Whether you own your business or you are slashing your way through the cubicle jungle we all want to be happier at work.

Take a moment and check out these ways you can make your work life much more enjoyable.

1. Be Assertive

Express your feelings and thoughts with confidence but without needing to “win” the discussion.

2. Be Self-aware

Recognize and understand what you are feeling in any given situation and why you feel that way.

3. Be Empathic

Understand and appreciate the feelings of others, even when you feel quite differently.

4. Be Solution-focused

Rather than complain about problems, isolate them and generate an effective solution.

5. Be Appreciative

Allow yourself to enjoy your work, the presence of your colleagues and your job’s ongoing challenges.

Want a step by step guide that will get you more press? Well, here you go. We found this post especially helpful this week.

If you’ve ever thought that getting press was something only the big brands could do then you should take a minute and read this post. It might change your mind (and teach you how to be successful at it too).

While we think there are WAY more than two things you should keep in mind when it comes to email marketing, this article makes a specific point worth remembering.

…email is the most popular activity on smart phones and tablets. Yep, not Facebook or search. The good old-fashioned warhorse of digital communications.

So if you’ve been trying to avoid being a “mobile marketer” but you’re doing email…guess what…you’re a mobile marketer. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you can capitalize on it.

What does South Park have to do with marketing your business? Yeah, we thought that was a little bit of a stretch too.

Turns out it makes sense and it is a great reminder of the fact that, when we wear our marketing hat in business, we’re really storytellers. It doesn’t matter what the medium, that principle remains.

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Are you overwhelmed by Social Media? Well, we’re pretty sure this list of 19 different tools for you to play with won’t make you any less stressed. But they will help you get some results out of social.

We can’t deny that Social Media is a part of our business (and its success). A key component in Social Media Marketing is not just pushing content out there but actually monitoring individual campaigns. We’ll let Jamie explain the difference.

Social media management is important, but but there’s another set of tools that help you do social media management along with social media monitoring. When you monitor your social media campaigns, you’re including the added dimension of tracking the brand sentiment behind your campaigns.

Here are five of our favorite stories from the business world this past week. Check them out…

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Here are five of our favorite stories from the business world this past week. Check them out…

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