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Alphabet Soup and Employee Engagement

Pop Quiz: What’s your business’ best asset? It’s OK. Take a minute to think about it. I’ll wait here. Got it? Is your best asset your state-of-the-art facility? Nope. How about that super-impressive-sounding equipment you just bought? Still no. Obviously, it’s your envy-inducing client list, right? Strike three, buddy. It’s engaged employees. Now, engaged employees […]

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Give the People What They Want

Yesterday marked the first day of Summerfest. Yesterday also marked the first time I’ve left a concert before the end. For the uninitiated, Summerfest is an 11-day outdoor music festival held on the shores of Lake Michigan right here in Milwaukee. With pop, rock, hip-hop, and country acts, it draws quite the eclectic crowd (read […]

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You Need a Website. And Here Are More Than 3 Reasons Why.

Hey, you. Auto shop guy. Yes you. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: it’s 2014. Oh, I’m sorry. You already know what year it is, eh? Then you have no excuse to not have a web presence. Look, I know that the thought of putting together a website is intimidating. But, […]

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15-ish Perfectly Legitimate Reasons to Go Take a Break

Putting in a solid day’s work doesn’t mean spending 8 hours chained to your desk. In fact, it’s been shown that taking breaks throughout the day actually improves your productivity. A break creates a natural point at which to refocus your energy. Getting ready to tackle a task that’s been on your To-Do list for […]

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Not My Circus, Not My Monkey

There’s a Polish idiom that goes, “Nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy.” In English, that translates to “Not my circus, not my monkey.” Or, simply, “Not my problem.” Think of your job as a circus. Within your circus, there are lions to feed, monkeys to train, and lots and lots of elephants to clean up […]

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The Upside of Facebook Flight

Recently released statistics show that, since 2011, almost 4 million teens aged 13-17 have left Facebook while the overall number of users has grown by almost 30 million. One may take this teen flight as a sign that, like, Facebook is so last year. But if you’re a business, particularly one that sells B2B, this […]

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Laughing With Us

There are some who say that mathematics is the universal language. But I, for one, don’t find anything particularly universal about a language that uses frustrated sobs like punctuation. You see, I don’t need math. If I go a day without calculating something, I’ll be just fine. Hell, I’d even go so far as to […]

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49 Lessons from the Class of 2013

The holidays are always a natural point for reflection. With friends and family gathered around, you share memories of the year that was and hopes for the year that will be. The successes are celebrated and the failures are looked at through a lens of experience, rather than regret. So, it is with this same […]

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The 12 Days of Shiftmas and One Heartfelt Wish

By now, you’ve probably been inundated with warm and fuzzy feelings. The soft crackling of an open fire. The fresh blankets of snow. The perfect gift for your perfect person. The peppermint-flavored everything. I mean it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the holiday spirit, right? So, we at Reman University would like to […]

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Video Killed the Marketing Star

Did you know that there’s a new video uploaded to YouTube every .4 seconds? That’s right. In the time it took you to read that sentence, there were 10 videos – most of which are about cats – that were unleashed upon the Internet. So, where’s yours? We live in a society of visual learners. […]

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