As the manager of a business you should always have the best interests of your staff at heart, especially when it comes to keeping employees safe in the workplace. They are the lifeblood of your company, and aside from the obvious legal reasons, it is essential they are protected from …
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Small Business Health Options: Exploring the Benefits
Within the current economic landscape, healthcare costs continue to rise. According to a 2014 survey taken by Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust, the average annual family health insurance premium was $16,834, and for individuals, it was $6,025. Health insurance was listed as the most valued benefit by employees, …
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Business Confidentiality: The Importance of Record Control
The records that your company keeps are valuable resources, and they need to be treated as such. If you do not keep your records tightly controlled, it could come back to haunt you in the future. To help motivate you, here is a look at the reasons that record control …
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Trends That Are Changing the Way Brands Market to Consumers [INFOGRAPHIC]
The times are changing, along with how we share and receive information. Realizing this, marketers have started dropping traditional techniques, such as flyer dispersion and running weekly ads in the morning paper, in favor of content creation in order to reach their target audience. But what is content creation, you …
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The Quest to Find the Best Adobe FormsCentral Alternative
Back in January, Adobe Systems shocked users with the announcement they were discontinuing their popular web form product, FormsCentral. Of course, they were thoughtful in their delivery – announcing six full months before the official retirement on July 28th. But many soon-to-be displaced users have already taken to finding an …
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What’s the Right Storage Solution for Your Business?
Many businesses eventually need to seek out an external storage solutions. It’s especially crucial if you run a commerce business that has large inventory. There are several different options available to you, but which is the right one for your business? Self-Storage While the majority of self-storage facilities are rented …
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Communication Is an Essential Part of Human Life
Humans love to communicate. Some of the greatest pieces of technology in the modern age, the telephone, the radio, the camera, television, video, the computer, and the Internet have all been designed because of mankind’s love of communication. People love to speak to each other about the everyday events that …
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How to Choose a Telecom Company
Communication is essential for the way people conduct business, access information and interact with friends and family. It is an essential part of the way people live their lives. Therefore, selecting a telecom company is an important decision. There are certainly many companies out there to choose from. Each one …
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What Message Is Your Logo Sending?
Creating a logo to represent your business can be a tricky business. There are so many factors that can affect the success of your chosen symbol and, ultimately, the success of your brand. The welfare of your company hinges on the connections that your target audience will make with the …
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Four Business Optimization Strategies To Try In 2015
Now that 2015 is in full effect, many business owners have gotten into the swing of things and are currently in the process of evaluating their performance. If this is the case for you, you’re probably interested in learning more about various business optimization strategies you can implement to help …
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How Tracking Your Company Vehicles Can Advance Your Small Business
Whether you have five company vehicles or 50, GPS vehicle tracking can dramatically improve the efficiency of your small business. That’s because, when you’re able to monitor all vehicle activity — especially when it’s easily and seamlessly from the comfort of your mobile device — you are able to quickly …
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The Pros and Cons of the Keystone XL Pipeline
A pipeline to carry crude oil from Alberta, Canada to the Texas refineries may have at one time seemed like a “pipe dream” but it is actually partially completed at this moment. Arguments rage daily about the pros and cons of carrying as much as 830,000 barrels of crude oil …
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The Qualities of an Excellent Shipping Container
You might think that all shipping containers look the same, or at least very similar. But, just as with anything else, the quality can vary quite immensely, so you need to do your research before buying one. There are millions of shipping containers all over the world, and these come …
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How to Market Your Mobile App
Mobile app design used to follow the credo, “build a better mousetrap and the customers will come.” The marketing industry knows the fallacy of designing in a feedback-free environment, and savvy app designers are learning the same lesson. A better credo is that customers are an unpredictable lot. The best, …
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A Guide to Big Data for Small Businesses [INFOGRAPHIC]
Getting your Master of Management in Information Systems means understanding the impact of data on business. In this infographic, we uncover the positive impact Big Data can have on Small Businesses: Courtesy of UAB Master of Management in Information Systems
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6 Brilliant Pieces of Free Marketing Advice for Your Business
Marketing has a stigma about it that causes businesses to think that the only type of marketing worthwhile is that which they pay for. However, there are a lot of free ways to market your business to the world. Put these six brilliant marketing tips provided by Progressive Dental Marketing …
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