Reinvesting in your company is a vital factor in any successful business strategy. It doesn’t matter if your company consists of two people or has a global staff of thousands:…
Jean Ginzburg is Founder and CEO of Ginball Digital Marketing. They help entrepreneurs acquire new customers using a scalable system. Follow her @jeanginzburg Who is your hero? (In business, life, or…
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As the founder of an online resource specializing in all things marriage (including divorce), I’ve come to learn that business relationships have many parallels to marriage and intimate relationships. They…
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