Beyond sales and promotions, email marketing is a great way to demonstrate your value to subscribers. Avoid sending too many emails just for the sake of ‘staying in touch.’ Instead, obsess about your customer’s problems and create email content that includes insider tips, trending news and ways to help your audience get ahead.

This month's articles include need-to-know information for small businesses, including social media trends that work for small businesses, and more.

For years, many have believed that extroverts have the edge in the workplace. After all, extroverted individuals appear more outgoing, talkative and energetic, while introverts seem more reserved, reflective and less social. However, psychologists have been looking more closely at this preconception and theorizing that the introvert’s quiet way may just be a misunderstood superpower.

LEADership Blue Springs was designed to help you develop skills and knowledge of our community through monthly workshops that focus on local business, government, quality of life, and volunteer services.