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Four Tips to Remember When Selling Your Business

Selling your business is perhaps the most consequential sale you will ever make. It’s the sum of all your hard work, long hours and investment.

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October 14, 2023

Does Cold Outbound Prospecting Even Work?

In many growing companies, the primary objective of the sales and marketing teams is to generate qualified leads that convert and increase revenue.

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October 13, 2023

Making ADA Compliance Easier For All Businesses

When it comes to compliance, Mike Shabluk, owner of Erie Custom Signs, certainly knows how to get the job done right.

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October 12, 2023

Can Your Small Business Compete to Win and Keep Top Talent?

As we enter the second half of 2023, small business owners and leaders are being faced with challenges across multiple fronts including economic uncertainty and talent shortages.

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October 11, 2023

Major Broadband Investment Comes to Michigan

We know it to be true that access to high-speed internet is essential to properly running your small business.

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October 10, 2023

SBAM Announces New Employee Retention Tax Credit Solutions for Members

We’ve launched a new service to help our small business members gain best-in-class access to Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) tax refunds that can bring you up to $26,000 per qualified employee.

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August 11, 2023

20 Things We’ve Learned

Welsh & Associates, Inc. recently celebrated 20 years in business, a milestone they feel extremely blessed and thankful to have achieved. The team reflected on their success over those years, and compiled a list of …

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August 10, 2023

How to (Actually) Win on Google

If you didn't know alaready, Google owns the internet. As of 2022, Google had around 90 percent of the search engine market share in the U.S. When people look for local businesses and services, Google …

August 9, 2023

The Secret to Efficient and Cost-Effective Dispute Resolution for Small Businesses

For small business owners, commercial1 disputes are not just a headache but can also have significant financial consequences. One way to resolve commercial conflicts without resorting to litigation is arbitration.

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August 9, 2023

Member Profile: The Show Must Always Go On

As one of the best carnival operators in North American, Jamie Skerbeck, CEO/President of Skerbeck Entertainment Group, Inc., should feel a great sense of pride. His family-owned and operated business has been around for 170 …

August 8, 2023

Workforce Strategies to be Recession Ready

Companies can prepare now for a recession by optimizing their workforce. Since employees are a company’s greatest asset, successfully navigating economic uncertainty relies on investing in them.

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August 7, 2023

New Bill Aims to Limit Independent Contractor Use

SBAM prioritizes alerting our membership to legislation that we see as problematic and could impact the way you run your business.

July 21, 2023

Are You a Leader or a Wanter?

It happens way too often. Employers put the onus of knowledge of role responsibilities and duties on the employees…without that precise information being previously shared with the employees.

July 21, 2023

A Team of Experts Giving New Hope to Those with Mental Health Challenges and Disabilities

FBS provides outpatient mental health therapy in their Marquette office and offers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services to individuals all over the Upper Peninsula.

July 20, 2023

Emergency Preparedness: Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail

While the likelihood of having to execute an emergency action plan is low, it’s certainly not zero. Everyone remembers evacuating the building when schools would have fire drills.

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July 19, 2023

Reasons Why You May Need Your Business Valued

So, you’re a successful business owner. Congratulations! However, after years of growing your business, new challenges most likely lie ahead.