Tag: business
3 Costly Social Media Mistakes That Good Employees Make
Let’s start with this: good employees aren’t just hard to find, but in certain labor markets they can be nearly impossible to locate. Indeed, forget about the challenge of adding profitable customers or raising working capital. Those can seem like proverbial walks in the park compared to onboarding ...
Important Components Of IP Protection That Influence Business Success
It is not only important for a business owner to understand all the factors to be considered when you intend to seek protection of intellectual property, but it is equally necessary to know how the rights to the intellectual property can be efficiently secured. The most important thing to establish ...
How To Develop A Solid And Successful Networking Plan
The process of finding a job has changed significantly over the last few decades. In the past, applicants mailed cover letters and resumes to potential employers in response to newspaper ads. Now most job openings are posted online. It’s easy to apply online, but your chances of success are surprisi ...
How To Make Sure Your Business Is Carrying Out Risk Assessments Correctly
Hearing the phrase ‘risk assessment’ tends to be met with a mixed response. Whether it’s an eye-roll from workers, or a sharp intake of breath from managers, a simple misunderstanding concerning the purpose and the form of a risk assessment that causes it to be a task embraced by Environmental Healt ...
How To Plan And Conduct A Successful Virtual Meeting
Business owners have embraced virtual technology as a cost effective way to conduct various meetings like conferences, training, and webinars. While a virtual meeting offers an opportunity to achieve a myriad of goals, proper planning is required to ensure such a meeting is conducted professionally ...
12 Important Sales Strategies That Should Not Be Overlooked
Many business professionals begin their career in sales positions, and for good reason: Sales is a key component for a profitable company. In fact, “The caliber of the salesperson, in a B2B environment, is the most important factor influencing prospects’ decisions to buy,” according to Yahoo Small B ...
Inspiring Tips On How To Start Your Own Successful Business
Most people who are merely thinking of starting their own business meet this information in almost every article. [pullquote]They stumble upon the claim that 9 out of 10 new businesses fail within the first year.[/pullquote] Or, what is more optimistic is that roughly 50% of new firms close during t ...
How To Establish Yourself As An Online Influencer
It seems like the Internet abounds in influencers. From good-looking people who leverage their Instagram following to score product endorsement deals, to people from various industries that have established themselves as the go-to authority for everything industry-related. Some call influencers the ...
Protecting Your Business Assets – Everything You Need To Know About Contracts
There are plenty of occasions where you might not need to refer to the terms of a contract to resolve a dispute or technical issue but when something goes wrong or the deal doesn’t go according to plan, you will want to ensure the terms are as much in your favor as possible.
Here is a look at wha ...
Here Is the Next Generation Of Marketing Opportunities And Challenges
Great products don’t sell themselves. People do. Marketing will always be a necessity for getting the word out about your business, products, and services. From the days of the town crier to now, it has always been about finding the best way to communicate your message to a largely apathetic cliente ...
Effective Low-Cost Marketing Tips For Small Businesses
Small businesses do not always have a massive budget for marketing. For this reason, they simply cannot outspend the competition but rather have to be more creative and utilize other methods. The best marketing plans do not have to be expensive as spending quite a bit of money never guarantees that ...
What Impact Will Digital Transformation Have On Business Processes?
You only need to cast your mind back ten years to realize what a huge impact digitalization has had on the world. For example, Google Chrome didn’t exist, nor did the iPad, or Kickstarter (the platform that helps to crowdfund independent startups). But what impact will digital transformation have on ...
3 Tools Small Businesses Can Use To Shrink Legal Expenses
Do you find yourself complaining endlessly about the absurdly high rates of lawyers? If so, you are not alone. Many small business owners feel the same way, but it seems like there’s no other choice but to hire a lawyer to sort out legal issues, even if it means paying an exorbitant amount for a job ...
How To Improve The All Important Team Dynamics In The Workplace
An organization’s success is linked to specific team dynamics in the workplace. If employees are unable to communicate effectively, for example, performance will suffer. This can add to problems like low employee engagement and high rates of interpersonal conflict and turnover.
“No job is truly i ...
Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
The study of business ethics refers to the ethical dimensions of productive organizations and commercial activities, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. It applies to the production, distribution, marketing, sale and consumption of goods and services. It can include potentially con ...