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Follow Us On Twitter --  Join Us On Facebook --  Visit Our Blog   July 28 - August 3, 2013 Here are the top 10 things you MUST know this week: 1. 6 Ways Google Glass Can Supercharge Your Workflow At $1,500, the developer edition of Google Glass might seem too expensive. Despite the high price, Google Glass can help business owners be more productive. In the article above, Entrepreneur contributor Taylor Hatmaker talks about how Google Glass can streamline your workflow and save you time and energy.   2. Why The Samsung Galaxy S4 May Be Better For Business Than Apple's iPhone 5 Are you having a hard time deciding whether the Samsung Galaxy S4 or the Apple iPhone 5 is better for your business? No worries. In the article above, Entrepreneur contributor Amy Gahran gives you a look at some of the most important features of the S4 and how it compares to the iPhone 5. 3. 5 Ways To Get Paid Faster Getting customers to pay on time is one of the hardest things we face today as the economic recovery drags on. And when this problem occurs for too long, it can shut down your business. So the question is, "How do you get customers to pay faster?" In the article above, Entrepreneur staff writer Catherine Clifford gives you 5 tips you can use to get paid faster. 4. Mobile Innovations That Could Change The Way We Do Business Since their release, Apple's iPhone and iPad have changed how people communicate and access information. In society today, there are different types of smartphones and tablets appearing left and right. With that being said, it makes you wonder what new kinds of gadgets we will see next – and what they might do for your business. In the article above, Entrepreneur contributor Amy Gahran talks about 4 new innovative that have potential implications for business. 5. 8 Killer Online Marketing Campaigns In order for you to have successful marketing messages, they need to be able to cut through all the noise that is the Internet and have creative ways to get consumers to listen up. Otherwise, you will waste a lot of marketing dollars. In the article above, several young entrepreneurs weigh in on their favorite campaigns – and why they work.  6. How To Close More Deals By Using The Phone Because of the continuous growth of Youtube, Facebook, and Twitter, many of the old sales tools are a thing of the past. There is still one old, underutilized sales tool, however, that is still very effective even today – phone. In the video above, you'll find out exactly why a simple phone call is a great way to reach a potential sales prospect.   7. 10 Questions To Ask Before Naming Your Business Deciding what to name your business can be a challenge. Why? Because you want a name that's catchy and also fits with your type of business. In the article above, freelance writer Lisa Girard gives you 10 questions to ask yourself as you ponder various names for your business.   8. The 25 Most Audacious Companies Starting a company from scratch is by itself an act of audacity. Even though starting your own company is indeed audacious, it doesn't always mean it will be successful, original, or ambitious. In the link above, Inc. has put together a list of the 25 most audacious companies. These companies aren't afraid of the impossible odds in front of them, they are very original, and ambitious. So go on! Click the link above and check them out for yourself!   9. More Than 500,000 Google Reader Users Migrate To Feedly With the news of Google Reader being shut down in July, several hundreds of thousands of users like us were left searching for a new news aggregator. Luckily for all of us, there was an aggregator we could migrate to seamlessly – Feedly. This goes to show that a small service, in this case Feedly, can benefit from a big player exiting its space.   10. Home Office Design: 7 Very Creative Space Savers Whether you need extra seats, more privacy, or a better view, these creative home offices shown in the link above may help you come up with a solution. (This issue was written by staff reporter Steven Ward, with input from Denise Gosnell and Jynell Berkshire.) Let us know your thoughts on today's issue. Post your comments here. Click here for details

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