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Business Improvement Team's Michigan Business Conditions Survey Results

Survey Results

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2011 Survey

Click 2011 Survey Results to see the Corp! magazine - Business Improvement Team's Michigan Business Condition Survey Results. Click Indicators to see what business leaders thought were leading indicators of coming business indicators.

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Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan (DR/BCP) EvaluationScorecard

A self analysis to determine if your company has a World Class - Disaster Recovery Plan/Business Continuity Plan

Most Useful Social Media for Organizations

Details how to utilize the top three to promote your organization.

How to Maximize Daily Use of Social Media without Getting Addicted

The goal is to assist you in setting relationships to begin to promote your personal brand and then eventually promote your business.

Five Cost Free Marketing Ideas

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, small business creates between 60% and 80% of our country’s net new jobs, every year. To keep a small business growing, small business owners need to market effectively, often with a small budget

Green Marketing

Why Green Marketing? It builds buzz. It creates connections. It tells while it sells

Successful Meetings

Want a successful meeting? It's all in the planning.

Effective Business Writing

Clearly written business documents ensure reader comprehension and quick response, which is important with the high volume of information that gets passed through offices each day.

Protect Your Business with a Communication Plan

In today’s business environment, where emails spread faster than a bad cold and blogs are the order of the day, every business should have a plan for communicating during a transition or crisis.

Understanding the $44,000 EMR Incentive

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes significant incentives for medical professionals who provide Medicare or Medicaid services and use an Electronic Medical Record (EMR).

Advantages of Managed IT

How managed IT Services can help small companies enjoy the benefits of a full fledged, experienced, up to date IT department.

Out-Sourcing a Chief Financial Officer

Learn how companies without CFO’s gain significant competitive advantage and improve profitability by out-sourcing a CFO on an as-needed basis.

The Unofficial Organization Chart

The Unofficial Organization Chart is made up of "Finders, Minders and Grinders".  This philosophy is documented in the book The Danger Zone, Lost in the Growth Transition, by Jerry L. Mills.

Why a network is an essential productivity tool for any small business

Effective technology is essential for small businesses looking to increase the productivity of their people and business. Introducing technology such as a computer networks can help them to stay competitive by increasing productivity and by reducing hardware costs. Even simple networks make sharing information and resources easier, provide better security and enable easy backup facilities for any small businesses.

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Emerging HR Policies - What Employers Need to Know

Over the last couple of years US employers have seen more employment law changes than in the last three decades combined.  Human Resource professionals nationwide anticipate this trend to continue. 

Many small businesses, especially ones that don’t require a full time HR on staff, don’t realize that 78% of employment legislation is required by employers with as few as 15 employees.  Noncompliance is frequently the basis for significant financial risk and not knowing is no longer an excuse.