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Resources for Business Owners and Leaders - Wk of 12.11

Here are some resources that I came across or used to help business owners and leaders over the past week:

1. Blogging for business- Click here for the ebook on this subject we used to kick off our TAB Social Media workshop series earlier this year. It covers why blogging is essential for business leaders as well as steps for getting started. It all starts with following and reading blogs (there is still time to add that KINDLE to your Christmas list- great way to keep up with blogs!) Please subscribe to our blog for a steady stream of resources for business leaders building their organizations for the future.  Here are some of my favorite blogs on business from other great authors: 

Small Business Marketing

Seth Godin

Small Biz Trends 

Small Business Owner Blog

Awake at 2oclock

Still want more? Check out Inc.'s list of business bloggers you should follow now.  

2. Standard Policies and Documents: Ben, one of our business advisory board members recommended "Business in a box"  for off the shelf resources, including an employee policy for internet use. I took a brief look at it, seems like a broad resource for all sorts of business domains.

Along related lines, here is a copy of the standard employee manual that I provide to my customers. You can compare it to your own policy and adopt individual policies or, adopt the whole thing as your own by using "find and replace" with your name in word. Remember, best practice is to have your manual reviewed by your employment lawyer - this serves as a good foundation.

3. Dragon Dictation is a GREAT new app for the Iphone that was released this week.  Among other things it allows you to speak your emails and text messages into the phone. The response time and accuracy of the conversion is amazing. One touch converts the message into an email or text.

Related posts:

Why-Apps-are-Essential-for-Biz-Leaders 

the-blogging-three-step 

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