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Remote Work Solutions
Working from home can present some serious hazards. That newfound sense of freedom is a double edged sword, as it can be much harder to provide a consistent work environment with decentralized employees. That’s why it’s so important to identify potential risks and...
What Keeps You Going As An Entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship is a hard path to follow professionally. Sometimes you will experience the best day ever and feel like everything is going in the right way, but you might have the complete opposite feeling the day after. It is hard to see how things might not have...
In Search of the Four-Day Work Week
We’ve been hearing about it for years now, but it’s time to finally take a serious look at how a four-day workweek could impact your life. Besides the obvious bonus of an extended weekend, there could be some unintended side effects. For one, the days you do work...
The Pros and Cons of Job Search Sites
For those of you on the job hunt, it may be time to rethink your outreach methods. With today’s myriad of job recruitment services, there is a virtually endless stream of ways to find work. From message boards to resume searching sites to job search engines and...
Keeping Your Head in the Clouds
Small business owners have to be constantly vigilant to stay up to date with our changing times. This means finding the right site to host your data and store your most important documents. The days of filing cabinets are long behind us, as cloud services like Trapp...
The Importance of a Business Plan
Every business idea needs a business plan that will launch it forward successfully. A business plan is what gives your company direction, therefore it is vital for the success of a new organization. If you do not have a business plan, then you will be working blind -...
May 2019 Newsletter
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Reasons to Start a Business
You’ve only got so much time ahead of you, so you’d be wise to spend it doing the things you love. Starting your own business can seem like a huge undertaking, but the pride you feel knowing that you’ve seen vision through to fruition is something that just can’t be...
Understanding Marketing
Marketing: Everybody who made it through high school has heard the term a thousand times, but sometimes its true meaning gets lost. We use the word so often in business that it can serve as a catchall for just about every one of our processes. And while that’s true,...
Best Online Payment Resources for Growing Businesses
Toss the notebooks and calculators aside: Your company’s payment methods have never been easier. By outsourcing your payment services to online programs, you will be joining the ranks of countless successful business owners who realized the senselessness of doing it...