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A Better Business Model: Audience First, Product Second
It’s not really news to say that most businesses fail. If you are like most entrepreneurs, the first startup is surely a failure. According to OnStartups.com, first-time entrepreneurs have just an 18% success rate. Not…
Emotional Intelligence and Positive Company Culture
Logic and the ability to think critically have long been qualities highly-revered and required in most businesses. Someone who can find a solution to a problem without help is more likely to get work done…
Does Your Small Business Have a Website? More Than 50% Don’t!
Today, we’re going to take a look at how (and why) your small business needs to get a website up ASAP. ASAP, in this context, actually means, “Way back in 2007,” but since we haven’t…
Why Real-Time Marketing is More Than a Trend
Data analytics are powering almost every area of business today, from the way sales teams gather leads to the way leaders make big decisions. Like their colleagues, marketers closely watch analytics, whether they’re connected to…
3 Quick Ways to De-Stress at Work
I’m an anxious person. Name a situation, and I’m anxious about it. I have to meet a friend of a friend—I’m anxious. My boss asks for my opinion in a meeting—I’m anxious. Something causes me…
4 Crucial Ways Your PR Department Influences Your Brand
Your business has a brand, an idea that represents what your business offers its clients. But between the development of your business and its brand, a lot can be lost in communication. Enter your public…
An ERP Solution Can Empower and Grow Your Business
Business is advancing and evolving at a rate never before experienced, and an ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning Solution) has become a key element to business survival. An ERP solution centralizes, integrates and automates all…
3 Tips to Handle High Volume Sales
If you’re a small business and you’re rapidly growing, you may face the issue of dealing with high volume sales. The question is how to handle it effectively. Extra staff or overtime work? Are there…
5 Team Building Exercises Your Employees Will Actually Enjoy
A brand is only as good as the employees that are powering it. And, since many obstacles cannot be surmounted by any single employee, good team collaboration is imperative to undertake obstacles with precision and…
How to Find, Buy and Operate an Independent Route Business
Independent distribution routes are often referred to by a number of different terms. Independent route, distribution route, delivery route, independent operator (IO or IBO) route, sales route, bread route, chip route, cookie route, vending route, ATM…