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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

As we read year-end and best-of 2010 articles and watch the tribute shows, take a moment to try to add up the cumulative wealth of those being remembered. In the years leading up to 2010, estate planners believed that an estate tax-free 2010 would never happen, but Congress never got its act together long enough to change the law.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on June 18, 2010 09:30 am under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement Today, The Economic Times in India published an article I wrote about Jim Goodnight and SAS Institute. The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession.

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Overcoming Leadership Myopia

Michael Lee Stallard

The report went on to show this has been a long-term downward trend rather than a temporary decline due to the Great Recession. SAS Institute, the world’s largest privately-held software business, was recognized this year as number one on Fortune’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2010. It’s how we are wired. in statistics.

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Building Customer Loyalty :: Women on Business

Women on Business

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one. Let me share a few statistics to support this point: 65% of your business comes from existing customers—over half of your business is repeat customers—or at least it should be.

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Integrity: conversation with a teenager :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Webster’s definition it means “the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code; incorruptibility.&# Keeping your word is part of showing integrity, so be sure to follow through with your promises at all costs. Integrity; from the Latin root word means “soundness, wholeness or completeness.”

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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

6 Best Tips to Online Cost Effective Marketing Is your business experiencing stagnation with the Recession? Even though we are bombarded with thousands of emails per. The Most Effective Way to Improve Your Marketing We are just past the midpoint of the second quarter.

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How are you doing on price? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

So if the economy has got you worried about the need to cut prices in order to get business, it’s time to arm yourself with some very good advice and reconsider the cost-cutting strategy. These authors offer ten rules for pricing, the most important of which is Rule #10 — Price With Confidence.

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