7 Superb Communication Solutions for Small Business
One great thing about running a small business: communication can be immediate and effective. At the enterprise level, communication is slower. Employees are often inundated with emails while talking on social media, instant messaging, and texting. Small businesses can take advantage of their size to ensure an advantage. This can happen in a number of…
Read MoreFrom Mortar and Bricks to Cash and Clicks
If you told someone a decade ago they would be getting their groceries delivered via drone one day, they probably would have laughed at you. There were plenty of people who didn’t take online sales seriously in the early days of the internet. But as more and more businesses offered the convenience of online sales and…
Read MoreLosing Post Reach? Is Facebook Still Worth the Effort?
If you’re one of the millions of page owners suffering from a less than satisfactory post reach on your fan page, you might be wondering whether Facebook is still worth the effort. After spending countless hours, money & effort building your following on the social network, it seems none of that matters anymore, for if…
Read More5 Reasons to Pursue Inbound Marketing Even if Your Competitors Don’t
B2B tends to be pretty old school when it comes to marketing. For a long time, companies in this realm have built their empires from scratch to the behemoths they are now with only a good product, a great sales team and solid connections. But with the advent of today’s digital age, where everything is…
Read MoreWhat Bugs Customers the Most About Your Service?
No matter how big or small your business or nonprofit is, customer service can make or break its brand. At some point, most of your customers will seek customer support for a variety of reasons. Can you guess what bugs them the most? According to Consumer Reports National Research Center, 88% of the people surveyed recently…
Read More6 Platforms for eCommerce Success
Having your own Web store is not only exciting, but running it can actually be a lot of fun. Apart from that, an eCommerce website can also help you earn additional income. In fact, you can run your site alongside working a full-time day job. You never know—your online store may just make you more…
Read More5 Ways to Get Over Your Fear of New Business Technology
With technology advancing so rapidly, it can be difficult to keep up with it. Unless you are naturally a person who loves to stay immersed in the latest gadgets, it’s easy to fall behind and feel intimidated by it all. Yet technology can actually help you with your business, so it’s important to stay current.…
Read MoreSurviving a Bad Work Marriage
Sometimes Love Just Isn’t Enough “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Sometimes—maybe often—they deliver great work. But almost always it comes with a price. They yell, they scream, they manipulate, they brood, they threaten, they bully…and then when people ask what all the drama…
Read MoreThe Age of the Introvert Entrepreneur
FranNet works with entrepreneurs of all ages and personalities, and the more reserved individuals of the business world are no exception. Influential men and women are lending an ear to the quieter, underestimated introverts and the marvelous qualities they bring to the entrepreneurial world. As far as corporate culture goes, there are the overtly energetic,…
Read MoreBe a Coach, Not a Boss
A good manager is a man who isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him. My advice: Don’t worry about yourself. Take care of those who work for you and you’ll float to greatness on their achievements. ~H.S.M. Burns Managing people in the future is going to…
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