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Yelp Guide for Restaurant Owners, Part 3: Responding to Yelp Reviews
The Complete Guide to Yelp Part 1: Creating and Optimizing Your Yelp Profile Part 2: Yelp Ads, Deals, and Dashboard Part…
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Yelp Guide for Restaurant Owners, Part 2: Yelp Ads, Deals and Dashboard
The Complete Guide to Yelp Part 1: Creating and Optimizing Your Yelp Profile Part 2: Yelp Ads, Deals, and Dashboard Part…
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Yelp Guide for Restaurant Owners, Part 1: Creating and Optimizing Your Yelp Profile
The Complete Guide to Yelp Part 1: Creating and Optimizing Your Yelp Profile Part 2: Yelp Ads, Deals, and Dashboard Part…
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7 Local Business Time-Saving Tips
Small businesses make the world go ‘round. You offer unique products and you help build a sense of community on…
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Employee Retention: 4 Ways to Keep Your Best Team Members
Turnover is higher than it’s been in recent memory among hourly workers. But with these employee retention strategies and a…
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Beat Amazon at Customer Service: 10 Strategies for Local Retailers
Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods has many retailers fearing that Amazon has become a terrifying fog that will slowly suffocate…
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Staffing July 4th: What Every Savvy Manager Needs to Know
There’s a lot to love about July 4th. It’s a natural opportunity to bring in more money with big promotions,…
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Your Business Isn’t Special: Recruiting Hourly Employees When They Can Work Anywhere Else
It is critical for small business hiring managers to remember they are competing against massive amounts of job openings for…
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5 Customer Service Tips that Work
So you landed the job you really wanted or maybe you’ve had it for a while now—either way, brushing up…
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Protecting Your Business & Your Employees From an ICE Raid
Prepare yourself, ICE raids are coming. ICE raids are a coordinated effort by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (abbreviated…
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4 Tips for Effective New Employee Procedures & Training
A great new employee’s first 2 weeks on the job determines whether they will stay with your business for years…
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7 Free or Cheap Team Building Activities
A team that gets along well works better together, right? That’s certainly our motto. With that said, we’ve compiled a…
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How to Do Timesheets Right in 2017
Timesheets have been done on paper since we can remember, but the truth is that doing them manually is prone…
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What is the New York Spread of Hours Law?
The New York Spread of Hours law requires an extra hour of pay when an hourly employee (“non-exempt,” as in…
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Employee Scheduler: It’ll Save You Time and Money
An employee scheduler isn’t actually a person who schedules your employees. It’s software, and it can save you hours every…
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An Easy Five-Minute Reference Check
Reference checks are an overlooked yet effective tool for hiring top performers, usually because the hiring manager doesn’t have the…
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What You Can and Cannot Ask About a Criminal Record During a Job Interview
Understandably, for many employers, a candidate’s criminal history or criminal record is a matter of both interest and potential concern…
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3 Interview Tips for Finding the Best Employees
Before Carol joined Homebase, she was the head of HR for a large national chain, so she knows how daunting…
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An Interview with Emily, The Employee Appreciation Day Contest First Place Winner
Emily, owner of Gigi’s Cupcakes, won first place in our contest for the most original Employee Appreciation Day celebration. We…
