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Several years ago I had an employee who made a decision I wouldn’t have made that cost me a lot of money. Nevertheless, he made what he thought was the right decision at the time and I backed him up 100 percent. At the time, my company provided digital prepress services to professional portrait photographers. [...]

I have a friend in a local hip-hop duo. He does concerts, records albums, and sells merchandise. On Twitter I saw this tweet: “@Hurris: Hey peeps make sure to get in your orders for the Hurris & Gig apparel… Cash, Paypal or card. Sweaters $20-25, tees $10. #murk” I like to support local business, artists, [...]

I grew up idolizing professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. He was the first to land a “900” (a 900 degree turn or two and a half spins) in the half pipe competition at the 1999 X Games. I didn’t even skateboard but he still was my hero. Shortly after this accomplishment he helped Activision, a video [...]

I grew up with a brother who does some pretty extreme things in life and loves to film it. Being the younger brother, I was the one with the camera documenting these adventures. GoPro allows us to push the limits and creativity of the footage. One time in Lake Powell I even rode behind the [...]

Have you ever made a decision that you wish you could take back? One wrong decision can destroy the trust of a loyal customer. There are always going to be hard decisions to make and without effective communication you will easily ruin a current or future relationship. Communication is the key to any successful relationship [...]

  My first official job that was heavily sales driven was in retail. I’ve had several jobs since then where I had to be a salesman, whether it was face-to-face or over the phone. I didn’t like the typical approach most salesmen take, of manipulating the truth to get a sale. I found if you [...]

Online shopping has blown up because of the recession. More people are shopping online today than ever. You get great pricing, don’t have to leave the comfort of your home, and you even can get alerts when new styles or updates of the products you love become available. Among the big names (like Amazon & [...]

It doesn’t really matter if you love or hate Apple, everyone seems to respect Steve Jobs for making Apple the company it is today. I recently read an article in the Harvard Business Review titled: “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson, the author of Steve Jobs biography. Isaacson shares 14 keys [...]

Think of your workplace. Do the words enjoyable, fun, expressive, or freedom come to mind? Most of us would answer no. HubSpot’s CEO, Brian Halligan, challenged what an office space could be in order to bring a higher level of productivity from each employee.  Does having a great environment and culture increase productivity?   I [...]

Note: This is a guest post by Catherine Rees, senior copywriter at Signs.com and the majority contributor to the Signs.com blog. Catherine has 6 years of experience as a copywriter and editor. Prior to joining the Signs.com team, she operated a successful freelance writing business. She also worked at the Salt Lake Community College Writing [...]