The 25 Best Companies to Work for in 2012

Vivian Giang writes, "There's a lot of hype out there about the best tech places to work for — Google, Apple and Facebookare well-known dream work places.

But what about the lesser-known companies with smart, driven colleagues, sweet perks and endless room for growth and mentorship?

To find out, we turned to Glassdoor.com for a list of the 25 best companies to work for right now."

How Online Reviews Can Make or Break a Business

Businesses and companies who provide a service or product often assume that user reviews on their products do not matter much, and because of this reasoning it has brought many businesses down. User reviews are one of the things which make a company and product trust-able, and a quality review by a consumer can convince others to purchase the product and give a quality review themselves.

Often times before purchasing a product or ordering a service people tend to check the customer reviews, and if these reviews aren't up to par with the companies claims of how great their service or product can be, the consumer will stray away from purchasing a product or service produced by the company.

Photo: Social Media consultant Greg Voakes

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14 Books on Leadership Every Young Entrepreneur Should Read

We asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invitation-only nonprofit organization comprised of the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs, this question:

“What business book do you recommend for improving management leadership?”

Photo: Anita Campbell – Founder, CEO and Executive Editor of Small Business Trends

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If Companies Don’t Follow These New Rules of Customer Service, They’re in Big Trouble

Now that customers can air complaints virtually anywhere online, companies can't risk making big customer service mistakes anymore. Just one bad tweet can get the entire Twittersphere up in arms and threaten the integrity of a brand.

We recently sat down with Wendy Lea, CEO of customer service support platform Get Satisfaction, to talk about what companies should be doing now that the rules have changed.

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Introduction to Business: The Fast, Simple Way to Keep Your Course Content Fresh and Up to Date

Business in Action 's Real-Time Updates solves the age-old problems of maintaining the currency of textbook content and providing you with a steady stream of new examples, lecture materials, and media to enliven your classes.

This unique suite of web technologies, developed by the authors, automatically provides weekly content updates, including articles, podcasts, online videos, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, websites, wikis, interactive media, and infographics. . .

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What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You?

It goes without saying that it takes a special kind of person to become an entrepreneur. Driven, motivated, innovative – these are just a few of the many ways to describe individuals who risk everything to transform their vision into reality. We created this infographic to celebrate the entrepreneur, not only for their individual, quirky styles, but also for their contributions to the global economy.

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