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Making Your Case: The Four Es Of Payment Automation
When writing a business case for payment automation, draw attention to the permanently simplified (and cheaper) workload that automated processes would bring, rather than focusing on the temporary unfamiliarity of your solution.
5 Steps To Building A Remote Work Environment That Sustains Over Time
How do we make remote work last over time? How can we keep this from feeling like there’s no real connection or organic collaboration? Larry English, author of "Office Optional: How to Build a Connected Culture with Virtual Teams" shares his thoughts.
Turning Your Successful Small Business Into A Thriving Online Brand: 5 Key Steps
A strong online brand is vital for securing sales, but it also plays a critical role in fostering trust and connection in an age where face-to-face interactions are far from guaranteed. Shayne Tilley, Head of Marketing at 99designs shares some ideas to build a stronger digital brand.
A Landslide Of Layoffs Is Coming — How To Do The Dreaded Deed Kindly
As the pandemic continues, so do the job losses. If you’re a leader, you may find yourself having to lay people off or make “temporary” furloughs permanent. Award-winning author Deb Boelkes says how you do it matters — and she offers some guidelines on delivering the bad news with love.
What You Need To Know Before You Hire Your Next Remote Team Member
Hiring a new remote team member? Take the time to get a more full and complete picture of someone’s work history, personality, strengths and weaknesses to determine who is the best match for your role.
7 Reasons Startup Businesses Still Need To Collaborate With Marketing Companies
A collaboration with a marketing company could help embed the core principles of effective marketing into your startup’s most important business processes from the very beginning.
How “Human” Is Your Workplace? These Four Questions Reveal The Truth.
Ed Hess says the old, fear- and ego-based ways of working and leading won’t survive in the Digital Age. If your workplace doesn’t meet these four criteria, you may be on your way out.
How To Command Your Workforce At A Startup
Command your workforce in the right way in a startup enterprise. Use these four tips to help you manage people in your startup enterprise, building loyalty and faith in your leadership over time.
How Great Presentation Design Can Make Up For Weak Public Speaking Skills
Most people aren’t naturally confident on a stage. It takes time and practice, though an impressive slide design can certainly help make up for weak public speaking skills.
Bookkeeping Blunders: 7 Common Startup Accounting Mistakes
Avoid these startup accounting mistakes and start your business off on the right financial foot. Keeping your financial foundation strong will help you turn your startup into a successful business in no time flat.
Pieces Of The Same Puzzle: How Business And Marketing Plans Work Together
Although a marketing plan is key to running a successful business, it’s not a substitute for a business plan; the two strategic documents have distinctly different goals and serve different purposes.
Mid-Pandemic Marketing 101 For Professional Service Companies
Professional services have always been a people-to-people business, but now the industry is in a situation where professional interaction has radically changed. This represents a tectonic shift — in the services provided, the way they’re provided and business development efforts.
How ‘No-Excuse’ Leadership Can Help Businesses Succeed After The Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic slowdown created an uncertain future for businesses across the country. Troy Nix shares how 'no-excuse' leadership can help you succeed in these challenging times.
Ensuring Wellness Of Post Pandemic Employees
As a workplace psychologist, Dr Craig Knight, Founder and Director of Identity Realization Limited, is often asked what the psychological effects of COVID-19 are on employees.
5 Reasons Why You Should Provide Stipends To Your Employees
If you wish to attract and retain good talent, you may want to look into providing company stipends. It may be an added cost, but it’s a worthwhile investment for your employees.
How To Create A Successful Fundraising Event
Planning and organizing a fundraising event are exciting, but it takes a lot of work from your end. By having clear goals of your fundraising campaign, you can know whether you’re going to the right path or not.
Top Five Mistakes Small Business Owners Are Making During Pandemic
Joseph Meuse, Founder and President of Business GPS shares the top five business mistakes his company sees small business owners making again and again.
How To Ensure The Safety Of Your Employees In The Workplace
As an employer, it’s crucial to ensure the safety of your employees in the workplace. Before they result in illness or injury, any safety hazard must be fixed using proactive, effective, and aggressive approaches.
Four Tools Every Business Leader Needs To Raise Their Personal Profile
Now is the perfect time for business leaders and entrepreneurs to elevate their own individual brand, says Victoria Usher. She shares four essential tools that will equip them for success when they embark on their personal PR programme.
How To Create A Better Customer Experience For Your Startup
Customer experience is one of the most crucial factors determining the success of an organization. No matter how good the quality of your product is, it will be in vain if you offer poor customer experience.
Key Tips For Enhancing Your Team’s Remote Selling Abilities
By building a remote-friendly culture within your company, encouraging collaboration, and providing them the necessary tools and training, you can improve your team’s remote selling abilities.
10 Steps For Building The Resilience To Move From Trauma To Triumph
Resilience is a desired trait. Many ordinary people have accomplished extraordinary things after experiencing trauma. Kristen Harper shares ten strategies that builds the resilience to move from trauma to triumph, and bouncing forward.
How To Build A Great Business Plan – Checklist 2020
Every successful business idea had a strategically written business plan. Nemanja Zunic shares some rules for writing a great business plan.
COVID-19 And Payments: How Merchant Solutions Can Help Businesses Meet Customer Demand
Although the U.S. is behind other countries when it comes to the adoption of contactless and cashless payments, COVID-19 may be the catalyst needed to move these practices forward.
5 Point Guide To Improving ROI As A Small E-Commerce Seller
Small ecommerce stores must seek to extract the maximum return on investment (ROI) for every dollar they spend. Will Schneider, founder of insightQuote shares 5 practical ideas that could get your ecommerce investment going further.
Cancel Culture And Small Businesses: Are You Ready For A PR Nightmare?
Edward Segal shares some strategies and tactics to help navigate the shifting winds of public opinion and the battles in the culture wars that are being fought every day.
Entrepreneurs: Is It Time To Pivot? A Trustworthy Financial Adviser Can Help
The right adviser can help ensure adequate cash flow, direct proper strategies for investing, and make you aware of the tax implications of pivoting, says Wayne B. Titus III.
No, Six Sigma Isn’t A Cure-All. Here Are 5 Reasons Why.
As a leader, you must adopt one proven set of business principles as the solution and fully commit to them, says Mark C. DeLuzio, author of "Flatlined: Why Lean Transformations Fail and What to Do About It".
Why Website Structure Matters
Without a clearly defined structure, your website will simply be a miscellaneous collection of pages that are impossible to navigate. Joe Cox, Content Director at Superb Digital shares why it's important to look at website structure.
5 Reasons A Unifying Vision Is The Key To Successful Remote Working
Working remotely has left many business owners and employees feeling stressed out, hesitant, and unsure how to be successful. Having a unifying vision is going to make all the difference, says Joe Curcillo.