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Four Ways to Grow Your Business

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According to a May 2013 survey from email marketing company Constant Contact, 59 percent of small businesses say running their business is harder today than it was five years ago. They credit their success with more affordable and effective marketing tools via the Internet, and growing support for local businesses.

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3 Business Reasons for Employee Engagement Program

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3) The market rewards your stock: According to the Parnassus prospectus for its Workplace Fund (a portfolio of stocks of companies with outstanding workplaces) – as quoted in Fast Company, the average annual return on the Workplace Fund over the past 5 years (a recessionary period) was 10.81%.

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Employee Turnover – The Hidden Cost

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You have to watch your competitors and seek to always adapt to changes in the market, and innovate for solutions. There are many tasks involved in running a successful business. You have to understand your customer so you can provide a product people want. So what’s the good news?

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