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Strategies

    By
  • James R.
  • May 29, 2015
What is your unique selling proposition?

It may sound complicated, but it's not. This one statement can help your company solidify what makes it stand apart from its competition.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Michael Hinman
  • May 29, 2015
Radio activity

Jamie Meloni created a platform to share the business success of others. His next goal: Make a profit doing it.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2015
Corporate Report

Commercial owner, others creating arts incubator; Pittsburgh Pirates name Bradenton Marauders GM; PGT Industries backed for SEED incentives; Dunkin' Donuts' ad agency promoting Chico's brands

  • Strategies
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • May 22, 2015
Food for thought

Trying new things at a rapid pace fuels Greg Gentile's entrepreneurial success. Says Gentile: 'I'm all about change.'

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 22, 2015
Reflecting growth

Product partnerships are sometimes good for more than sales increases and exposure. For some smaller firms the arrangements provide another perk: access to success.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • May 22, 2015
Senior boom

A Michigan developer of senior housing is following its snowbird customers down Interstate 75. He joins a crowded field.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 15, 2015
The four S's of superior sales performance

Before you send your sales team out to represent your company, make sure it has all the tools needed to succeed.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Cheryl O'Neill
  • May 14, 2015
Ten Tips for Improving Customer Service

Keeping your customers happy is a key to your business's longevity.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • May 8, 2015
'Wear people down'

John West is an expert on finding talent. Doing it right requires a lot of steps.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 8, 2015
Smells good

A company that provides coffee to offices has a solid share of two Gulf Coast markets. It craves more.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • May 8, 2015
Corporate Report

Goede, Adamczyk, DeBoest names new managing partner; Tampa investment firms backing Social Quant startup; Naples financial adviser on Barron's top 100 list; Arrow Environmental Services merges with 4Ever Green; Fishman & Associates expanding to Tucson

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • May 8, 2015
Sales generator

Latin America promises growth for Florida companies like Turbine Generator Maintenance that are willing to travel.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Michael Hinman
  • May 1, 2015
Data Mine

Companies know the value of collecting data. But ideas to use it well could be as close as the local sports team.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Jean Gruss
  • May 1, 2015
Celebrity Chef

A television appearance can do wonders for boosting your business. Just ask Chef Brian Roland, owner of Crave Culinaire in Naples.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Traci McMillan Beach
  • May 1, 2015
Deep dive

The Florida Aquarium was one of the first attractions to spur development in Tampa's Channelside district — long before Jeff Vinik's bold redevelopment plan. Two decades later the aquarium is going strong.

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