[ad_1] The following excerpt is from Jill Schiefelbein’s book Dynamic Communication. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes How can you create persuasive presentations that help you connect with your target audience? Here’s a five-step model I call the TEMPTaction model. It’s created based on an understanding of persuasion, great public-speaking …

[ad_1] Congress repealed an Obama-era rule Wednesday that had paved the way for states to create their own retirement savings plans for private sector workers. The rollback is expected have a chilling effect on the plans already underway in seven states, but won’t necessarily halt them. California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, …

[ad_1] Video is the most engaging ad format for modern consumers — and it is poised to explode into a whole new world of virtual reality formats and devices in coming years, cementing its place in the pantheon of entertainment. Knowing that video is such a foundational pillar in the …

[ad_1] Charlamagne Tha God is an influential, often controversial, TV and radio personality, best known for co-hosting New York’s Power 105.1 FM’s The Breakfast Club morning show. He also appears on multiple television shows and co-hosts the podcast Brilliant Idiots. If you’re not familiar with him, here’s how he recently …

[ad_1] Kara Goldin had a fizz problem. When the founder and CEO of flavored-water company Hint launched her line of carbonated beverages, Hint Fizz, in 2011, she wanted to sell it in glass bottles, as plastic bottles don’t seal as tightly as glass ones, causing fizzy drinks to go flat …

[ad_1] By this point, Maury Hanigan is used to winning pitch competitions. So far, she’s entered three and swept them all. Her most recent victory was at Pitch Night NYC‘s inaugural competition, held in midtown Manhattan. From a field of 13 contenders, most who fit the tech startup stereotype (20-something …

[ad_1] In this video, Entrepreneur Network partners Chris Haddon and Jason Balin answer questions about creating connections and using your community to build your business. That sense of community can come in all sorts of different forms. Whether you’re making contacts with your neighbors or with like-minded people in your …

[ad_1] For many of the world’s most successful executives, few things are scarier than being asked to spend a couple of minutes on the phone with a journalist. Those who have been in the unfortunate position of having their words misconstrued know that the stakes are incredibly high these days. …

[ad_1] Social selling is the art of using social networks to find, connect with, understand and nurture sales prospects. According to HubSpot, “The use of social media in sales allows salespeople to delight their prospects rather than interrupt their daily lives with cold calls and hard sells, eventually converting them into loyal …

[ad_1] Having trouble getting your small business site to rank in the search engines? Not even sure where to start? This post will provide you with 9 simple hacks to ensure your site is properly optimized and starts ranking as soon as possible. These hacks have helped me to go from a …