Professionalisms
The Best Way To Avoid A Tax Audit
Businesses can be audited for a variety of reasons, from having too many expenses to employing loopholes through misleading information. Samuel Brotman, founder of Brotman Law shares some tips for how to best avoid a tax audit for your new business.
5 Things To Consider Before Applying For A Bank Loan
The application process for bank loans tends to be exhaustive, and the rejection rate is high. To avoid wasting precious time, Meredith Wood, Editor-in-Chief at Fundera recommends you consider these five factors before you apply for a bank loan.
Legal Impact Of Data Protection And Management In The Digital Age
CommunicAsia 2017 Summit speaker, Steve Tan, Partner, Deputy Head – Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Rajah & Tann LLP, shares the legal aspects of adopting new technology and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations.
Business Milestones That Deserve A Gift
Building a successful recognition program becomes a way to let employees know how they are doing. Some rewards will naturally be long-term, and others are short and in-the-moment. Try any of these methods to start.
Five Keys To Leading In The Age Of Analytics
Executives that know how to lead in this new era of data analytics will outpace their competition. It will require a shift in how you view analytics and the importance the organization places on the building of analytical capabilities. Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang, co-authors of "Monetizing Your Data: A Guide to Turning Data into Profit-Driving Strategies and Solutions" shares five keys to leading in the age of analytics.
Five Business Clichés And “Don’t Says” To Avoid
Those pointless little phrases you use at work might be sending exactly the wrong message. Venture capitalist, speaker, and best-selling author Richard Moran explains why it's time to ditch those business clichés.
Learning This One Language Will Instantly Make You A Better Leader
by Rafael Romis, founder of Weberous
No matter where in the world your company is based, the number one language in offices is always the same...
10 Common Causes Of Conflicts Within Small Businesses (And How To Fix Them)
Patrick Dahm, consultant at Samuel Seow Law Corporation looks at ten common causes of conflicts within small businesses that arise from not having proper contracts in place and offers suggestions on how to resolve them.
Segmentation Is Killing Your Brand: Five Reasons To Find Your Unicorn Customer
Segmentation is a fine marketing tactic but it can work against a brand by diluting the brand identity, argues Deb Gabor, author of "Branding Is Sex: Get Your Customers Laid and Sell the Hell Out of Anything".
5 Ways To Protect Your Idea From Theft
With the constantly increasing ease in which information can be shared, it’s becoming harder for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs to secure their business ideas to ensure competitors or other people do not unfairly steal them.
Nine Ways To Avoid Getting Hooked By W-2 Phishing Schemes
The W-2 phishing scam is one of today’s most serious cyber crimes that can devastate any business, but especially a small one, which can find it a challenge to manage the costs to respond to a data breach. John Farley and Emily Seick of Hub International shares how you can protect yourself.
Six Tips To Help Businesses Fix Their Broken Hiring Processes
Modern-day hiring is largely broken, but hiring expert Scott Wintrip is fixing it one company at a time. In his new book, High Velocity Hiring, Wintrip explains exactly how to optimize your company's hiring potential and find better job candidates faster than ever before.
10 Tips To After-Hours Professional Gatherings
From office-wide after-hours events, to anniversary parties and corporate retreats, work events are often characterized by a more relaxed, yet professional environment. Sharon Schweitzer shares 10 tips to keep in mind when attending your next after-hours work event.
Why “If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It” Isn’t A Smart Payments Strategy
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is not a strategy that helps companies lean into the future, because it's focused on the past. Thinking a few steps ahead lends a company the advantage of scaling, which translates into moving faster toward goals with less effort, says Lauren Ruef, Research Analyst for Nvoicepay.
The Private Company Council
What has the PCC done for your business lately? Karen Burns, an Assurance Partner at Sensiba San Filippo and the President of the East Bay Manufacturing Group, explores what the Private Company Council can do for midmarket businesses without the vast human and financial resources of larger enterprises.
How You Can Use Personalization As A Marketing Tool
Personalization is a low cost strategy that can yield high response from your customers. Regardless of whether you want to use this as a business model or as a marketing strategy, personalization is a great tool, says Chris Low, founder of MyTeamPlan.
Cyber Security For Your Business – 6 Common Myths Debunked
With more and more businesses embracing the efficiency and accessibility of on-the-go technology and online transactions now being processed quicker than ever, it’s no surprise that these new technologies are also attracting potential security threats. David Midgley, Head of Operations at Total Processing six most common myths regarding cyber security for businesses.
3 Keys To Winning New Customers
One of the most critical activities within a business is to define, without hesitation, the process used to win new customers. Rich Allen, author of “The Ultimate Business Tune Up" shares 3 keys to winning new customers.
5 Tips For Effective Networking
Whether you’re new to networking or have tried it and decided it’s not for you, Amanda Lambert shares some tips for finding a way to make the most out of networking and leave with an armful of leads.
3 Ways To Capitalize On Your Website Traffic
When you receive an influx of organic traffic to your website from social media or quality backlinks, an important question tends to spring to mind: how can you capitalize on this new web traffic to create new customers? Eugenie Delhaye, co-founder of My Little Big Web, shares her view.
How To Boost Productivity with Online Forms
By incorporating online forms into tasks like reimbursement requests, customer contracts, project proposals, and PTO requests, you can save everyone in the company a lot of time, says Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack.
Can Document Management Restore Consumers’ Trust In Enterprises?
To facilitate a much-needed paradigm shift in information management, organizations must rely on new technologies to bridge corporate, consumer, and regulatory interests.
3 Ways To Avoid Being Seen As A Fraud In Your Crowdfunding Campaigns
To keep their customers loyal and expand their businesses beyond crowdfunding, business leaders need to be on top of their supply chain issues. Jesse Kaufman, CEO and founder of ShippingTree shares three ways to manage the process and keep your backers supportive.
How To Use Employee Appreciation Day To Build Culture (The Right Way)
As a manager or leader, it’s easy to take your own agenda into your employee appreciation efforts and ignore what your workers want. Jon Hainstock, co-founder of ZoomShift shares several practical steps you can take to leverage your employee appreciation efforts into culture-building.
7 Secrets To Help The Self-Employed Reduce Their Tax Bill
There are things your tax professional can help you with, but before you head to his or her office, here are a few tips from Brian Ashcraft, Director of Tax Compliance, Liberty Tax Service that can help you reduce your tax bill at tax time.
5 Tips That Will Help You Hire The Right People For Your Startup
If you want to be the leader in your industry, you’ve got to keep the right people by your side. Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli, founder of Weekplan shares 5 hacks that will help you recruit top talent with minimal hassle.
Achieving Greater Agility Through Proper Business Intelligence
How can business intelligence (BI) be your catalyst for taking your profit margins to the next level? Dan McCarthy explains how BI is the gateway for achieving greater agility.
Factors That Affect Debt Consolidation
As you plan to consolidate the debts at your small business, remember that three things will affect the terms you are extended in the consolidation: your personal credit score, your business credit score and the overall state of your business’ finances. Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi, explains.
4 Steps To Creating A Vision For Your Business
You need a clear idea of where you want your business to be ten years from now. If you want to get somewhere and you want people to follow you there, you have to visualize it first: you can’t be a leader without vision, says Rich Allen, author of "The Ultimate Business Tune Up: A Simple Yet Powerful Business Model That Will Transform the Lives of Small Business Owners".
The Importance Of A Local SEO Strategy
In order to stay ahead of the game, you need to determine what your main goals are, and formulate a local SEO strategy. To do this right, you have to be aware of the current trends in search engine optimization and the most important ranking factors, says Amir Noghani, General Manager at GWM SEO Agency.