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Let’s face it—IT skills are one of the most valuable commodities out there today. But for various reasons, vast swaths of the general population don’t possess even basic computer literacy. Why not put your team’s collective knowledge to work by offering free training sessions and information workshops?

You’ve spent weeks obsessing over the layout of your latest advertisement—not to mention a hefty portion of your annual marketing budget. But what if you’re going about the whole thing wrong? Here’s a checklist of common advertising mistakes to avoid, culled from the minds (and pens) of some of the world’s leading marketing industry gurus.

In today’s extremely competitive market environment, it’s more important than ever to remain actively engaged with your client base. Whether feedback is positive or negative, your willingness to recognize it and respond proactively can help transform one-time buyers into loyal lifelong clients.

Employee turnover and attrition are all-too-common problems in the VAR space. As a group, sales professionals are known to be more mobile and transient than other employees, and as a result, reseller firms that employ a sales staff are often at higher risk for dealing with the negative fallout of turnover and attrition.

Nothing raises the hackles of seasoned sales professionals like well-qualified, seemingly interested prospects who resist your most persuasive sales tactics and ultimately turn you down. No matter how many easy and pain-free sales you rack up, the memory of those elusive prospects that slipped through your fingers can haunt you for years.

Whether you run a mom ‘n’ pop start-up or an established multimillion-dollar firm, it’s likely that you’ll have to face down the specter of workplace conflict sooner or later. Even the most functional, team-oriented, drama-free workplaces eventually have to deal with some form of conflict, whether it’s a minor dust-up or a no-holds-barred dispute.