Posts Tagged ‘Outsourcing’
Where to Find (and How to Hire) the World’s Best Freelancers
Now in 2014, crowdsourcing platforms offer access to thousands and thousands of freelance designers in locations around the world. You will find freelancers who do all kinds of design work including logo design, product label design, sign design, and much much more.
Read More 10 Key Outsourcing Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs
These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees. We are in the age of outsourcing.
Read More How to Drastically Increase Your Company’s Productivity in Just Three Months
Overwhelmed with to-dos, meetings, and reminders? Get on the fast track to better productivity in 90 days. This three-month plan will help you gradually increase your efficiency by helping you identify where you’re spending too much time and offering suggestions that will streamline your operations.
Read More True Story: How I Took on New Employees for my Startup
Back in 1993, Palo Alto Software had been mostly consulting with a stubborn insistence on software products that were not paying for themselves (yet). I was troubled with the risk and fixed cost of hiring people to help with my then-fledgling software company.
Read More 5 Tips to Reduce Your Operating Budget
Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate! Whether you are a new customer or an old loyal one, if you open a conversation and negotiate with your suppliers or vendors, most of them will likely respond by lowering prices.
Read More The Power of a Good Checklist
Over the years, I have devised countless numbers of checklists to keep my staff running efficiently. What I have found is that effective checklists specify every task that must be accomplished without skipping any significant details.
Read More 3 Tasks Every Small Business Should Outsource to Save Money
Many small business owners hold themselves back from outsourcing because they have doubts. Can I trust people outside my company? Will they accomplish what I want the way I want to do it? Why pay someone else to do it if I can do it myself?
Read More 6 Changes Your Business May Need to Make for Success
Businesses need to constantly change and adapt in response to the market, new technologies, and consumer demands. Operating under certain traditional business philosophies can actually stifle growth and increase expenditures.
Read More 5 Things Your Small Biz Should Be Doing Yesterday
As a small business owner, it is important to keep up on the latest trends in order to keep up with the competition, and not fall behind with your customers. As technology rapidly advances, 2014 will likely be a year of exciting changes and developments in the world of business.
Read More At What Point Can a Small Business Use an In-House Marketing Specialist?
When a small business owner first starts out, it’s often possible to drive at least a little bit of business without too much marketing. But, if you do everything right, you’re rapidly going to find yourself in a position where you have too much to do.
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