BUSINESS ADVICE

Living Well workshops slated

September 02, 2010

Area chambers joining forces

July 30, 2010

Engage: SD helps with social media

South Dakota nonprofit organizations are eligible for free participation in Engage: SD, a new program that will help them use social media effectively. Organizations selected for the program will take part in online webinars and in-person skill building workshops, and will obtain in-depth technical assistance. The webinars started today. The program is supported by the South Dakota Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Enhancement Project, Engage: SD and is offered through the Rural Learning Center of Howard. Registration for training is open online at www.engagesd.org. Anyone interested is encouraged to follow the project at www.facebook.com/engagesd. Questions may be directed to Lindsey Karlson or Mike Knutson at engagesd@rurallearningcenter.org, or by phone, 605-772-5153. The Rural Learning Center is a nonprofit community development organization, helping rural regions re-imagine local opportunities.

July 27, 2010

The importance of inventory management

By Matthew Mohr , June 07, 2010

Catering to your target market

Many businesses are struggling to adapt to the changing habits of consumers during the recession.

By Mark Sheffert , June 07, 2010

Passing along family assets present challenges

By Matthew Mohr , May 10, 2010

From the editor's desk: Social media use and your business

A growing number of businesses are starting to look to social marketing and networking sites as potential new marketing tools.

May 10, 2010

MATTHEW MOHR: Understanding product life cycles

Understanding the product life cycle is beneficial to business owners as they consider rolling out new offerings and conduct long-term planning.

April 05, 2010

Mark Sheffert: Effective leaders use crisis to force change

Addictive behaviors start out casually, with minor unacceptable behavior. Over time, the behavior grows more and more out of control, but it is tolerated and eventually becomes the norm. Often, it takes a major crisis before the addict will attempt to change his or her ways.

March 08, 2010

Energy conservation tips to improve your bottom line

Businesses looking to reduce costs and improve their competitive standing would be well served to examine their company’s energy use.

By Thomas Brandes , March 08, 2010

Nicole Lipkin: Managing the 'Me First' generation

Generation Y comprises 73 million workers or soon-to-be members of the workforce – the largest influx since 78 million baby boomers entered the workforce two generations ago. It’s a new world and a workplace revolution is creating some friction between the new workers and their entrenched superiors.

March 08, 2010

Eric Giltner: Keys to a winning business partnership

Mutual interests and shared experiences do not guarantee a profitable working relationship. The partners in any organization need to have a shared vision of the position staked out for the business and intentions for the future for any business partnership to work.

March 08, 2010

Matthew Mohr: A primer on financial ratios

Although financial ratios are taught in basic financial management courses, they are important tools to use and understand, even when performing the most sophisticated financial analysis.

March 08, 2010

Jack Geller: Joining the underserved

The Minnesota Ultra High-Speed Broadband Task Force presented the state legislature and Governor Tim Pawlenty with recommendations on how to improve rural broadband access in the state.

March 08, 2010

Matthew Mohr: Persistence drives sales success

Statistics show most person-to-person sales representatives give up too soon. Many sales require up to five face-to-face interactions with a potential customer before the customer actually buys the product.

By Matthew Mohr , February 08, 2010