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It's the duty of the CEO to foster a fun and friendly work environment where non-work-related conversation is not only permitted but encouraged. CEOs can jumpstart employee unity by taking everyone on team outings, such as ski trips, wine tours, four-wheeling, boating and hiking...

Ask Simon Slade why he has had such quick success in the web app development market and he'll recite his tried-and-true motto. It goes like this: "Build it, test it, learn from it, fix it. Then rinse and repeat as fast as possible!"

For each of your medium selected, decide how frequently and when you will contribute content. Be specific and plan the article title if possible, but if not, select the type of content for each contribution. How-to articles, like this one, provide step-by-step instructions...

"...It doesn't matter if an employee is doing laundry in between writing blog posts or checking Facebook. All that matters is that my employees complete their work on time." - Simon Slade, CEO and Co-founder of SaleHoo...

Part of choosing whether to personalize or automate lies in customers' expected response time for that medium. When a customer makes a phone call, for example, the customer expects the call to be answered with an immediate response and immediate results...

"My goal is to empower, teach and provide the resources to help others be successful online. Whether they want to earn enough money to quit their current job or just earn some extra spending cash, SaleHoo can help them sell better online and Affilorama can teach them to affiliate market. Helping others achieve financial freedom is an extremely rewarding profession..."

But developing a company after working all day forced me to either take the plunge into entrepreneur uncertainty or put my start-up dreams on hold. I decided to quit and start SaleHoo with only $500 of my own money and $500 of Co-Founder Mark Ling's money. It took eight months before I started earning a profit, but it was well worth the risk...

Success is exceeding your own expectations. For one person that might be selling enough online to afford that extra vacation, but for another, that might be earning six figures through affiliate marketing and covering the cost to quit your full-time job and pay off your debt...

To check the indexing status, go to Google or Bing and search for "site:" immediately followed by the domain name. The results will show which pages have been indexed. If not all the website's pages appear, it's time to follow these five steps to get all the pages indexed...

"Web redesign doesn't have to be a time-consuming and expensive challenge," says Simon Slade, CEO and cofounder of SaleHoo, a platform for building your own online store and an online wholesale directory of over 8,000 prescreened suppliers. "For less than $500, you can make over your entire website using one of the following methods…"

Mark Ling and I each contributed $500 to a company bank account to start SaleHoo. The majority of our initial expenses, including Web hosting, office space, Internet fees, etc. - we either begged, borrowed the money or promised an "IOU."...

Toast and Marmite, a yeast extract spread native to my hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand" - Simon Slade, cofounder and CEO of Affilorama and SaleHoo...

SaleHoo's customers include two main groups: small businesses and consumers. Our small business customers include both online and offline retailers that have between five and 30 employees on average. These customers tend to have established product lines but are looking to expand them further, which is where SaleHoo steps in to help them connect with new suppliers...

For many, breaking free of the 8-5 grind means freedom to manage your own schedule and be your own boss. Simon Slade, CEO and co-founder of SaleHoo, helps more than 100,000 members worldwide achieve this goal by connecting them with prescreened suppliers of over 1.5 million products to sell online...

After receiving multiple inquiries about how I find suppliers, I realized the need for an outlet for online retailers to shop for trusted suppliers. I then joined forces with Mark Ling, an Internet marketing entrepreneur, to create SaleHoo Wholesale Directory, which reached 10,000 members just eight months after its creation...