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5 Secrets To Recruiting And Retaining Entrepreneurial Types

Eighty percent of people in their 20s say they want to start their own company. This makes recruiting them very difficult. For one thing, young people get scared that if they take a staff job they will somehow be selling out, or giving up their chance to conquer the world. But also, 70 percent of young people move back in with their parents, which means pressure to take a job is relatively low, and opportunities to start a company in one’s basement, with free food and laundry, are high. Read more

By: Penelope Trunk
Source: Open FORUM

15 Tips for Crazy Good Facebook Marketing

Everyone, absolutely everyone, seems to be using Facebook now. According to Facebook's own statistics, people spend more than 700 billion minutes monthly on the platform. Wow!

Therefore, it's essential that your company explore ways that your audience segments are using the social networking platform and develop a corresponding plan. Too many companies merely configure a Facebook Page, randomly post to it until they get bored, and then leave it to gather dust for months at a time. Read more

By Tom Shapiro, Digital Marketing NOW
Source: Startup Nation

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Are Your Presentations Powerful Or Pathetic? 4 Persuasive Presentation Preparation Tips

Four time-tested tips to help you recover from Pathetic Presentation Disorder plus a special video interview with Guy Kawasaki on the on the keys to enchanting presentations. Read more

By: Lisa Nirell
Source: Fast Company


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Jeff Quipp
Founder, Search Engine People Inc.

 

Jeff Quipp is the founder and CEO of Search Engine People Inc. (SEP), Canada’s largest search and social media marketing firm. SEP has been the recipient of Profit Magazine’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada awards in both 2009 and 2010. Jeff is an online marketing strategist, and leads a team of experts responsible for the incredibly successful search and social media marketing strategies and campaigns of many of the who’s who of Canadian business. Jeff was named one of the 20 Most Influential Marketers by Invesp.net.

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