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4 Steps to More Exciting (and Productive) Meetings
If you host regularly scheduled meetings or events (like a weekly review) in your business, you may not even realize how detrimental they are to the productivity of your team. According to the National Statistics Council, about 37 percent of employee time is spent in...
3 Solutions to Common Hiring Problems
Some businesses are saying we are in the midst of a secondary pandemic. But it’s not the kind that requires masks and handwashing. No, this one is harder to control. Employers across the country are posting signs asking for patience with their existing employees...
3 Most Common Business Challenges and Ways to Slay Them
Being a business owner has its rewards and its challenges. If you’ve been in business longer than a hot second, you’ve likely experienced both. Often the freedoms override the dissatisfaction, but if you find that the negatives are wearing on you, don’t get...
5 Great Lessons from Customer Service Mistakes
A cruise ship captain once said, “There’s always a weird person at your dinner table. If you’re sitting with several couples and you can’t figure out who the weird one is, chances are it’s you.”The same can be true of customer service. Every business is convinced they...

Carleton Place EXIT Realty Office Gives Back to the Community
Carleton Place, Ontario (Grassroots Newswire) April 21, 2022 -- In gratitude for the support shown to EXIT Realty Vision by the local community, the real estate brokerage recently partnered with the Carleton Place & District Chamber of Commerce in a Bottle Drive...
We are hiring for the summer!
Tourism Information Ambassador Part-time (32 hrs a week/12 weeks - must be available to work weekends) Job Description We are looking for a Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality student who likes to show off our community. You will have a passion for fun and you are a...
Do You Have These 10 Things on Your Business Website? You Should.
If you’re a small business, you probably bootstrapped your website content, picking it up here and there, copying what you like from other sites (hopefully not word for word), and adding as you go. That’s the way most small business people do it unless you’re lucky...
36 Creative Ways to Bring More Attention to Your Business
Do you need more attention? Do you feel like your business isn’t top of mind in your community? People won’t buy from you if they don’t think of you. While the easiest way to increase sales is to upsell existing/current customers, the second-best way is increased...
5 Changes to Make to Your LinkedIn
Are you on LinkedIn? You should be! Master LinkedIn with These 5 Quick Steps Too many people think LinkedIn is solely for finding a job. Since small business owners have jobs, they often overlook the site’s potential. LinkedIn has 576 million users (as of 29/06/2021),...
Efficiency Versus Effectiveness: which will you choose for 2022?
How do you like to work? Are you a speed or precision person? Do you like many small projects or one big, long one that you can dig into? No, you’re not in the middle of a recruitment fair. These are simply questions that most self-aware professionals should know...