Is going with the flow really a bad thing?
August 28, 2018
By Brian Maynor We’ve all heard the expression go with the flow, and understand it’s a metaphor that looks at navigating life like a river, but somewhere along the…
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How to Improve Your Credit Score–And Why You Should Try
August 28, 2018By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose When’s the last time you checked your credit report? Although they may seem boring, these reports contain an important little number: your credit…
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How to Improve Your Credit Score–And Why You Should Try
August 28, 2018
By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose When’s the last time you checked your credit report? Although they may seem boring, these reports contain an important little number: your credit…
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The most common advertising question
August 27, 2018By Jerry Bellune I hear it all the time. You may hear it, too. You may have even asked it yourself. Don’t feel guilty if you’ve asked it. It’s…
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The most common advertising question
August 27, 2018
By Jerry Bellune I hear it all the time. You may hear it, too. You may have even asked it yourself. Don’t feel guilty if you’ve asked it. It’s…
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Dealing with disappointment
August 24, 2018
By Brian Maynor Disappointment may be a part of life, and while we all need to learn how to cope with it, that doesn’t mean we have to like…
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Why your “out of office” message matters
August 21, 2018
By Brian Maynor As Labor Day approaches, vacation season may be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean we are going to be chained to our desks until…
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How prepared are Columbia businesses for peak hiring season?
August 21, 2018
Here are a few questions from MidlandsBiz for April Diehl, Regional Manager for Hire Dynamics. MidlandsBiz: What’s the outlook for most Columbia based businesses going into peak season? Are…
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An absolutely free business secret
August 20, 2018By Jerry Bellune All right, my friend, it’s pop quiz time. Tell me how many FREE business secrets you know. Surely not advertising, inventory or sales. Those cost money,…
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An absolutely free business secret
August 20, 2018
By Jerry Bellune All right, my friend, it’s pop quiz time. Tell me how many FREE business secrets you know. Surely not advertising, inventory or sales. Those cost money,…
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Today’s news culture and the rise of social media
August 17, 2018
By Meaghan Norman How do you get your daily news? It’s likely not the way you used to get it years ago, and may not even be the same…
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Is it really “all good”?
August 14, 2018
By Brian Maynor If we counted, how often would we catch ourselves saying everything is “all good”? Personally I hear myself saying it out of habit, when I don’t…
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Deal with the troublesome ones
August 13, 2018By Jerry Bellune All of us need them – despite their attitude. They often make their colleagues uneasy. As their leaders, they may affect us like that, too. They…
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Deal with the troublesome ones
August 13, 2018
By Jerry Bellune All of us need them – despite their attitude. They often make their colleagues uneasy. As their leaders, they may affect us like that, too. They…
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Top signs of an alpha man or woman
August 10, 2018
By Brian Maynor Few things are as awe inspiring as an alpha man or woman. They know exactly what they want, and don’t apologize for going after it with…
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5 ways to beat feeling overwhelmed by work
August 7, 2018
By Brian Maynor As summer vacations come to a close and workloads start getting heavier it can be easy to start feeling overwhelmed. Before our to-do lists grow to…
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What are you losing by not paying attention to your website?
August 6, 2018
When you have a need for information, where do you first go? If you are like a growing number of Americans, you whip out your cell phone and search online.…
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The real value of American Legion Baseball
August 6, 2018
By Richard Eckstrom S.C. Comptroller The American Legion plays a special role in the lives of military veterans. It’s a source of fellowship, advocacy, healing, and support, as well…
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They could eat you for lunch
August 6, 2018By Jerry Bellune No, I’m not talking lions and tigers. Cannibals either. But real people nevertheless. It’s not that they are predators. Heaven forbid! They aren’t really out to…
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They could eat you for lunch
August 6, 2018
By Jerry Bellune No, I’m not talking lions and tigers. Cannibals either. But real people nevertheless. It’s not that they are predators. Heaven forbid! They aren’t really out to…
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How success is like an earthquake
August 3, 2018
By Brian Maynor You don’t often hear success compared to a natural disaster, but these two have one very important commonality, and it’s not laying waste to everything in…
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How to read someone’s mind during a conflict
August 1, 2018
By Brian Maynor Unfortunately we all have our fair share of conflicts and disagreements in our lives, but have you ever noticed that some people can deescalate them almost…
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Words Are Like Spells
August 1, 2018
By Connie Cleveland I was fortunate growing up to have parents that were willing to expose me to all kinds of activities ranging from sports to music and drama.…
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Leaving a Legacy: How to give through your estate?
August 1, 2018By Corinne Hanna and Abby Mason Abacus Planning Group, Inc. Gifting through your estate can be simple or complex. Knowing the benefits, how assets are transferred at death, and…
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Leaving a Legacy: How to give through your estate?
August 1, 2018By Corinne Hanna and Abby Mason Abacus Planning Group, Inc. Gifting through your estate can be simple or complex. Knowing the benefits, how assets are transferred at death, and…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: advice, banking-and-finance, on-the-move
V.C. Summer Expansion Construction Shutdown – One Year Later
July 31, 2018The abrupt shutdown of the V.C. Summer Plant expansion project in Jenkinsville, South Carolina was an event that impacted more than 5,000 employees and their families. These employees showed up…
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V.C. Summer Expansion Construction Shutdown – One Year Later
July 31, 2018
The abrupt shutdown of the V.C. Summer Plant expansion project in Jenkinsville, South Carolina was an event that impacted more than 5,000 employees and their families. These employees showed up…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: advice, law, on-the-move
The 1st Rule of Entrepreneurship
July 30, 2018By Jerry Bellune Have you ever had an idea so brilliant you knew it would work? That your clients would fall all over themselves to buy it? And then…
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The 1st Rule of Entrepreneurship
July 30, 2018
By Jerry Bellune Have you ever had an idea so brilliant you knew it would work? That your clients would fall all over themselves to buy it? And then…
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Enough is enough with the conference calls
July 26, 2018
By Brian Maynor Donna Summer sang it best, “Enough, is enough, is enough, I can’t go on, I can’t go on no more no…” and while she wasn’t singing…
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Face the Facts: We’re never going to be “caught up” and that’s ok
July 24, 2018
By Brian Maynor I can’t believe it’s time for ‘back to school’ commercials and sales. Where has the summer gone, and why haven’t I gotten as much done as…
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How to Find a Competent, Honest Mechanic–And Avoid the Rotten Ones
July 23, 2018By Mike DuBose After a home, cars are usually one of the most expensive possessions a person or family owns. Many people rely on them for important tasks like…
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Can we count on you to keep your promise?
July 23, 2018By Jerry Bellune Our friend Denny Hatch has subscribed to Time magazine for 60 years. But he had a disillusioning experience the other day. In a letter, the magazine…
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How to Find a Competent, Honest Mechanic–And Avoid the Rotten Ones
July 23, 2018
By Mike DuBose After a home, cars are usually one of the most expensive possessions a person or family owns. Many people rely on them for important tasks like…
Read MorePosted in: midlandsbiz Category: advice, transportation
Can we count on you to keep your promise?
July 23, 2018
By Jerry Bellune Our friend Denny Hatch has subscribed to Time magazine for 60 years. But he had a disillusioning experience the other day. In a letter, the magazine…
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Where Political Communications and Public Relations Meet
July 20, 2018
For over a decade, I have worked hard to achieve professional success in different but similar professional paths. I began my professional career in the media, then ventured into politics,…
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3 steps to change our perspective
July 18, 2018
By Brian Maynor “Everything you see or hear or experience in a way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in…
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4 qualities of great leaders
July 17, 2018
By Brian Maynor There is a big difference between being a leader and being a great leader, and it boils down to four qualities. Leaders come in all shapes…
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What it takes to keep a client
July 17, 2018
By Jerry Bellune One of our elderly gentlemen readers called the other day to complain. Our Pet Editor, Scoop, writes a joke column in our newspapers, the Lexington County…
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What it takes to keep a client
July 16, 2018By Jerry Bellune One of our elderly gentlemen readers called the other day to complain. Our Pet Editor, Scoop, writes a joke column in our newspapers, the Lexington County…
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Speed up your business’s slow times
July 11, 2018By Jerry Bellune You’ve undoubtedly seen a few of the ads for Starbucks Afternoon Made. This is an attempt to generate more traffic, sales and revenue after lunch, their…
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Speed up your business’s slow times
July 11, 2018
By Jerry Bellune You’ve undoubtedly seen a few of the ads for Starbucks Afternoon Made. This is an attempt to generate more traffic, sales and revenue after lunch, their…
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27 words leaders should use
July 10, 2018By Jerry Bellune The July 2018 Leadership Letter As a young editor, my boss would often wave an early edition and demand, “Who wrote this headline?” Other editors would…
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Find opportunities in every challenge
July 10, 2018By Jerry Bellune In our Master Mind group, we teach that every challenge has at least one opportunity in it. Lazy people complain. Smart ones find and exploit the…
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Find opportunities in every challenge
July 10, 2018
By Jerry Bellune In our Master Mind group, we teach that every challenge has at least one opportunity in it. Lazy people complain. Smart ones find and exploit the…
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27 words leaders should use
July 10, 2018
By Jerry Bellune The July 2018 Leadership Letter As a young editor, my boss would often wave an early edition and demand, “Who wrote this headline?” Other editors would…
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The natural conflict between Legal and PR
July 6, 2018
Leighton Lord Founder and Managing Director, NP Strategy, LLC Any organization confronting a controversial issue, and especially a crisis, will need legal advice and public relations advice. That, however,…
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Multi-Dog Syndrome and a Pack of Employees
July 2, 2018
By Connie Cleveland Growing up, whenever I asked my mother for another dog, she would reply, “When you have a home of your own you can have as many…
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Can politics harm your hard-earned reputation?
July 2, 2018BUSINESS – It’s Your Business: 2 Minutes to Great Profits They say in show business, “Any publicity is good as long as they use your name.” That may work in…
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Can politics harm your hard-earned reputation?
July 2, 2018
BUSINESS – It’s Your Business: 2 Minutes to Great Profits They say in show business, “Any publicity is good as long as they use your name.” That may work in…
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