Q&A with Brian Madgett, VP of New York Life on Small Business Insurance Coverage Gap

Many small business owners view business insurance as the necessary evil, and thus they are reluctant whether they should take more coverages or not. In reality, nobody really knows (except the insurers, perhaps) until the disaster happens; in that case, it’s all too late.

The result of the reluctance is the gap between the coverage they have and the amount they actually need.  But how bad is the gap? What should small business owners do in response to the gap?

Brian Madgett, New York Life VP

We converse with Brian Madgett, Vice President of New York Life – the largest mutual life-insurance company in the U.S.…

Continue reading →

What Makes an Ideal Office? (Infographic)

Office environments vary depending on the size of business and industry, but at the end of the day, everyone has their own view on what an ideal office would be like. Ensuring that employees are happy in their working environment is extremely important as happiness is the main contributor to a productive and motivated team. Cezanne HR carried out a survey to establish what Britain would deem as their ideal office, taking a huge variety of factors in to consideration.

Happy office

What makes an ideal office

How can you create the best office environment for your employees? Well, it might be time to consider allowing minimal supervision, as being micro-managed is one of Britain’s largest office annoyances!…

Continue reading →

How to Elevate Your Startup with Animated Explainer Videos

Startup owners rarely have large marketing budgets at their disposal.

But marketing your product or service is essential at every stage of growth. That’s why you need to capitalise on your resources wisely, and spend money on marketing techniques and tools that offer high ROI.

Animated explainer video

Animated explainer videos bring plenty of benefits to startups that are short on money but want to make a mark on the industry by communicating their value in a unique way.

Explainer and how-to videos account for 67% of global YouTube viewership. Users watch 5,000 videos like that every single day.

Here are 5 tips to help you grow your startup with animated explainer videos driving your marketing campaign.…

Continue reading →

How Your Personal Financial Decisions Could Affect Your Business

Life is rough all on its own. When you add money too it, sometimes it can be too much. However, as a business owner, you must learn how to balance your own finances before you can create success in the finances of your business.

New business financial meanagement

With so many businesses going bankrupt, it might be a wise decision to invest in a little know how when it comes to money. Below are a few things that might occur in your company if you don’t.

Stay Ahead Of The Bills

Paying bills is my favorite thing to do, said no one ever. Yet, it must be done.…

Continue reading →

4 Signs You Have Been Hacked

Massive hacking attacks make global headlines. These incidents typically affect governments and major corporations. Large organizations provide a bigger challenge, a larger payoff and, for some hackers, raises their notoriety in this underworld network.

Small business hacker

Yet, small business computers need extra protection too. Persons with unauthorized access can steal your confidential information, compromise your email accounts, siphon money or enroll your computers in a botnet for use in future large scale attacks.

The following are four signs that should catch your and your employee’s attention.

1. Fake Antivirus Popups

Deceptive antivirus notifications that either detect the discovery of a virus or urge you to download a new antivirus, may be a sign of a compromised system.…

Continue reading →

How to Buy a Used Coordinate Measuring Machine

Buying a used coordinate measuring machine is a smart, strategic way to save money while improving your measuring capabilities. But it also raises a number of questions, including where you should buy a used coordinate measuring machine, what brand you should buy, and what you should expect.

Coordinate measuring machine

The good news it that the majority of coordinate measuring machines use frictionless air bearings, which means their mechanical structure wears down much slower than your CNC tools. A good coordinate measuring machine can last as long as 30 years, so a used machine will have plenty of life left in it.

Coordinate measuring machine buyer’s guide

Carefully consider where you go to buy metrology instruments, as there is a big difference between going online or buying at auction and going to a reputable coordinate measuring machine dealer.…

Continue reading →

Improve Your Business Email List Management with a Reliable Email Validation Service

If your business maintains an email list, you need to make sure that every email is well-validated; or else, you risk your business with potential security risks, wasted resources for managing spams, and many other counter-productive activities.

Email validation

If you’re constantly looking for the right email validation service for your company, I’m sure that you’re overwhelmed with the available choices on the web. Many wastes so much time just for looking for the right one for you.

In this article, we want to help you cut to the chase by recommending a service that we think one of the best in the class.…

Continue reading →

SMB CEOs: Here’s Why You Should Use a Telephone Answering Service

While it isn’t necessarily true for all businesses, answering the phone is right up there on the list of the most challenging daily tasks to overcome. If you’re running a (busy) small business, this job is likely made even more challenging by the lack of staff available to answer the phones and do all the other things that are important to the success of the business.

Telephone answering service staff

Adding administrative staff to your business might not be financially feasible or even desirable (eg., lack of space, no time to train, etc.) Outsourcing this need to an outside answering service provider is often the only smart option for small business CEOs.…

Continue reading →

3 Ways To Use Your Phone To Become More Efficient

With the amount of money it costs to purchase a smartphone and then use it throughout the month, it only makes sense that you want to take care of that investment. And while you can always purchase protection for your phone, those exterior additions don’t necessarily make it any easier for you to use your phone.

Businesswoman using smartphone

So if you’re interested in learning how you can use your phone to help make you a better CEO, read on – here are three ways you can use your phone to become more efficient.

Take Care of Your Battery

Your phone is only going to be useful to you if it has the battery power to be used.…

Continue reading →

How to Effortlessly Control and Track Your Inventory

Savvy inventory management is crucial to streamlining business operations, meeting customer demand, and improving profitability. While many business owners start selling without a clear inventory strategy in mind, keeping track of and controlling inventory levels effectively is vital to growing over the long term.

Inventory management

Here are some of the inventory management considerations every retailer or wholesaler should know.

Key inventory management stages

Foundation: Inventory management should start with a fundamental system of categorizing and naming products. Giving each product an SKU (stock keeping unit) ensures all your inventory is uniquely identifiable and easily tracked. SKUs can easily be created for products using an SKU generator.…

Continue reading →