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April 19, 2016

Medicaid expansion for Flint residents will cost general fund $4M

The feds granted additional Medicaid coverage for Flint children up to age 21 and pregnant women in a waiver, but it's going to cost the state some coin.

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April 18, 2016

YOU are the target

Social engineering is the psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging confidential information. Since most employees are unaware of the techniques used, social engineers are able to play on a person’s needs, emotions, …

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April 18, 2016

Hot tips for crafting your company’s social media strategy

As social media evolves, we continue to bring you new updates from experts in the field.

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April 15, 2016

An ounce of prevention can prevent gallons of water damage in your building

Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report, Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Chris Buck of McCardle Restoration (a Michigan 50 Companies to Watch for 2016) to get tips …

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April 15, 2016

Hats off to a great Upper Peninsula small business leader

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), profiles Gina Thorsen, president of Stormy Kromer. 

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April 14, 2016

How to use low cost video to promote your small business

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Brian Town, CEO/Owner of Michigan Creative in Lansing.

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April 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs less positive about the country’s economic outlook

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), talks with Todd McCracken, president of the National Small Business Association (SBAM’s national affiliate), about the National Small Business Association’s 2015 Year-End …

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April 11, 2016

Michigan has jobs – but where are the skilled workers?

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), interviews nationally-known small business advocate, Chris Holman, to learn more about Michigan’s dilemma of having plenty of openings for skilled workers, but …

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April 8, 2016

News about mobile phone trends for small businesses

Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Tony Merlo, owner of SmarterPhones.net, about recent developments in mobile phone technology.

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April 8, 2016

What does downtime really cost?

For the discussion here, downtime is when your computer system is unavailable for use. There can be many causes for downtime such as a power outage, equipment failure, malware or viruses, or a misconfiguration. Regardless …

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April 6, 2016

What are conversions & why should you track them?

Conversions are an extremely important metric in your marketing funnel. But don’t think a conversion necessarily means a sale. Conversions typically occur prior to sale, and it’s an indicator that someone moved further down the sales funnel.

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April 6, 2016

Altruism as a way to boost your career

Business writer and prolific LinkedIn poster, Bruce Kasanoff, talks about his book, Givers Deliver -- Grow Your Career by Helping Others

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April 5, 2016

Small business, phone companies hung up on new 9-1-1 rules

The state may require businesses big and small to update their phone systems by the end of the year so 9-1-1 operators can be better pinpoint an emergency.

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April 5, 2016

Flint water supervisor claims DEQ didn’t require corrosion control

The former lab supervisor in Flint's water treatment department told a special legislative committee Tuesday that he assumed corrosion control would be necessary when the city switched from treated lake water to Flint River water, …

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April 4, 2016

Seven skills to master to become more influential & news on where to get a beer certificate in Michigan

Seven skills to master to become more influential, and news of a beer certification program at a Michigan community college. 

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April 1, 2016

Don’t let the cloud rain on your parade

There are many cloud storage solutions such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Box, ICloud, Carbonite, JustCloud, etc. Before you put your company’s sensitive date in the hands of one of these services, there are …

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April 1, 2016

Check your email: HIPAA 2016 phase 2 audits are underway

Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched Phase 2 of its HIPAA compliance audits, and this time around every covered entity and business associate, no matter …

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April 1, 2016

Shorter is better when it comes to crafting a Facebook post

Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report Small Business Association of Michigan Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with social media expert Kate Snyder, owner of Piper and Gold Public Relations, about optimizing your customer …

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