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What is SMART Recruiting?

"SMART" Recruiting Solutions SMART Recruiting is a service provided by Ridgeback Business Solutions that provides Great Results at Industry Low Fee's Be SMART First off, the acronym for SMART simply represents a philosophy that will provide a SoundMethodologyAchievingResultsToday In order to “Get SMART” you simply need to follow the four simple principles identified below. You must Outsource certain tasks to offload overhead.Think of your outsourced party more as a Strategic Partner than just a third party vendor. True Strategic partners realize the importance of your success...

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Scott Jensen – “Member Spotlight”

https://youtu.be/STDIwcxtlJg Scott Jensen - Friends in Commerce Member in the Spotlight Friends in Commerce is a private “Network of Networks” primarily made up of US military veterans, first responders, philanthropists for veteran causes(and other loyal Americans) who operate on a foundation of “Honor and Integrity”.  As a “Network of Network’s”, Friends in Commerce serves as the hub of a series of personal and professional networks that are meant to assist its members in their business development efforts. Network members operate under the premise that business development efforts are an extension...

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IVMF Community Services

  • by back2
  • July 1, 2020
  • IVMF
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IVMF's Community Services Program Service, integrity, and accountability, are stressed at every level in the US military. Outside the military, the service aspect of these important traits is supported by Syracuse University through the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) Community Services Program. At IVMF, Community Services focus on helping veterans positively affect themselves and their communities. This is done through a variety of different avenues, one of those being through working with AmericaServes. AmericaServes AmericaServes provides Veteran Community...

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Are You a Veteran Business Owner?

  • by back2
  • June 11, 2020
  • IVMF
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Veteran Business Owner? Whether you are or aren't, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University has you covered. They have established a tremendous series of programs to support those who want to become a veteran business owner or already have their own business. As you may have read in our earlier posts, IVMF has four major programs that focus on supporting veterans in their post military pursuits (Entrepreneurship, Career Training, Community Services, and Higher Education). Today’s...

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Friends in Commerce – The Way Ahead

  • by back2
  • June 8, 2020
  • Networking
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Many of our readers know we support a group for military veteran business owners and executives called "Friends in Commerce". This group is an excellent way for these veterans to leverage each others networks to either advance their careers or grow their business so this post is about Friends in Commerce – Growth, Expansion, and The Way Ahead Why is this important to our group members? Because, where we are going will provide them a tremendous opportunity to grow and leverage...

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A Veterans Path to Business Success

  • by back2
  • June 2, 2020
  • IVMF
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As stated in our post last week, so many veterans exit the military without knowing what to do or even how to start their own business if they wanted to. Thankfully, there are organizations like Syracuse University's, Institute for Veterans and Military Families, (IVMF) that do. Veterans and Business IVMF is the focal point of a historic commitment to serving veterans and their families. It was founded in 2011 and serves veterans across the country and beyond. They have built...

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IVMF – For Veterans & Families

  • by back2
  • May 28, 2020
  • Veteran
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I first came across the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) several years ago as I was searching online for Lean Six Sigma certification programs. To say I was stunned when I came across IVMF's website and programs would be a HUGE understatement. I had no idea this organization with its exceptional programs existed and the resources just don't support our military service and former service members, it also supports their families! I was so impressed by what they...

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“How To” Create Great Video’s

Our own Maggie Wolgamot made this video demonstrating how easy it is for any business to create great video's. It's true that businesses must evolve with the times or die out and in 2019, we saw that happening with online content consisting of approximately 80 percent video marketing. Also mobile consumption of video content continually rises by 100 percent annually. So is your business taking advantage of good video content? If not, then maybe it should. Consider the following statistics: Video...

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Website Security – Is Your’s Secure?

  • by back2
  • April 13, 2020
  • marketing
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We've all heard a lot about website security over the past years but is your site secure. We always use WordPress for our websites because of the ease of use in updating content and posting blogs. But to my surprise, even the websites with the lowest amount of traffic get regular visitors from non customers and with all the hard work you've put into your website and company messaging, you obviously aren't wanting any intruders. The image to the right...

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What I’ve Learned During the “Corona Quarantine”

  • by back2
  • April 12, 2020
  • Life
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Today is Easter and four weeks ago today, my wife and I returned from a trip to our daughters and went into what I refer to as the "corona quarantine". For some reason, this emergency caught my attention early on. Maybe it's because I'm in my early 60's and that's the age they were saying where the mortality rates began to really increase. Maybe it's because of the videos my son was sending me from Twitter in February that showed...

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