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4 Bad Habits You Need to Break

Business owners these days rarely take the time to analyze the performance of their various ventures. With the emergence of a global economy that is literally a click away, most businesses—if not all—are too focused…

11 Apps to Make Your Smartphone Work Harder for Your Business

It’s easy to view your smartphone as nothing more than an elaborate distraction. However, if you use it properly, it has the potential to be an incredibly powerful business ally. By utilizing built-in features, such…

How to Keep Customers from Falling Through the Cracks

If you’ve put in the work to get a customer to commit to your business, the last thing you want to do is lose them because of poor communication. A customer falling through the cracks…

How to Migrate Your Small Business IT to a New System

Most IT system migration projects understandably run late or over-budget because of financial or operational constraints. However, this may put your IT system at risk and negatively impact business operations. Below explains how to strategic…

Mobile Phones: A Genuine Substitute for Office Computers?

If it isn’t already, communications technology is fast becoming the backbone of modern society. It would seem that almost every person across the globe is reachable by some means of electronic communication. With over 3…

How to Develop a Mindset for Success: Part 1

Quality marketing attracts customers and results in revenue growth—everyone knows that. Everyone also knows that successful marketing requires an adequate set of skills and resources. However, what many people fail to acknowledge is that it…

Increasing Profitability Using the Cloud

A study of 2,975 small business leaders from around the globe found that small businesses that use the cloud are more likely to have higher profit margins than businesses who are non-users. The recent research…

Why Communication is the Most Important Skill You’ll Ever Have

We all know the importance of hard work and skill. Honestly, communication is more vital than either. It’s THE key to success, both in business and in life. When I was younger, my parents would…

7 Branding Trends Your Small Business Shouldn’t Overlook in 2016

Over the past few years, we have seen some exciting new branding trends emerge and take hold. These trends are quickly becoming universal concepts that scores of people from around the world embrace. They have…

Cyber Shoplifting is Affecting Both Retailers and Consumers

There is a phenomenon sweeping through the ecommerce environment, and it’s negatively impacting everyone involved. Friendly fraud and illegitimate chargebacks have negative ramifications for consumers, merchants, financial institutions and card networks. The Good and the…