Nearly 80% of the global workforce are frontline workers in hospitality, manufacturing, retail, healthcare and other professions where there isn’t a work-from-home option. These workers don’t spend the majority of their working hours sitting in front of a computer. Even as many employees and employers pivoted to use technology as working from home became necessary, […]
Time Management
Improve Your Time Management as an Entrepreneur
Being an entrepreneur is fun and exciting most of the time. Seeing a business grow that you built by working hard, is a feeling nothing compares to. Unfortunately, many entrepreneurs work almost day and night to build their business and often have to admit their time management isn’t as it should be. Have you ever […]
Can AI Improve Customer Service?
Improving a customer’s experience is always a top priority for any brand. Customer service should be at the forefront of any brand’s priorities because a customer that feels valued and respected is a lot more likely to come back. It might cost extra resources, time and money, but quite often, it’s the only thing that […]
How to Stop Procrastinating: 5 Ways to Regain Control of Your Business and Your Life
Procrastination is the act of delaying something for no good reason. In Latin, procrastinare means “to put off until tomorrow.” In Greek, akrasia means doing something against our better judgment. Procrastinating, no matter how we tend to rationalize it by saying “this isn’t the best time” or “there are other priorities” or “the moon is not in the […]
3 Timesaving Tips to Help Keep Your Books in Order
As anyone who runs a small business can tell you, one of the most time-consuming parts of keeping things organized is bookkeeping. Just keeping track of everything can be an enormous task as your business begins to grow. And if you don’t keep careful track of every part of your business, you may find yourself […]
6 Habits That Kill Your Productivity and What You Should Be Doing Instead
With countless distractions in our modern, overly digitalized world, productivity can be a difficult skill to master. Whether you find yourself browsing social media when you should be typing, or texting during important discussions, you’re killing your productivity. Here are six habits that kill your productivity and what you should be doing instead to stay […]
How to Work If You’re Too Busy to Work
Too busy to work? At some point, no matter how busy you are, when you have a home business you must work in order to get paid! If you feel as though everyone is pulling at you from every side and you are just plain too busy to work then it may be time to […]
Learning from “Lazy” Salespeople
“Lazy” sales people are among my favorites—let me qualify that. “Lazy” sales people who always make their goals are among my favorites. “Lazy” sales people, or at least those who seem to accomplish a lot with minimum effort, have broken the code. They’ve understood exactly what they need to do to achieve their goals. They […]
Start/Stop/Pivot/Restart Sales Strategies
Sales, as with most things, is something that demands regularity in execution. By that, I mean, there are many things a sales person or manager has to do to perform. Some of the obvious: Prospecting, working deals, planning calls, developing proposals, developing territory/account plans, pipeline management/forecasting, time management, learning/training, one on one’s with managers (hopefully […]
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 […]