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Tips for Staying Motivated in Your Small Businesses

Tips for Staying Motivated in Your  Small Businesses

As an observer by nature, I am always amazed at how individuals operate within a variety of settings and circumstances. One of the most fascinating topics to me has been motivation. I have seen people, who were driven by success or responsibility, push themselves and their families to the point of exhaustion, and wondered if they felt the results were worth it.

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3 Simple Techniques for Organizing Business Operations

3 Simple Techniques for Organizing Business Operations

Most people go into business because they are passionate about something, like fixing cars, creating jewelry, or building houses. Unfortunately, somewhere between startup and the end of the first quarter, the owner falls into a management slump.

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10 Content Creation Ideas to Keep your Blog Fresh

10 Content Creation Ideas to Keep your Blog Fresh

Creating fresh, high quality content has always been important to building your presence online. But in the past year, Google has launched a series of algorithm updates that have made having fresh, high value content more important than ever for getting found online.

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How Google for Entrepreneurs is Helping Startups Succeed

How Google for Entrepreneurs is Helping Startups Succeed

According to statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA), approximately half of small business start-ups fail after five years. Google is on a mission to improve those statistics.

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A Woman’s Story of Self Sufficiency

A Woman’s Story of Self Sufficiency

The impact of WESST’s programs on the lives of female clients who ‘ve achieved self sufficiency can best be shown through the stories from the women themselves. This summer, one such woman shared her story at a United Way of Central New Mexico’s Women in Philanthropy ceremony.

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How to Manage the Challenges of a Changing Workforce

How to Manage the Challenges of a Changing Workforce

Workforce expectations have changed with the introduction of Generations X and Y. As the Boomers retire, and more of the younger generations come onboard, it’s important for businesses to understand those people and what motivates them.

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How to Simplify + Standardize Tasks with IPO (Input, Process, Output)

How to Simplify + Standardize Tasks with IPO (Input, Process, Output)

IPO is the perfect way to write tasks so that supervisors can supervise, trainers can train, employees can consistently perform that task the “same” way, and HR Representatives or Owners can easily evaluate jobs for complexity or reclassification.

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Google's Get Your Business Online Program Offers Free Websites to New Mexico Small Businesses

Google's Get Your Business Online Program Offers Free Websites  to New Mexico Small Businesses

Nearly 55% of New Mexico small businesses do not have a website. Google would like to change that with its Get Your Business Online program, a global initiative to help small business owners launch their own websites…

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3 Tips for Overcoming Negative Thinking in the Workplace

3 Tips for Overcoming Negative Thinking in the Workplace

We all have people in our lives, who for any number of reasons (i.e., jealousy, fear, ignorance, etc.) try to sabotage your success by telling you your ideas won’t work. So, how do you overcome their negativity?

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Becoming a Star Supervisor Part 2: Six Key Skills

Becoming a Star Supervisor Part 2: Six Key Skills

In Becoming a Star Supervisor Part 1, I addressed the importance of formal supervisor training in employee retention. This week’s post shares six critical skills supervisors should master to keep employees happy and productive.

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