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		<title>How to Increase Profit and Wages Simultaneously</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/08/16/how-to-increase-profit-and-wages-simultaneously/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>All business leaders today are looking for ways to decrease costs, while increasing productivity and profit. Many businesses today are taking a one time profitability boost by reducing costs at the expense of the employees. Cost cutting always seems to be the first action taken by companies as they try to increase their profit. I [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/08/16/how-to-increase-profit-and-wages-simultaneously/">How to Increase Profit and Wages Simultaneously</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-760x507.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/profit-2-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>All business leaders today are looking for ways to decrease costs, while increasing productivity and profit. Many businesses today are taking a one time profitability boost by reducing costs at the expense of the employees. Cost cutting always seems to be the first action taken by companies as they try to increase their profit. I [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>Profit First</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/08/13/profit-first/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Profit First by Mike Michalowicz. Michalowicz introduces a new and unique way of managing the financial side of your business. Rather than running your business using traditional GAAP based reporting, he introduces an approach that keeps the business owners focused on profits not on Revenue, SG&#38;A or COGs. [&#8230;]</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The book review for this week is Profit First by Mike Michalowicz. Michalowicz introduces a new and unique way of managing the financial side of your business. Rather than running your business using traditional GAAP based reporting, he introduces an approach that keeps the business owners focused on profits not on Revenue, SG&#38;A or COGs. [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How Your People are the Key to Sustaining Success</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/07/19/how-your-people-are-the-key-to-sustaining-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>We have all heard it said that people are the most important asset your business has. In fact, it is said so much that now we have become somewhat numb to it! Do we really believe this? Are people truly the key to your organization&#8217;s success? What about innovation or leadership or cashflow or customers? [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/07/19/how-your-people-are-the-key-to-sustaining-success/">How Your People are the Key to Sustaining Success</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/people-600x400.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>We have all heard it said that people are the most important asset your business has. In fact, it is said so much that now we have become somewhat numb to it! Do we really believe this? Are people truly the key to your organization&#8217;s success? What about innovation or leadership or cashflow or customers? [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How to Plug the Gaps and Stop Bleeding Money!</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/03/08/how-to-plug-the-gaps-and-stop-bleeding-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit.jpg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Most organizations are bleeding away profit through holes they don&#8217;t even know they have! That’s right! If you are not periodically and systematically looking for inefficiencies, gaps, old processes, or broken systems, chances are, your business is bleeding profitability. These holes that are bleeding profits from your organization are generally not a result of a [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/03/08/how-to-plug-the-gaps-and-stop-bleeding-money/">How to Plug the Gaps and Stop Bleeding Money!</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com"></a>.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-300x200.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-760x506.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-518x345.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-250x166.jpg 250w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-82x55.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/profit.jpg 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Most organizations are bleeding away profit through holes they don&#8217;t even know they have! That’s right! If you are not periodically and systematically looking for inefficiencies, gaps, old processes, or broken systems, chances are, your business is bleeding profitability. These holes that are bleeding profits from your organization are generally not a result of a [&#8230;]</p>
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		<title>How to Stop the Email Madness and Save a Boatload of Money!</title>
		<link>https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/02/15/how-to-stop-the-email-madness-and-save-a-boatload-of-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tools and Tips]]></category>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="224" src="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-300x224.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-300x224.jpg 300w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-768x574.jpg 768w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-1030x769.jpg 1030w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF.jpg 1920w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-760x568.jpg 760w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-518x387.jpg 518w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-82x61.jpg 82w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-131x98.jpg 131w, https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/EMF-600x448.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>There are literally billions of emails sent each day and many of them are simply not needed and result in &#8220;make work&#8221; projects. This is a huge productivity drain on your business! According to a Washington Post article the average worker spends 4.1 hours per day doing email while this Forbes article suggests 2.5 hours [&#8230;]</p>
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