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Promoting an employee to a leadership role is an important decision. But is that employee ready for it? How do their current skills and experience translate into management potential? Here are a few of the top signs that an employee is ready for leadership:

Social media platforms are more than just a tool to update your relationship status, share cat pictures with friends, and post political memes. By giving you a potentially limitless audience, social media also offers significant money-making opportunities. These are some of the top ways you can use social media to bolster your income:

Rewarding your employees for their hard work is crucial for keeping morale — and productivity — high. These days, many employers are forgoing the traditional model of raises in base compensation in favor of bestowing merit or holiday bonuses.

The things you buy, including equipment and property, to help improve your small business are not only smart investments, they are valid deductions you can report on your tax return. Since you are dealing with taxes, though, how to calculate the depreciation of your business assets can be complicated.

If you’re focused on the long-term success of your business, you’ve already realized the importance of building ongoing relationships with customers. The best way to boost your sales isn’t to focus on your bottom line; it’s to foster connections of respect.

The sight of pests at your business will deter customers and stress out your employees, ultimately impairing the potential of your business’ success. Pests are a nuisance, and depending on the creature, can cause a range of harm to humans and destruction to your property. In order to protect the health of your staff, customers, products, and...

Running your business with passion every day is key to success in the long run. But you also need to think about your individual needs down the line — specifically, how you’ll get to the point where you have the money you need to retire. As a small-business owner, you’re responsible for setting yourself up for retirement. Fortunately, you have...

As a small business competing against larger companies with greater brand presence, it’s important local patrons still find you. If you don’t optimize your website correctly, you could be lost among the sea of competitors. Achieving high search engine rankings depends on pleasing Google’s algorithm RankBrain. Here’s a basic guide for doing that:

First Federal Bank is committed to supporting our small business customers during these challenging times. We know now is the right time to secure long-term financing for a stable financial future for your business. Here at First Federal we want to help through using Government Guaranteed Loans, with long term financing options and low fixed...

No matter what kind of business you run, you’ll likely need to work with suppliers in some capacity. A supplier is any business that provides the products or services that your business needs in order to operate. Selecting good suppliers and working well with them is critical to your business’s success. The following tips will give you a helpful...