Analysis of companies, markets, digital business models, startups, monetization strategies, and how technology shapes modern commerce and decision making.
6 Advantages Of Having An Employee Benefits Administrator
Employee Benefits & Payroll is a complex department that demands a lot of respect. Once upon a time, it was the HR department’s responsibility to find (and explain) plans that fit right with each and every employee. However, each business is unique and requires the right tools and resources to e ...
5 Reasons How Asset Management System Helps Your Business
A company’s investments in assets is often measured against the profits that company makes. This Return on Fixed Assets (ROFA) is vital when used in conjunction with asset inventory management systems that measure the life-cycle it costs to produce material. Here is just a sample of ways asset manag ...
Best Co-Branded Credit Cards – How They Help Brands And Users
Co-branded credit cards are all the rage nowadays, not just in the US but on a global level. Recently, Starbucks launched co-branded credit cards with Visa and J P Morgan Chase. Marriott International has become the latest brand to partner with reputed banks like American Express and J P Morgan Chas ...
Why Bitcoin Cash Will Dominate In 2018
If 2017 was the year of Bitcoin, then 2018 will definitely be the year of Bitcoin Cash! 2017 was a crazy year for cryptocurrencies as every month it seemed a record was being made. For all those that were saying it’s a bubble and all of this is going to crash, well it hasn’t crashed at all and if th ...
Can Bitcoin Reach $50,000 Per Coin In 2018?
I think it is safe to say that Bitcoin has been the world's greatest investment opportunity in 2017. It should also be noted that most trading experts, if not all of them, have been wrong in predicting the Bitcoin price. And now, casually predicting that it will hit $20,000 before the end of 2017 is ...
How To Extract Value From Your Website
Your website is not only a useful gateway to showcasing your products or services. You could extract more value while also running other types of content. This especially goes to those running blogs that have many followers and thousands of daily visits. Such platforms, although developed with a lar ...
Top 4 Cyber Threats All Businesses Face
This last year has been plagued with news about hackers gaining access to email servers, credit information, and even banking data. In fact, in the first half of 2017, about 2 billion data records were stolen or lost because of cyber-attacks. This number is expected to rise in the upcoming years. No ...
Understanding Business Process Modeling And How It Works
Business process modeling, which is commonly abbreviated as BPM in systems engineering, is the process of representing the business processes of an enterprise so that any of the current processes of the business might be analyzed for alteration or improvement as and when needed. Although it is a ver ...
The 5 Top Technology Risks Facing Your Business In 2018
In September 2017, CNBC reported that 1.9 billion data records were stolen during the first half of the year. That’s a whopping 164% increase from the prior-year period: an unmistakable sign that the cyber threat landscape is darkening. If your company isn’t keeping pace with the changes — by learni ...
5 Ways Content Marketing Helps Your Business
Marketing is impossible without the content. Engaging content is the need of the hour in today’s generation of online customers. Right now, to effectively market your content, you need to grab the ever-wandering attention of the user, give him all the necessary details and get a yes out of that pers ...
5 Benefits Of Using CRM Software In Your Small Business
Small business owners face numerous challenges when it comes to running their operations smoothly. With a list of things to do, from emails, phone calls, social media posts, business growth and development, marketing and numerous customer inquiries, there’s just too much to handle for small business ...
What Happens To Old Products When A New Model Is About To Be Released?
In short, prices plummet, and sales margins of previous products drop, damaging retailers everywhere. US markets can be highly competitive and are notoriously sensitive to price changes. Consider the following case study.
The iPhone 7 is released. Retailers buy a specific amount of the phones bas ...
3 Ways Small Businesses And Tradespersons Can Better Organize Their Services
Napoleon Hill is credited with once saying, “First comes thought, then organization of that thought into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality.” This couldn’t be truer in business. First you get this great idea, that one product or service that you know could revolutionize ...
Renting An Apartment Requires Outstanding Credit Scores In Some U.S. Cities
As renting becomes increasingly popular across the nation, the credit scores required to rent a home are starting to increase as well. A new study from apartment search website RENTCafé shows that the average credit score of approved rental applicants has been increasing across the country. Currentl ...
Tips To Make Business Travel Simpler And Easier In 2018
For older generations, business travel was seen as anything but enjoyable. It was perceived as somewhat of a necessary evil, but younger workers have embraced the idea of traveling for work. They’ve even coined the term “bleisure” referring to a mix of business and leisure travel, which is increasin ...