Run and Grow
How to Hire the Best Assistant for Your Small Business Needs
As your business is growing, so do your responsibilities. You may be working out of your home, or maybe you just moved into a new office to accommodate all the work you have piled up….
Working from Home: Employer and Employee Benefits
You can imagine the benefits of working from home for employees: lounging on the couch, drinking hot chocolate, taking an afternoon nap. But most of those benefits are imaginary—and untrue. In fact, 30 percent of…
Everything You Need to Consider if You’re Experiencing Rapid Growth
Many businesses are currently confounding market expectations, experiencing large profits in the post-Brexit landscape. How these businesses treat this sudden profit expansion will be vital when securing their long-term future. If your business is currently…
4 Keys to Understanding and Leveraging Customer Panel Surveys
See if you’ve received any requests that sound like this: We want to give you the chance to play a role in helping us develop and improve our financial products and services. To do so,…
Don’t Let Valued Customers Be the Last to Know
A restaurant in my town closed its doors the other day completely unannounced. Without even a hint that things weren’t going well. In fact, I ate there just last week and had to wait for…
Respect: Thomas Edison’s Accomplishments Go Beyond the Bulb to Modern R&D
It’s impossible to overestimate the influence that Thomas Edison’s accomplishments have had on modern life. Although Edison (1847–1931) is best known as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture,…
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Revolutionize Customer Service
As one of the crucial factors to consider in any e-commerce business, improving our customer services is essential to secure not only a brand’s growth but also to get a firm hold of our place…
Self Employed? Here’s What You Need to Know About Business Insurance
Though 40% of small-business owners and 60% of home-based business owners (many of whom are self-employed) don’t have business insurance, they should. When you’re self-employed, you may not think of yourself as a business owner, but…
4 Ways to Best Anticipate Your Customers’ Needs
You’re working hard throughout the day to ensure that your customer is satisfied with the products and services you’re providing. If you’re attempting to anticipate your customers need accurately but need some guidance, you might…
Centralized Inventory Management is Doable!
Recently, I ordered a combination stroller and car seat from a major retailer. This retailer has storefronts, of course, but also a website from which items can be ordered. I chose to order through the…