Advantage // Photos by

Learn what's being said about your brand and, more importantly, what it means.

ENTREPRENUERISM: LEARNING TO SPEND

By Steve Leen // Photos by

Prioritizing is a good first step when determining how to spend your company's limited budget.

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Top 10 Leadership Strengths

Visionary. Good people skills. Good listener. Positive attitude. These are four of the top traits that authors Robert Anderson and William Adams suggest good leaders need. Realistically, most people do not have all ten. Instead, the authors believe we achieve greatness as leaders as we continually strive to lead better -- and to be better human beings.

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Speed Up Your Website

Page load times can impact everything from how long users stay on your site (or if they see the content), to search rank and overall conversions. Not only does your website have to load fast; it needs to load fast everywhere. Design Shack offers nine suggestions for speeding up your website.

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Outboarding

Implementing an effective onboarding strategy shows new employees that the company is organized and excited for their arrival. The process doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. Be prepared, stay organized, and follow-up are three of the suggestions from Workforce online.

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Marketing on a Budget

Ask for referrals, attend business mixers and events, and start a podcast are three of the suggestions Entrepreneur offers for those who are marketing their business on a budget. Surprisingly, “join your chamber of commerce” wasn’t on the list. No doubt the authors assume every savvy business owner already knows that one.

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C-Tattoos

If you like to be on the bleeding edge of technology, you’re going to love tattoos that monitor your biometrics and control your smartphone with sophisticated circuitry. If you’re a little more reluctant, it’s going to creep you out. Either way, check out the short video Circuits, the first episode of Glimpse, an original sci-fi series from Futurism Studios (a division of Futurism LLC) and DUST.

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