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31Jan

5 Selfies to Take for Your Business

Marketing, Small Business | |

Selfies are gaining in popularity among adults and businesses. Selfies are a way of showing customers and potential customers a “behind the scenes” look at your business. They also are an effective way of telling your business story. In addition to selfies, photo bombs can be lots of fun as they are extremely shareable content. Photo bombs start off as portraits, similar to selfies, but the person in the foreground is upstaged by what’s going on behind him/her.

27Jan

The Effective Business Apology

Communication, Business Support | |

Sorry can be difficult even when you’re wrong. From apologizing to an employee you've overlooked, a customer who didn't have a good experience or a public relations snafu, the need for a business apology is bound to happen. Before the internet, if you had an issue, you could write a letter or make a phone call. That complaint might be addressed by customer service on their schedule. Today, social media allows a forum to voice complaints to potentially thousands of people without con...

27Jan

Don’t Open a Business Before Answering These Questions

Business Support, Small Business | |

These days a lot of people are considering business ownership. Whether you buy into a franchise, start your own thing, or begin building an ecommerce website, doing it on your own has never been more accessible. Before you hang that open sign ensure you know the answers to the following questions.

26Jan

The Key to Employee Engagement is You

Employees, Communication | |

Would you trust the care of your loved one to someone who didn’t like you very much? If you have disengaged employees you might be doing just that. It is impossible for a disengaged employee to provide excellent customer service...

26Jan

Are you too busy for business?

Small Business, Strategy | |

As the saying goes; “If you need something done, give it to a busy person.” Lately, many business owners have found they’re too busy for their business. Small business has changed a lot over the past decade and the demands on a business owner’s time have multiplied exponentially.

10Dec

How to support small businesses through the effects of inflation

Economy, Small Business | |

While business owners are doing their best to keep prices down, their own costs are going up too Inflation is being felt everywhere, from Fortune 500 companies to solopreneurs just starting out; however, the difference between large-scale companies and smaller ones are their reserves.

23Nov

10 simple ways to get more business reviews

Marketing | |

With rising costs, many businesses are struggling. When it comes to dealing with these pressures, you have two options to improve revenue: new growth or new marketing efforts. New growth means pursuing new avenues or audiences and expanding. This can be unnerving. New marketing efforts means simply being more deliberate in who you’re trying to reach and how you’ll get there.

23Oct

Stop procrastinating tomorrow

Resilience, Strategy | |

Waiting for the perfect moment could derail necessary actions to move your business forward A clever and maybe funny pun, but procrastination isn’t a laughing matter. In fact, procrastination can be severely impacting your business. It can affect sales, revenue, and employee happiness. But when work is tough and no news sounds good, it’s easy to tell yourself that you’ll handle the hard stuff on a better day. The problem is there will never be a perfect day to do the hard things.

15Sep

5 wellness ideas for your business

Wellness, Resilience | |

Don't hesitate to get creative when building wellness habits with your team Whether your team works from home or in an office, whether you are a business of one or one hundred and one, taking care and making time for wellness is becoming increasingly important. Stress levels because of what’s going on in the world around us are increasing. You may not even be aware of the outside stress someone is under.

26Aug

How to drive customers to your business and make more sales

Small Business, Marketing, Strategy | |

If you’re doing the following things in business, you may be missing out on money People will not do business with you if you make it hard to do business. There’s just too much competition and not enough interest.

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5 Selfies to Take for Your Business

The Effective Business Apology

Don’t Open a Business Before Answering These Questions

The Key to Employee Engagement is You

Are you too busy for business?

How to support small businesses through the effects of inflation

10 simple ways to get more business reviews

Stop procrastinating tomorrow

5 wellness ideas for your business

How to drive customers to your business and make more sales

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