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6 Ways Call Center Outsourcing Can Help Your Business Grow

Felix Dennis, co-founder of Dennis Publishing said: “I have an over-attachment to precision, which is why I’ve sold more magazines than any man alive.” Having an over-attachment to precision will keep your business alive. Being precise with your money, and executing an excellent business budget, will show you how to build an unbeatable customer support. One way to do so is by outsourcing your call center.

Call center outsourcing

Here are several benefits as to why that is.

1. Constant Support

No company is exempt from bad weather, power outages and acts of God. This means that in-house call center is at the risk of natural disasters, and may not always be fully operational.…

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5 Marketing Ideas for Food Trucks

Marketing can be a difficult monster to tame no matter what industry you are in. But in the fast paced lifestyle of food trucks, strong marketing is more important than ever. Owning a mobile eatery removes the ability for customers to associate your brand with a location. That’s the mobile part.

tips to market a food truck

Because of this, many people are only able to get information about the business through previous customers word of mouth or seeing the truck on the street. Not only is it hard to inform customers in such a short time, it is also hard to set yourself apart from the crowd.…

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Your Trust Services Company Should Have These 6 Key Attributes

No two trust services companies are alike. Nor are all trust companies appropriate for every client’s needs and preferences. Like any other successful business relationship, the trust services industry’s most enduring client-provider relationships are built on mutual interest, respect, and competency.

Trust service company

When seeking a new partner for your firm’s trust services needs, look for providers that exhibit these six key attributes.

1. On-Demand Access to Senior Staff

Seek out trust services firms that make senior staff available outside of regular business hours. While it is certainly important to respect the privacy and personal space of your trust services partners, sometimes there are matters that cannot wait.…

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8 Easy Steps of Printing QuickBooks Checks

QuickBooks provides businesses with an affordable alternative to opening a whole accounts department. It creates and maintains a database and helps make payments. If you want to use QuickBooks to make payments, you can print checks and hand it to your vendors. The steps of creating and printing QuickBooks are simple.

QuickBooks checking guide

Step 1: Create a QuickBooks Account

The first thing to do is to create a QuickBooks account. Without having an account, you cannot naturally make payments using the software. You need to start your account not only to make payments but to keep track of all your accounting needs. The first step in beginning the process is to open your QuickBooks account.…

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5 Signs Your Business May Need More Employees

There are a few employees that companies and corporations need to function properly, without turning to bankruptcy in a few years. Being a good employee, at a good job, is the ultimate dream; as business owners, are we hiring the right type of employees?

New job applicants to fill in new positions

Let’s take a look at 5 signs we need to watch out for to ensure our business has the right type of employees.

1. Not Enough Diversity

Take culture, race/ethnicity and gender out of the equation. One of the signs your business needs more employees to do their job… is to hire employees with as wide and distinct skill-sets as possible.…

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Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing a Learning Management System

The LMS, or learning management system, is quickly growing in popularity. The perks are numerous to speeding up the training process, but many brands are still having second thoughts. The simple reason is that they have not chosen the right LMS for their needs. Most brands get turned off simply because they don’t know what to look for — or rather, what to avoid when making a final choice.

Things to avoid when choosing an LMS

Suppose you go shopping, you will find the same product from different brands. When you do not research, you end up with a low-quality product. In the long run, this can make the whole effort futile.…

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How Can Upgrading Technology Help Restaurants Increase Sales?

When most people think about opening a restaurant, they dream of all the delicious concoctions they’ll whip up for their guests. Guests who hopefully keep coming back so often that they practically become family.

Restaurant technology upgrades increase sales

When thoughts wander to boosting sales and increasing the bottom line, many new restaurateurs go right back to crafting killer cocktails and whipping up delectable meals that will keep people buying and buying.

While that’s certainly one part of it, there is one major, yet often overlooked way that restaurants can increase sales: upgrading technology. From cutting down on time to increasing efficiency, there’s a lot that the right tech can do to boost a restaurant’s success.…

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4 Tips for Building a Better Blog

There was a time, not too long ago, that blogging was a novelty. But in just a little over 20 years, the concept has changed in a big way. Blogging has changed from being a way for individuals to stay connected to one another, into a multi-million dollar marketing opportunity for everyone — one that can benefit everyone financially from your 90-year old grandma, to Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post.

blogging tips

Today’s blogs do more than act as personal web pages; they serve as profitable business ventures for corporations and individuals alike. If you’re thinking of entering the blogging world, consider using these four tips to build a blog that people really want to read:

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Best Management Practices and a Tip from Russell Ruffino

Business consultants are always eager to offer up advice about what business owners should do, and what they should avoid doing. The short and sweet of it is this: Business owners should always stay actively engaged in the day-to-day operations of their enterprise.

Engaged and happy employees

It’s less about management style and more about engagement. Business leadership spans the full spectrum including a laissez-faire approach through autocratic management styles. Depending on the nature of business operations, one may be more conducive to productivity than another, although this is not ironclad.

In management school, they teach that planning, organizing, leading, and controlling (POLC) are the core tenets of effective business management.…

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