Can money buy happiness? Not on the best teams . . .
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin The best things in life are freeBut you can keep 'em for the birds and beesNow give me money, (that's what I want) that's what I …
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August 16, 2012
August 15, 2012
25 join SBAM; Engagement key to growth
Growth at SBAM has not slowed this summer, with membership increasing every week including last week when 25 business owners joined our organization. Eighteen businesses joined for an exclusive member benefit including group health insurance, …
August 15, 2012
How Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is helping small businesses grow! Wednesday on Business Next
Jamie Clover Adams, director of Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, provides an overview of the department’s mission and how it relates to small businesses; talks about how the department is helping small businesses …
August 15, 2012
Hands off Michigan’s Constitution
Outside Interest Groups Expected to Spend up to $100 Million to Hijack Michigan’s Constitution Lansing, MI, August 14, 2012—Citizens Protecting Michigan’s Constitution (CPMC), a diverse group of tax payers and job providers today released a television …
August 14, 2012
SBAM Responds: IRS Reviewing “Use it or Lose it”
A mostly overlooked bulletin sent out in May from the Treasury Department, included a surprise in what otherwise might have been a routine announcement on further implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable care Act. …
August 13, 2012
Low-cost volunteer public speaking training for you and your workers! Details on today’s Business Next audio seminar
Today on Business Next, Michael Rogers talks with Jack Pyle, Lt. Governor for Marketing for District 62 Toastmasters, to learn how Toastmasters’ low-cost volunteer public speaking training can help your small business employees improve their …
August 10, 2012
Advice on improving your sales! Listen today on the free Business Next audio seminar
Friday on Business Next, SBAM’s Vice President Communications Michael Rogers talks with Perry Ballard, founder of Manage Perceived Value, about the interaction between small business products and services and how to leverage that to improve …
August 9, 2012
SBAM responds to attacks on Schuette opinion regarding union-backed “Protect Our Jobs” proposal
The Detroit News today reported that supporters of a constitutional amendment to protect collective bargaining struck back against Attorney General Bill Schuette on Wednesday for urging the Board of State Canvassers to reject their petitions.In …
August 9, 2012
Headphones in the office – positive or negative?
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Joe DeSantis Studies are showing that wearing headphones or ear buds to shut out ambient noise in an open office can be a good thing or a bad …
August 8, 2012
Think your data is safe? Think again.
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Anthony Kaylin Common problem: your employee leaves the company, then uses your company’s data in the new job. What recourse do you have?In April 2010, Mike Miller resigned …
August 8, 2012
Employers beware when it comes to social media in the workplace
(By Julie Mann and David J. Houston. From SBAM’s member-only Focus on Small Business magazine.Historically, we have seen that “law” lags “life.” What this means is that cases do not make it to and through …
August 8, 2012
Implementation deadline for new ERISA participant fee disclosure rules is fast approaching
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner Clark Hill PLCBy Stephanie L. Hicks Earlier this year, the Department of Labor finalized regulations that detail new participant disclosure rules under ERISA. These new regulations will become effective for …
August 8, 2012
Build a team of trusted advisors! Find out how on today’s Business Next free audio seminar.
Michael Rogers interviews Paul Hense, retired Grand Rapids CPA and nationally-known small business advocate. Paul talks about how to select a good team of professional advisors to help your small business succeed. He suggests that …
August 6, 2012
Five great tips to help you grow your business. Monday on the free Business Next audio seminar!
Today on Business Next, Michael Rogers interviews David Fant, owner of Market Mapping plus LLC of Grand Rapids, about a recent article David wrote on “Five Tips for Helping You Grow Your Business.” Also on …
August 4, 2012
SBAM statement on “Protect Our Jobs” ballot initiative
The Small Business Association of Michigan today thanked Attorney General Bill Schuette for his careful analysis of the Protect Our Jobs ballot initiative and for his recommendation that the Board of State Canvassers refuse to …
August 3, 2012
Small business marketing lessons from the 2012 Olympics. Today on the free Business Next audio seminar!
Friday on Business Next, Nicole Meloche, founder of Organik Consulting, talks about small business marketing lessons from the 2012 Olympics. Also today, Andrea Lee, PhD, owner of Authentic Integrity Coaching in Farmington Hills, has advice …
August 2, 2012
Four things a supervisor can do about employee negativity
Article courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASEBy Cheryl Kuch Current Gallup polls suggest more than 70 percent of American workers report feeling either not engaged or actively disengaged in their jobs—i.e., no longer motivated to …
August 1, 2012
Motivate your employees to achieve success! Wednesday on the free Business Next audio seminar.
Today on Business Next, Michael Rogers talks with m.Motivational speaker and trainer Paul Artale talks about how to set up your small business employees for success, the virtues of a compressed workweek and the value …
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