Timely tips for managing your small business
Trainer and business coach Tom Borg shares his top tips for managing employee happiness in your small business.
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October 27, 2015
October 24, 2015
Be a leader in your niche
Business author and content marketing expert, Joe Pulizzi, explains how small business owners can position themselves as an informational leader in their niche, and develop content that is as beloved as that coming from any …
October 22, 2015
Make sure your website is optimized for today’s mobile world
Today on the SBAM Shorts audio report ...Tips for making sure your website is optimized for our on-the-go mobile world.
October 21, 2015
Is small business startup activity beginning to improve?
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with well-known small business advocate Chris Holman about 2015's small jump in startup activity.
October 20, 2015
Meekhof Advises Schuette To Tone Down Rhetoric On House
Attorney General Bill Schuette told reporters last week he sees an "anti-cop sentiment" taking shape in the House-passed presumptive parole legislation and the Senate Majority Leader says the state's top cop's "over-the-top" rhetoric isn't wise.
October 20, 2015
Tax Relief Component Sends Road Talks To ‘Impasse’
Leadership discussions on an annual $1.2 billion road funding package hit "an impasse" Tuesday over an income tax rollback component Republican leaders want included in the final deal.
October 19, 2015
2015 SBAM Matchmaking Summit – Advice for small business success
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, presents excerpts of speakers from the 2015 SBAM Matchmaking Summit in Livonia. The event brought together small business suppliers with big business purchasers …
October 16, 2015
12 group plan deadlines to complete before year-end
By April Goff & Norbert F. Kugele | Warner Norcross & Judd LLPEmployer-sponsored group plans have a lot on their plate this time of year. Open enrollment is just around the corner and human resource departments are …
October 16, 2015
Is it time to fire your client, entrepreneurs and more!
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, chats with well-known small business advocate Chris Holman about the seven telltale signs that you need to fire a client, immigration and access …
October 15, 2015
For FMLA purposes, what is the definition of a year?
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEUnder the Family Medical Leave Act, an eligible employee is one who works for a covered employer (50 or more employees); has worked for the employer for …
October 15, 2015
Forget the boomers – worry about the leavers
By George Brown, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEAs the last of the “Veteran” employees and the huge number of Baby Boomers head into retirement over the next decade, it is a well-known fact that …
October 15, 2015
How to look good in social media
Social media is all about visuals, so it’s important that you have a well done photographic portrait on your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles. Michael Rogers of the Small Business Association of Michigan gets advice from …
October 15, 2015
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave” – employee forgets his Walter Scott
By Anthony Kaylin, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEIn every organization there are employees who routinely try to game the system in both small ways and large, and HR often knows who they are. When …
October 14, 2015
More than a little issue made over microbead ban
Tiny plastic beads used in skin cleaners to scrub off grime took up more than 90 minutes of a House committee's time Tuesday morning as lawmakers debate how to keep the beads out of fish …
October 14, 2015
Flint to return to Detroit water, Gov asks lawmakers to help cover cost
(FLINT) -- The city of Flint will transition back to getting its water from Detroit within weeks, and Gov. Rick Snyder said Thursday he is in "full support."In addition to that, Snyder said he would …
October 14, 2015
Expectations and the sales process in your small business
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Joe Marr, owner of Sandler Training in Ann Arbor, about setting expectations and managing the sales process in your small business. …
October 12, 2015
Out of office
By Eric Hammis, 3Sixty InteractiveThink about when you leave your office for vacation or a business trip. You get through your final day and then whip up a quick auto respond email that sends out to people …
October 12, 2015
Mobile tech making rapid inroads into transportation systems
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Linda Daichendt, executive director of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, about restaurants using robots, choosing a new cell phone plan, …
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