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Limited Budget? Guide To Getting More Visitors To Your Site Without Spending A Dime
In this digital age where the world has been transformed into a global village, it goes without saying that a website is one of the first things you need to invest in when setting up a business. Senko DUras, co-founder of Diversis Digital and Point Visible shares some useful tips that you can follow to increase your website’s ranking, build authority online, and create brand awareness without spending a dime.
Five Ways To Maintain A Smooth Manufacturing Process
Manufacturing requires constant attention to ensure that costs remain low and quality and productivity stay high. David Estrakh, Senior Vice President at Express Trade Capital shares a few ideas for keeping your operation running smoothly.
6 Ways To Encourage Honest Feedback From Your Employees
Receiving honest employee feedback requires a culture of openness, honesty, respect and trust. Chris Lennon, Vice President of Product Management at BirdDogHR shares some ways you can build this culture and get your employees to tell it to you straight.
Top 3 Insurance Considerations When Launching A Food Startup
When you are in the process of launching a food startup, it is important to take insurance into consideration, as it can enable you to mitigate the plethora of risks involved in starting your business and working with customers. Maxime Rieman, Director of Online Channel Product Marketing at CoverWallet looks at the top 3 areas of risk that insurance could protect you from.
Take Your Website Performance To The Next Level
When it comes to finding success as a small business on the internet, having a website set up is merely the first step. Roger Chen, Vice President, Asia for GoDaddy shares how you can go from merely having a website, to rip-roaring success online, simply by putting a little attention towards a few simple matters: mobile, performance, and security.
Content Marketers: Ever Feel Like Nobody’s Listening? Here’s Why.
Nicole Ertas, author of Free Range Brands says it seems nearly every brand builder, business builder, or content marketer, in his or her quest to create endless content, has forgotten the obvious: Connections are made emotionally.
Knowing When To Hire An Accountant
If you’re considering outsourcing your company's accounting but are unsure whether this is the best route for you to take, Jay Connelly explores some of the typical scenarios in which business owners decide to delegate - and if any of these sound like you, now is the time to find a chartered accountant for your startup.
Building A Loyal Customer Base Starts With A Simple ‘Thank You’
When it comes to customer satisfaction, saying “thank you” is a key component. But making appreciation feel personal can be tough for larger companies who lack the agility to quickly react to customer issues or struggle to build personal relationships with customers.
3 Ways To Resolve Business Conflicts Without Going To Court
Litigation isn’t the only option to resolve a business conflict. In fact there are several alternatives available to businesses that are significantly less time consuming and costly. Stephen McDonough, founder and lead attorney/mediator at Next Phase Legal looks at some of those ways.
Taking The Plunge – 5 Steps To Recruiting Your First Employees For Your Business
One of the crucial steps in getting your business up and running is to hire your first employees. How do you find the exact person that you are looking for? Maria Borg, director of Thinking Forward shares 5 key steps to help you get started.
10 Sales Interview Questions You Need To Be Asking
Having the right interview questions for potential account executives can make all the difference in making good or bad hires. Here are ten such questions worth using.
Getting Organized: Business Cards
A business card’s effectiveness as a marketing and networking tool depends on how well it is organized. Try some of these professional organizer tips for getting your cards out and managing incoming ones.
Workplace Laws Most Important For Entrepreneurs And Emerging Companies In 2017
Independent contractors, interns, wage exemptions, hiring and firing, trade secrets… these are the most common concerns that impact entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Jason Brown, associate in the San Francisco office of Fisher Phillips shares his thoughts on some of the areas small businesses may want to take note of when it comes to workplace laws.
4 Ways Restaurant Entrepreneurs Can Get Ahead Of Competition Using Technology
by Nate Vickery, editor-in-chief of Bizzmarkblog.com
With the development of technology and tech industries, all aspects of our lives are irrevocably and permanently changed. Just think about our...
5 Hacks For Streamlined IT Efforts
IT problems can create major setbacks for small and medium businesses. Ashley Walsh, VP of Marketing for Formstack shares five time-saving hacks to streamline IT efforts and enhance overall performance and success throughout your business.
Ten Holiday Fulfillment Tips For Small-To-Medium-Sized Sellers
In e-commerce, the holiday season is now beginning in earnest. Though shoppers aren't quite flocking to make holiday purchases yet, the time to prepare for the seasonal rush is now if you're an online seller. Aron Hsiao, Marketing Communications Manager at Terapeak shares ten key tips to help small-to-medium sized sellers who fulfill their own orders to make the most of the coming holiday shopping season.
From Lab Bench To Market Potential
Healthcare companies typically face tougher challenges in their start-up years than those faced by their counterparts in other sectors, due to heavy up-front capital and, at times, lengthy high risk research. Dr. Shawn Watson, Chief Executive Officer at Senescence Life Sciences shares some tips to navigate those initial, difficult years.
5 Tips To Find Diverse Candidates That Make Dollars And Sense
There is an ever-growing business case for maintaining a diverse workforce including studies from MIT and McKinsey that show a gender neutral and diverse workforce is correlated to increases in revenue. Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting shares 5 tips to find diverse candidates that make dollars and sense.
Managing Your Small Business Cash Flow This Holiday Season
The end of year holidays is a time of joy, good cheer and, too often, cash flow headaches for small businesses. If your small business is going to get through the holidays with its cash flow in the black, Stephen Sheinbaum, founder of Bizfi offers these five tips.
Congrats On Your Acquisition! Some Thoughts On Data Integration And More.
Earlier this year, data management services provider Datacastle acquired another company’s assets. Datacastle CEO Ron Faith shares his company's journey in integrating the data of the two operations.
Five Office Updates You Can Make To Boost Culture And Productivity
Considering that your employees spend more of their waking hours at work than they do at home, the environment that you provide for them makes all the difference. Catriona Harris, CEO of Uproar PR shares a few simple tips you can use to improve your existing office space in order to increase employee productivity.
5 Ways To Instantly Add Credibility To Your Digital Presence
As a business owner, you only get one chance to make a first impression with your target audience, so it’s important to take advantage of that opportunity as best you can. Brett Bastello, Digital Business Manager with Inseev Interactive highlights five ways you can use your website to quickly and easily establish credibility with your user base.
3 Tips For Entrepreneurs Entering The B2B Industry
The B2B (business-to-business) industry is unlike the B2C (business-to-consumer) industry many of us interact with on a daily basis – there are several unique distinctions between the two industries. Robert C. Johnson, co-founder and CEO of TeamSupport.com shares 3 tips entrepreneurs entering the B2B industry should know.
6 Ways Your Business Processes Could Be Hurting Your Business
In today’s world of hyper-connectivity and soaring customer expectations, streamlined and transparent business processes are more important than ever. Nick Candito, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressly looks at a few business process challenges that plague companies across nearly every industry.
Where Can You Go If You Want To Learn PHP?
If you’re working with WordPress, it’s worth your time to learn PHP - the language in which it’s coded. AJ Morris, Managed WordPress Product Manager for Liquid Web shows you how you can do so.
Three Leadership Lessons From “The Boss”
They call Bruce Springsteen “The Boss” for a reason. Springsteen knows how to launch a start-up operation from scratch, assess his strengths and limitations with bracing honesty, and create an inspirational vision. Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry, authors of "Committed Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance" shares three lessons they learned from The Boss.
4 Ways Small Businesses Can Improve Their PPC Game
As a little guy in the PPC game, going up against the big boys can be a bit daunting. Andy Beohar, VP of SevenAtoms some of the best methods you can use to improve your PPC game that will get you in the ring with some of those bigger competitors.
Breakroom Basics And Beyond
By Lea Schneider
Building a great working team is a goal for every company. As you work toward that goal, keep in mind that your...
Don’t Jump Too Soon: How To Properly Pace Business Growth
Despite what many entrepreneurs may think, Brent Freeman, co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs argues that not all growth is good growth. In fact, he says expanding too quickly can be just as dangerous as not growing at all.
10 Easy Ways To Create A Healthy Workplace
Over the years, we have developed work styles that are not good for our physical, mental or emotional health. So how can we improve the health of our work place? Author of "The Healthy Workplace" Leigh Stringer shares a comprehensive list.