In life and business, good things can come from negatives. More often than not, procrastination setbacks hinder business. By building positive momentum, progress bolstered by persistent, day-to-day action, you can increase the drive of your business. Take it from Alan Weiss, creator of the “One Percent Solution” – if you improve your business by 1% […]
Brian Wallace
How To Survive a Layoff
Whether laid-off or furloughed, a staggering amount of Americans have been left without work due to COVID-19. As of April 30, 30 million Americnas had filed an initial unemployment claim. Luckily, unemployment benefits are expanding to many who wouldn’t typically qualify during COVID-19. Today, both furlough and laid-off employees are eligible for unemployment benefits. Nontraditional […]
How to Find Work in the Remote Economy–Think Like a Solopreneur
If you have lost your job because of COVID-19, you may feel as though there’s nothing you can do until the economy is back up and running on all cylinders. Fortunately, that’s not the case. As more companies move their business to a remote setup, they are finding that a remote workforce means a wider […]
Necessity is the Mother Of Invention for Epidemic Innovation
Despite the catastrophic effects of epidemics that have occurred throughout history, they lead to the creation of some of the most ground-breaking and revolutionary discoveries, inventions, and famous poems and scientific theories. In the mid-1300s when the Black Death hit Europe, it was estimated to have killed from 30% all the way up to 60% […]
Phishing Is Up During COVID-19 – Are You Prepared?
In the realm of cybersecurity, do you think you are covered? 74% of hackers say they are rarely impressed by an organization’s security measures. So why aren’t they impressed? Are your firewalls not tall enough, is your system not up to date, is your IT defense force not up to snuff? No, it’s because 93% […]
Remote Work in The Coronavirus Economy–Is it The New Normal?
Working away from the office as millions are sent home has become a necessary and essential skill for everyone. As the virus spreads, businesses throughout the world are shutting down and companies are shifting employees to work at home. Remote Work Pros But even before this crisis, between 2005 and 2017, working at home was […]
Need to Telecommute? Use These Tech Tools for Optimized Remote Work
Mastering the art of working remotely can come with many challenges. To begin, let’s take a look at an excerpt from Remote: Office Not Required by John Fried & David Heinemeir, the founders of Basecamp. It reads, “When the bulk of your communication happens via email and the like, it doesn’t take much for bad […]
How To Protect Your Business From Data Fraud
By October 2020, every American brick-and-mortar merchant will be required to use chip transactions. Failure to do so will result in the brand being liable for any fraud that results. Why is this? Chip cards reduce the rate of counterfeit payments received. In 2019, 99% of American payments were processed on chip cards; and during […]
The Email Economy: Using Email Responsiveness To Build Trust
Over 10 years ago Fast Company declared email to be dead and in the years to follow this sentiment would be proclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, the CEO of Evernote in The Telegraph and Fobes, but is email really dead? Almost to the contrary, email is more alive than ever and in the next […]
Keep Your Business Tech Safe Against These Smartphone Myths
Nearly all American adults own a cellphone, so it’s likely your smartphone is your sidekick in a lot of mobile business you tend to: conference calls, emailing, and more. Smartphones come in a wide variety, but all share the commonality of expense, often costing over $1,000. Besides, there’s nothing like the attachment you grow for […]
