The Michigan Environmental Compliance Conference (MECC) is the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ’s) premier compliance assistance event designed to help businesses, institutions, municipalities, and environmental professionals understand and comply with their environmental requirements.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with sales trainer and coach, Greg Coyne, of Gerry Weinberg and Associates Sandler Training.
According to a recent study by the employee recognition firm O.C. Tanner, improved employee well-being can have a major impact, not only on the employee, but on the company’s bottom line. It also found that …
How does a small business make the jump from local success to national presence? As many entrepreneurs have discovered, franchising can be the best path for explosive growth — as long as your business is unique enough …
As the population has aged, waists have expanded. Studies have shown that the American lifestyle is conducive to obesity. However, as a general rule, obesity does not fall under the ADA unless it occurs as …
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) presents a Facebook Live video broadcast event on location at Welsh & Associates Executive Search & Professional Recruiting Services in Kalamazoo.
Members of Gov. Rick Snyder's appointed Flint water crisis task force reiterated their scathing critiques of the administration Tuesday, telling lawmakers their findings showed flaws in the state water office's culture and the emergency manager law.
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.
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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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 …
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM), profiles Gina Thorsen, president of Stormy Kromer.
Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Brian Town, CEO/Owner of Michigan Creative in Lansing.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.