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Monthly Archives: July 2017
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Turn More Prospects Into Customers
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Learn how to turn more prospects into clients by leveraging the decision-making process every prospect goes through.
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Investing in Youth as the Future of Innovation and Economic Growth
by Kelly Lovell • • 0 Comments
Young delegates from G20 nations recently issued recommendations that their governments should perhaps listen to.
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3 Entrepreneurial Lessons From the Amazon/Whole Foods Mega-Merger
by Per Bylund • • 0 Comments
The entrepreneurial community should be watching this deal with bated breath for the revolutionary retail repercussions sure to come.
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Two thirds of young entrepreneurs fear the robot revolution
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Two thirds of young entrepreneurs are concerned that the rise of robot workers with artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace could impact job prospects, according to a new report from Young Enterprise. The report, entitled Robot Revolution: The impact of artificial intelligence on entrepreneurs and job prospects, includes detailed polling of 200 finalists from the Young
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Cyber attacks on UK businesses increase by 52 per cent in Q2
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
The number of cyber attacks targeting UK-based businesses increased by more than half in the second quarter of 2017, according to a new report from Beaming. Firms were, on average, subjected to almost 65,000 internet-borne cyber attacks each in the three months to June, an increase of 52 per cent on the first quarter of
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Workers in dangerous jobs let down by poor health and safety procedures
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A quarter of employees working in hazardous job roles believe their employers aren’t doing enough to protect their health and keep them safe at work. A quarter (25 per cent) of labourers in manual professions, such as construction, thought their company’s health and safety information didn’t go into enough detail about their role and the
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Hiring an SEO company? Ask these important questions
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
When you run a business these days, it’s important to establish a solid online presence. One of the hallmarks of a strong online presence is search engine optimisation or SEO. This allows your site to be found by the search engines and, in turn, by potential customers. Unless you are well-versed on how to optimise
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Mary Kay Distributor Earns Her 13th Pink Cadillac
by Ted Nuyten • • 0 Comments
Lesa Franken has been working for Mary Kay for almost 35 years. She has been a sales director for nearly 30 years. On June 30, she picked up her 13th pink Cadillac, a 2017 Cadillac XT5.
Each Mary Kay career car has a two-year lease, which has allowed Franken to drive a total of 18 career cars in her time with the company.
Franken, an independent executive senior sales director, has been named to Mary Kay’s National Queens Court of Personal Shares 16 times, earning a diamond ring for selling at least $40,000 of merchandise. She also has been part of the National Queens Court of Personal Sharing twice, earning a diamond bumblebee for her team building.
Franken and her team of consultants have been recognised in Mary Kay’s Circle of Achievement for selling at least $300,000 of merchandise as a unit. Franken and her consultants once won a trip to Germany for selling $650,000 worth of Mary Kay products.
In her career, Franken has been awarded Star Consultant prizes 129 times. This is awarded based on sales of $1,800 or more in a quarterly period. Despite her long history of high achieving, Franken isn’t just in it for the prizes.
“I don’t really pay attention
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LegalShield Adds A New Record
by Ted Nuyten • • 0 Comments
LegalShield, one of North America’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and the IDShield identity theft solution for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that it has grown its membership base to exceed 1,651,000 members.
“Our increasing membership and low churn rate are the result of our dedication to constantly improving our products and customers’ experience.
We are a ‘45-year-old start-up’ that keeps pushing the boundaries of the innovative legal services industry,”
said CEO Jeff Bell.
“On top of that, the LegalShield family is expanding with more independent associates joining our ranks and making legal protection accessible to more Americans every day. We take great pride in our mission, and we’re just getting started.”
About LegalShield
A pioneer in the democratization of affordable access to legal protection, LegalShield is one of North America’s leading providers of legal safeguards and protection against identity theft solutions for individuals, families and small businesses.
The 45-year-old company protects more than 1,651,000 individual, families and businesses through its legal plans, while IDShield provides identity protection to one million individuals. In addition, LegalShield and IDShield serve more than 141,000 businesses. Both legal and identity theft plans start as low as $20 per month.
LegalShield’s legal plans provide access to attorneys with an average