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Business owners can make a habit of winning

The biggest advantage of being a business adviser is that it gives you a perspective on many different kinds of businesses and management styles and… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By James McCusker Business 101

So much for all of that fiscal cliff financial planning

All last year, mindful of the looming fiscal cliff, tax accountants advised their clients to accelerate income, defer deductions and execute their estate plans in… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By Stephanie Onzay Moss Adams LLP

Use face time to build business relationships

I’ve been writing about technology for this paper for several years now. I’ve written about how important it is to interact and connect through social… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By Sven Mogelgaard Tech 101

Write concise emails and save everyone time

Email takes up a large portion of our office time each day and it usually ends up sneaking into our evenings, too. Surely, it seems… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By Monika Kristofferson Office Efficiency

How the SBA serves underserved U.S. communities

Each January, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Each February, we celebrate the important milestones highlighted by Black History… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By Calvin Goings SBA Administrator

Use marketing dashboard for better ROI

Just as the dashboard of your automobile gives you information about your engine, a marketing dashboard keeps you apprised of how your marketing machine is… Continue reading

  • Feb 27, 2013
  • By Andrew Ballard Growth Strategies

Feds offer businesses tips to survive flu season

The 2012-2013 flu season arrived earlier than usual and is hitting the Puget Sound region particularly hard. As the nation braces for increased flu activity,… Continue reading

  • Jan 11, 2013
  • HBJ staff

Business Events

Jan. 17 In partnership with the Sky Valley Chamber of Commerce and GROW Washington, Sultan Mayor Carolyn Eslick will host a free Business 101 Workshop… Continue reading

  • Jan 11, 2013
  • HBJ staff

Distressed properties keep filling market

The number of short sales in Snohomish County jumped from 14 percent of closed sales in 2011 to 19 percent in 2012, according to a… Continue reading

  • Jan 15, 2013
  • By Kurt Batdorf HBJ Editor

FAA orders 787 grounded after 2 battery incidents

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is ordering the grounding of the Boeing Co.’s 787 pending safety inspections. The FAA only has authority over U.S.-based carriers.… Continue reading

  • Jan 16, 2013
  • Herald staff and Associated Press

Home prices post first yearly increase since 2007

EVERETT — 2012 proved the laws of year of supply and demand in Snohomish County’s real estate market as weak inventory and willing buyers added… Continue reading

  • Jan 17, 2013
  • By Kurt Batdorf HBJ Editor

Port of Everett chief financial officer to retire this year

Port of Everett Chief Financial Officer Karen Clements announced Jan. 22 that she will retire in September. Clements, who holds… Continue reading

  • Jan 30, 2013

Everett mayor is upbeat in State of the City address

EVERETT — In his 10th State of the City address, Mayor Ray Stephanson was glad to report that the city’s finances are in “remarkable shape”… Continue reading

  • Jan 24, 2013
  • By Kurt Batdorf HBJ Editor

Emotional security keys employee motivation

By James McCusker Business 101 Abraham Maslov published his famous research paper, “A Theory of Human Motivation,” in 1943, the same year that the federal… Continue reading

  • Jan 30, 2013

Olympic Theatre fans race to beat digital transition

ARLINGTON — The Olympic Theatre’s challenge of finding funds to install digital equipment as film copies of the latest movies rapidly disappear is reminiscent of… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2013
  • By John Wolcott HBJ Freelance Writer

Businesses share wisdom with Arlington seniors

ARLINGTON — Arlington High School seniors are getting advice from local business people as part of their senior culminating project before entering the highly competitive… Continue reading

  • Jan 29, 2013
  • By John Wolcott HBJ Freelance Writer

Compelling messages deliver better ad results

When advertising campaigns don’t generate the desired results, many advertisers blame the media (delivery vehicle, e.g. broadcast, print, Internet, etc.) when it is more often… Continue reading

  • Jan 29, 2013
  • By Andrew Ballard Growth Strategies

Made in the U.S.A.

BOTHELL — A U.S. manufacturer moving a production line overseas — that’s probably not surprising. What might be is a small but growing movement by… Continue reading

  • Jan 30, 2013
  • By Debra Smith HBJ Freelance Writer

Arlington business attracts indoor gardeners

SMOKEY POINT — Indoor gardening is gaining more and more attention, providing a real-world solution to the Pacific Northwest’s short outdoor growing season. Already, Snohomish… Continue reading

  • Jan 30, 2013
  • By John Wolcott HBJ Freelance Writer

Business Briefs

Nominate business leaders for HBJ awards EVERETT — The Herald Business Journal is accepting nominations for its annual Executive of the Year and Entrepreneur of… Continue reading

  • Jan 30, 2013