When it comes to online marketing and growing your business, a lot can hinge on whether a business decides to work with an agency or keep things in-house. In essence, you can reframe the question so that it looks like this: Should our business work hard on building our own team that can take care […]
Operations
Why Successful Companies Like Google Outsource
What do many of the world’s most successful businesses have in common? They outsource some of their work. As companies like Google, Slack, Microsoft, Alibaba, and GitHub have long known, outsourcing can deliver manifold benefits to businesses. These benefits include money saved, time saved, staffing flexibility, speed to innovation, increased control over internal resources, and […]
How to Monitor Employee Internet Use at Work
To ensure that your employees are productive, you have to find ways to minimize time wastage at work. Although monitoring internet usage might seem draconian, it will increase employee productivity. You could track the sites that your employees visit and block certain websites but this might not prevent wasted time. The Problem of Wasted Time […]
A Cure for Cold Feet: Why It’s Time to Open the Door to Outsourcing
Flexibility that speeds innovation while reducing your risk. Access to top talent, regardless of location or long-term interest. Fit-for-purpose teams that exist for only as long as you need them. Increased control over how your internal resources are used. Money saved across the board on benefits, training, office space, turnover, and downtime. Processes and protocols […]
When to Outsource Your Business and, More Important, When Not To
Outsourcing your business is an option which many contemporary professionals are pursuing, namely because it helps them cut costs while optimizing their operations. Still, outsourcing is usually easier said than done, and many entrepreneurs and business managers are struggling when it comes to actualizing the outsourcing plans they’ve made. Stop trying to blindly guess when […]
Does Your Business Have Standard Operating Procedures?
When it comes to be being successful in business, consistency is one of the driving factors. Companies that can consistently produce quality products that customers depend on will find greater success than those that haphazardly meander through their production processes. What is a Standard Operating Procedure? As Arbour Group explains, “A Standard Operating Procedure, or […]
How to Automate Your Small Business
The logistics of running a small business can eat up a lot of your time. Seemingly simple tasks, like tracking mileage and invoicing, can often keep you working late into the night and on weekends. That’s time you could be spending focusing on your clients or customers, being with your family, or just taking a […]
Is Your Company or Department as Efficient as It Should Be?
There is more money lost in businesses today from inefficient processes than any other single area. Yet this is not a place where most managers feel comfortable deconstructing and rebuilding. Somewhere out there is a consultant or future employee (or even suggestions from present employees) that will provide the roadmap toward making your processes run […]
5 Signs It’s Time for Your Business to Make the Switch to Managed IT Support
It’s not unusual for small to medium businesses to hire an IT employee for their company. However, you may feel as though your in-house IT department hasn’t been meeting your needs lately. While an in-house IT department has its advantages for certain businesses, many are choosing to utilize managed IT support services instead. If you’re […]
Small Biz Optimism: 2 Important Questions for Your Management
I have two questions for you today: Are you investing in capital improvements? Are you sweetening the pot to attract good candidates? If you aren’t taking those steps, you can be pretty sure your competitors are. The May 2018 NFIB Small Business Optimism Index survey reports that 67 percent of small businesses are making capital outlays and […]
