Small Business

I hate meetings. I avoid them as much as possible. They bore me and all too often represent a colossal waste of time.

Like consumers with the brands they choose, employees don't all want the same things in an employer, and yet some companies continue to take a "one-size-fits-all" approach to workplace satisfaction.

While applicant tracking systems and automated keyword filtering have certainly made recruiters' lives easier, do applicants feel the same way?

Let's face it: Business meetings are boring. Nobody likes going to them, and you rarely accomplish everything you want to do in the allotted time.

Here are 10 things that may be going wrong that you aren’t aware of — things that will cause your business to unravel.

Ten entrepreneurs share advice for smartly investing in real estate. 

Nine entrepreneurs share their best practices for designing compensation packages for sales staff. 

So, you’ve built a blog and invested a grand amount of time (and money) in creating some of the best content in your niche (these are, naturally, the best pieces you’ve ever written). Yet your analytics tools tell you your post received less than 100 unique visits yesterday.

If you use Facebook to promote your small business but have been reluctant to pull the trigger on paid ads, soon you may have no choice.

As Americans make plans to celebrate our nation’s Independence next week and prepare for summer trips, they’re noticing rising gas prices. Many people are facing gas prices above $3.50 a gallon and some are already paying over $4 a gallon at the pump.

Though they weren't necessarily programmed to destroy jobs, some experts believe machine-caused mass unemployment is possible. What do you think?  

Small business owners, get ready. In 2014, new mobile gear will help you connect with customers, sell your product and stay productive wherever you are. In other words, these four burgeoning mobile technologies are primed to change how you do business in the new year.

The challenge for any business owner is to find people who get things done, as well as work hard. 

As your business evolves and grows, its present state may not accurately reflect the brand you built when you started. When this happens, you might need to rebrand.

In the social media age, companies have the opportunity to tap into the networks of influential individuals and turn those people into powerful brand advocates.

"There's no such thing as millennials." This bold proclamation by ad intelligence firm Exponential Interactive at Advertising Week outrage from marketers who have made careers out of targeting Generation Y over the past decade. 

More and more consumers are turning to their smartphones and mobile devices to help them find nearby businesses and make purchases. In fact, 50 percent of people who make local searches on a smartphone visit a store within a day, according to a report from Google.

Halloween is fast approaching, and this year the holiday is more popular than ever. Research from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) forecasts that total Halloween spending this year will reach $11.3 billion.

A quick Google search will populate reviews, ratings and comments, offering you a wealth of data about not only the product itself but how well it works and any issues that others have run into when using it.

How many times has a salesperson promised to increase your company’s exposure by 50 percent, double your client list, and quadruple your profit margin?