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Why Your Employees Hate Your Open Office Layout, Part I
The open office trend has reached dangerous levels. Nearly 70 percent of offices have open layouts that are characterized by areas with no partitions and cubicles with low or high partitions, according to the International…
Smartphone Apps: Business Benefit or Liability?
It has been written that mobile apps are for the young, but everybody goes to supermarkets, and the number of people utilizing their mobile apps to see what’s on sale when they make their shopping…
What Your Backlinks Say About You
What is the purpose of backlinks, and why should you use them in your content? Generally, backlinks can serve the following purposes: Increase the number of visitors to a site. Improve search rankings. Credit references…
What Does Your Desk Say About You?
Is your desk preened to perfection or overflowing with paperwork? This simple quiz allows you to describe your desk and work ethic, and identifies your office personality using the answers you provide. Are you a…
Digital Security: Effective Data Protection Tools for Businesses
Protecting crucial business data has always been important. But in this new world where major companies are hacked on a seemingly weekly basis, businesses have to be more careful than ever before. Only recently Carphone…
What Startups Need to Know Before Hiring More Employees
Growing a startup company is exciting, but it can also be challenging. The most challenging aspect of growing a startup is expanding your workforce. Hiring new people is a process that must be done with…
Protecting Your Startup’s Intellectual Property
An oft-neglected part of running a startup involves the products unique to your brand. What can you do to make sure your intellectual property stays yours? When we think of Silicon Valley, we call to…
Unlocking the Code to VPS Hosting
VPS hosting is on the upswing right now, with small businesses taking the most advantage of it. If you’re looking for virtual private servers to host your website, there are 5 key benefits that you’re…
Bleisure: The Growing Trend in Business Travel
Bleisure, or business travel combined with some leisure travel, is a growing trend for businesses. Business travel makes up 30 percent of annual travel. Bleisure is where employees add two or three days of leisure…
Getting Things from Here to There
Since ancient times, people have needed to haul cargo from one place to another. In ancient China, the Silk Road was the main mode of transportation for things like silk, dishes and pottery, grapes, woolen…