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Seeking Talent Assets
As a small community bank, American National Bank pursues four main priorities. They include overall growth, long-term deposit strategy and…
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Craft Targeted Messages Using Buyer Personas
Why market to generic customers if you know specifics about the customers you want? Buyer personas are fictional customers based…
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Ready to Go Automated?
Cash flow is essential to the health of every business. Get a solid handle on yours with a little help…
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Investing With a Focus
Think back to the time when you made your first big investment. You were super excited. You were certain you…
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Cash Flow is King
As a business owner, managing the day-to-day cash flow can be very challenging. A business’ cash flow is tied to…
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Why Your Small Business Needs an SEO Strategy
As a small business owner, you probably handle most of your business’ day-to-day on your own. It can be easy…
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Improve Your Health and the Health of Your Business
Owning a business can be stressful and many business owners feel anxiety. Here are a few changes you can make…
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Small Business Marketing Budget
Every small business needs to invest in marketing to grow. As a small business owner or manager, it can be…
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Mentoring Vs. Managing: A Reflection on Leadership
Is a leader a good manager, a good mentor or both? Managing is the ability to oversee the “stuff”: timelines,…
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Entrepreneurs – Time to Evaluate Your 2019 Goals
Entrepreneurs, by their nature, are goal-driven people. Normally, they take the time to thoroughly analyze an opportunity before they dive…
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How to be Awesome
As we begin to approach the finish line of 2018 and start to look ahead to 2019, many people will set…
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Make Small Business Saturday Memorable – and Profitable
Small Business Saturday can be a big day for small businesses. This year Small Business Saturday falls on November 24,…
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Winning with Culture
A company’s culture can have a powerful impact on its performance. In fact, Peter Drucker has often been credited for saying…
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Sales and Marketing Love Connection
Historically, sales and marketing have failed to work together. Marketing did their part. Sales did theirs. Now forward-thinking companies are breaking…
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Can Government Help Small Businesses?
If you are looking for a loan for your small business, then the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) program might be…
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3 Tips for Improving Cash Flow
What if you were waiting on receivables for 60, 90 or 120 days and had a hard time making payroll?…
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Small Business Fraud
Fraud. We hear about it online and in the news all the time and it’s a real issue which is…
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Small Business Growth Funded By SBA Loans
Are rising interest rates making you nervous about your upcoming business expansion or acquisition? You may be in luck, and able…
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Always Start with Why
One of the biggest challenges with leading a company is making sure that everyone within the building is aligned with…
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