"Getting out of debt can feel overwhelming. The first step is to organize yourself so that you can plan out exactly how to get yourself to financial stability. Lauren Lyons Cole [photo, left], a certified financial planner and senior editor at Business Insider, explains the first steps you should take to attack your debt. Following is a transcript of the video."
Barbara Corcoran on What It Takes to Get More Done Every Day
"The 'Shark Tank' star shares her wisdom on the importance of working smart and protecting your time when you're trying to build a business."
The 7 Essential Elements of Effective Social Media Marketing
Here are the seven essentials that will turn your social media marketing from an annoying time-waster to an effective bottom-line booster.
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Author bio – Sonia Simone (photo, left) is co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Rainmaker Digital. She runs a podcast called Confessions of a Pink-Haired Marketer.
7 Signs You Aren’t as Good with Money as You Think You Are
A World Without Cash Is Looking Inevitable
Cash is going to go the way of the dinosaurs.
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"Physical currency is going extinct, according to Stratfor.
In a recent paper, the global forecaster said that the world is on a march to a cashless society and even if there are setbacks the endgame is inevitable."
Four Things You Can Learn from Segway’s Notorious Product Fail
About 10 years ago, inventor Dean Kamen, in a much-anticipated introduction, brought his Segway to the public. Revered by the media and business-world celebrities as a total game-changer in urban planning, transportation, and daily life, the public ended up a bit crestfallen at what they actually saw. It looks like a glorified scooter, and even today, it's a rare sight to see anyone other than a mall security officer or tourist group plodding along on one.
So what went wrong? . . .
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Just Explained a Key Business Lesson That Could Have Saved United from Its PR Fiasco
"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos released his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday. It's a must-read missive filled with pearls of management philosophy and leadership lessons from the guy who created a $430 billion juggernaut."
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Also see: Here Are Some Lessons Businesses Can Learn from the United Airlines Fiasco
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Free Stock Market Game for Introduction to Business
More and more research is showing that the key to having lessons in the classroom to really sink in is to make sure your students are getting a full experiencial learning experience, with lots of examples, interactive supplements, and external resources to help bring everything together.That is the idea behind everything we do at HowTheMarketWorks! The heart of our program is our virtual trading software, where teachers can set up a custom stock market contest for their class, using the dates, trading rules, and starting cash that is most applicable to their own class, and have their students take part in a fully interactive investment simulator, using all real companies, real stocks, real mutual funds, and real prices, in a 100% free environment! Read how you can use it in your classroom . . .
The 15 Worst Companies for Customer Service
We're sorry if you have to deal with them.
Some of the industries that Americans depend on most are plagued by bad customer service.
Utilities, airlines, and cable companies are among the worst lead, according to the latest results from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index.
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31 Business Lessons You Usually Learn the Hard Way
According to Dan Waldschmidt, "1. Sometimes your best effort isn’t good enough to land you the deal." Read Mr. Waldschmidt's other 30 at BusinessInsider.com.
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