Category: Business
8 Productivity Pitfalls New Entrepreneurs Must Avoid
Building a business takes a lot of time. With so many things to do and not enough hours in a day to finish them all, new entrepreneurs find out pretty quickly how valuable their time is. If you’re starting a business on your own, then you know you’ve got toRead More
7 Tools to Improve Your Writing
If you are aiming toward great success in the business world, then you have to pay attention to your writing skills. Emails are often the first tool of communication between business people, so the impression these messages leave is essential for successful collaboration. If you are part of the businessRead More
The Importance of Starting and Maintaining a Business Budget
A large percentage of small businesses fail within one year of operation. While circumstances vary as to the cause, one of the obvious reasons is that they’re financially incapable of continuing to operate. There is a lot of money that goes into starting and running a business. You need certainRead More
6 Tips to Work More Efficiently
Organization: The eternal enemy of employees. Of everyone really. Getting organized would mean extra input of effort and work. “Why would I do that? I get my work done.” Efficiency is the answer. Imposing organizational strategies will make you work more efficiently, prevent headaches and will let you display yourRead More
5 Easy Ways to Promote Your Restaurant
Running a successful restaurant involves a lot more than putting good food on a plate. While the failure rate of new restaurants isn’t quite as bad as the popularly quoted 9 out of 10, the rate still hovers around a formidable 60% according to Bloomberg Businessweek. We’ve all seen theRead More
Bring the Convenience of an Ecommerce Store to a Brick and Mortar Location
Every business owner wants to increase their bottom line, and brick and mortar retail stores are no exception. The overhead and competition with larger online markets can make it more difficult. This may be one of the reasons why many businesses are unaware of the fact that those same onlineRead More
Outsourcing Doesn’t Necessarily Have to be a Bad Thing
Nobody is going to argue that outsourcing, as a general idea, is usually considered a bad thing. The nightly news is full of stories about huge corporations who dodge tax burdens and destroy jobs by outsourcing their basic needs, like customer service, to other countries. Sometimes though — especially whenRead More
How to Save on Business Travel
I am finding that in my role I am traveling more and more on a monthly basis. I am becoming increasingly aware of these costs for the company I work for. Businesses everywhere must find new and different ways to slash costs if they want to survive in today’s economicRead More