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How many times have you clicked or read an email just to get that unread number to zero? You just wasted a microdecision on opening an email, reading it, and not doing anything with it.

There are plenty of things people love to hate about meetings: They’re too long and too frequent; certain people dominate the conversation and other people don’t pay attention; and nothing gets done. Take charge of your next meeting by following these steps:

HR Management is essential for running a successful business, but it is often overlooked by small-business owners. No matter the size of your business, proper HR strategies are a must. Here are some tips for small-business managers to help optimize employees’ performance and create a safe and professional work environment:

Asking for a raise or promotion can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. Recently, “Good Morning America” shared some great tips from “Shark Tank” cast members.

Chances are you’ve started working on a project and needed some direction along the way. We’ve all been there. Catch your confusion early and ask for clarification.

A 2018 amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act has restaurants re-evaluating their tipping practices. The change states, “an employer may not keep tips received by its employees … including allowing managers or supervisors to keep any portion of employees’ tips … ’’

Now more than ever, digital marketing is changing the way we communicate. Social media helps brands connect with target audiences with the click of a button.

Whether for business or pleasure, we break down how to get the most engagement on Instagram:

How each piece of a company’s visual identity works together to communicate the brand’s essence is important. Good graphic designers don’t begin concepting in isolation.

It’s easy to make conference calls from almost anywhere. But while they’re convenient, conference calls aren’t the best option for building a relationship.

PR can be summarized as telling your story to a target audience. Most people are satisfied with how they tell their story; however, an element many forget is empathy – the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. If you don’t consider the viewpoints of others, communicating with a group may not be effective.

Grow your company’s professional presence by utilizing LinkedIn’s network of over 500 million users to connect with clients, potential clients, employees and influencers. Before, issues, topics and comments only traveled by users’ connected networks. Now, LinkedIn has finally embraced the hashtag with two goals: to be the main platform for influencers and to better manage the news feed.

When I see highway signs displaying logos of restaurants at upcoming exits, I’m amazed how much those logos instantly spark my own internal taste buds and experiential memories.

Have you recently received a lot of emails from companies notifying you of changes to their privacy policies? It’s because a European law — which includes the strictest data privacy rules ever written — the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018.

Accurate financial information is critical to the successful operation of any business venture. Your analysis of such data should relate not only to your enterprise, but also to that of your customers and vendors.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires businesses to protect personal data and privacy of European Union (EU) citizens for transactions that occur within EU member states. These rules became effective May 25.

Stuffy conference rooms and boring networking events are becoming a thing of the past. Businesses are looking for ways to encourage creativity, impress new clients, onboard and boost team morale.

Traveling each week around the U.S. and other countries helping to extend The Atlanta 100 concept – we just launched our 17th, The Arizona 100, last week – I’ve discovered a sweet way to increase the chances I get a response: chocolate and caramel.

Forget that free pizza or beer – trivia players can soon win as much as $10,000 for knowing the correct answers. Trivnow is a free app with about 4,000 players in the U.S.

Your entire career could change with one introduction at a networking event.

According to “The Mind of a Strategist,” effectively negotiating requires practice, not to be left dormant and tapped at will. At 4, my granddaughter Emily gets it.

For years I’ve gotten grief for using a BlackBerry. For me, it’s always been about the keyboard and how best to keep up with 300+ emails a day, especially when out of the office.

HubSpot’s 2018 State of Inbound report found that 63% of companies view generating traffic and leads as their biggest marketing challenge. Traditional advertising is less effective today, and newsrooms are shrinking by the day.

In today’s competitive workforce, it’s important to create an appealing work environment for prospective and current employees. Before making the decision of whether or not to apply for, accept or leave a job, individuals consider job perks like benefits, hours, wages and culture. This is especially important to young professionals and millennials.

Running a business comes naturally to me, but managing a staff is still a challenge. It’s review time in our office and after 22 years, there is no magic formula to lead and motivate. Here are five tips to help those of you like me.

Sometimes in life you are part of something bigger. For us at 360 it is Krog Street Market.

Forming audit committees is becoming more common in the nonprofit sector, offering an unbiased outlet to monitor an organization’s finances. Here are three things to consider when building an audit committee:

My mom always complained our family was full of lawyers and doctors, but not one businessperson.

Though it has had recent downfalls, it is still the birthplace of the hashtag and is still a top-used platform.

Universities around the world are offering their courses online for free or partially free. Over the past five years, almost 800 universities have created more than 8,000 of these massive open online courses (MOOCs). Universities with offerings include Stanford, Duke, Rice and Harvard, to name a few.