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As 2015 comes to a close, USINDOOR would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the e-Insider a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 13.
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Entrepreneur
From Oct. 21: No matter how great your business model is, how profitable you are or how many investors are interested in supporting your business, you can't survive if you can't manage your company's cash flow.
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By Anne Rose
From March 25: You have a relatively new employee or independent contractor working for you. You've done training, enlisted a mentor to help this person and spent countless hours advising her on best practices. Yet there are still persistent deficiencies that leave you dissatisfied with her work. When do you pull the plug and say, "Goodbye. This isn't working out."? When do you admit that more training isn't going to solve the problems? Here are four signs that your employee isn't going to perform to your expectations — ever.
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Inc.
From Feb. 25: If you want to make sure you're providing your employees with an environment in which they can thrive, check your workplace for these motivation killers.
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The Huffington Post
From May 6: If you own a small business, you may have thought about liability issues... or maybe not. Most likely, nothing bad will ever happen with your business. You'll never be sued or run into debt. However, as a business owner, you want to protect yourself from worst-case scenarios.
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Point of Sale News
From Oct. 7: The frequency of counterfeit or stolen credit cards being used at small business is ready to jump, according to Heartland Payment Systems Chairman and CEO, Robert O. Carr. Credit card fraud migrates to the weakest points, and since the larger retailers and restaurants have (by and large) already installed the needed equipment for the October 1st shift of liability to merchants, those who are unprepared are mainly the small merchants.
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Business Insider
From Sept. 23: Time is the greatest asset a small business owner can have. But when you're working around the clock on so many important tasks to keep your business running, you're often left with very little time or energy to tend to the smaller things like household chores and administrative work. You can outsource pretty much anything these days; you just have to use your imagination and some good judgment to figure out what you should and shouldn't delegate to someone else.
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Intuit
From July 29: There are only two ways to make more profit in a small business: increase revenue or reduce expenses. While the timing of increasing sales to customers is not always within the direct control of the owner, cutting expenses is. The difficult part is knowing which expenses to reduce that will not affect the ability of the company to grow its revenue.
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By Jessica Taylor
From April 8: Whether you're a small or large company, you live or die by your reputation. Most of reputation management is focused on pushing down negative search results - in particular, negative reviews. Responding to your negative reviews may attempt to bridge the gap between how a company perceives itself and how others view it. But does your company successfully follow through with this? If you haven't began this process, you could be put in a negative spotlight.
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By D. Albert Brannen
From Sept. 9: The majority of employment-related lawsuits against employers arise after the employment relationship ends. This article outlines some common mistakes that employers make in terminating employees in hopes that employers avoid the interruption of litigation. Following these "best practices" for proper termination procedures can improve the way your organization terminates employees and save money in the long run.
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Bankrate via FOX Business
From March 25: Small-business tax rule No. 1: Don't mess with the IRS. But that doesn't mean you should cheat yourself. Take every legal deduction you can. Here are a dozen that even savvy small-business owners and entrepreneurs sometimes forget.
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