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3 Tips for Giving Your Investors Gifts For the Holidays

3 Tips for Giving Your Investors Gifts For the Holidays

The holidays are right around the corner- ’tis the season for cheer, merriment…and, if you’re a corporate leader, figuring out what to do about corporate gifts for your important investors.

Gift box for an investor

The holidays are a great time of year to show your sincere appreciation for your company’s investors by giving them a token of gratitude, in the form of a thoughtful and memorable gift. While most corporations give some type of holiday gift to business partners to thank them for their support over the past year, it’s not always easy to hit just the right note and pick gifts that make a lasting impression on investors without putting too large of a dent in your company’s budge

Here are some guidelines for choosing the perfect corporate gifts that not only demonstrate how much you value the significant role your investors play in helping to grow your business, but to make them that much more motivated to continue their partnership with your company in the coming year.…

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Why Using Personal Phone Numbers Looks Unprofessional

Entrepreneurs that serve local customers can create credibility for their brand by securing a cost-effective VoIP business number.

Business woman using VoIP

You can’t grow your business using your personal phone. More importantly, if you use your personal phone for business, it will make your business look unprofessional in the eyes of potential buyers.

You can set up a VoIP line and still take business calls on your cell phone. In the future, however, your VoIP phone number can grow along with your business.

As Your Business Expands You Can’t Maintain Control With Your Personal Number

When you use your cell phone number for both personal and business calls, you never know why someone’s calling unless you’re familiar with the number.…

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3 Ways To Make Your Business More Environmentally Friendly

In today’s world, it’s of the utmost importance that everyone concern themselves with what impact they’re having on the world around them. Ideally, people would have a positive impact on the people they come in contact with and no impact at all on the environment they’re surrounded with. However, this simply isn’t the case in most situations.

Eco-friendly business practices

Especially for businesses, your impact on the environment can be even more pronounced than that of individual people. So to help you turn your impact into something that’s less noticeable and more positive, here are three ways you can make your business more environmentally friendly.…

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The Rise Of The Side Gig: Tips To Succeed And Potentially Create Passive Revenue Streams

The side gig economy is very healthy all over the world with people making extra money or a living by freelancing. Technology has made it easier than ever to earn from the comfort of home doing a variety of tasks. Passive income is a reality in today’s world but traditional means of earning passive income like renting out a property are still relevant.

Working on a side gig

Succeeding at a side gig will take motivation to continue to work ever after you have left your full-time job. The ability to earn this extra money can help people find their way out of debt or start saving at higher rates towards retirement.…

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The Leadership New Teachers Need to Flourish

A key factor steering the economic growth of any country is a knowledge-driven workforce and the significance of the teaching profession towards the same cannot be underrated. Teachers play a vital role in building a strong human capital base and shaping the future of a country. However, while there is the need to recruit and retain quality teachers, there is a growing concern across the globe with regard to the attrition rate.

Accentuating teacher leadership role

Research put forth by the U.S. Department of Education suggests that 17 per cent of new teachers leave the classroom within 5 years. This has led to a decline in instruction quality, making it necessary to adopt strategies that improve teacher recruitment and retention.…

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3 Tips For Protecting Your Eyes When Working On A Computer All Day

Doing the same thing day in and day out for your job can be very draining. Not only do you need to be careful about getting enough movement in your muscles and joints so you don’t live a completely sedentary life while working a desk job, but you also need to know how to protect your eyes if you spend a portion of your day working on a computer or other screen.

Tired eyes working with laptop for the whole day

Without the right protection, you might find that your eyes are very tired, dry, or sore at the end of the day. This could lead to a lot of issues if not taken care of, so it’s important that you know what you can do to best protect yourself.…

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What Forms of Custom Newspapers are in Vogue

Newspapers play an indecisive role in forming opinion, and giving us the impetus to be thoughtful in our responses on a wider scale. These print media are useful in our daily routine lives, keeping us informed, about the events, shows, and happenings around us.

Businesswoman reading NY Times newspaper

Creating or printing the newspaper has become customized, ever since online printing has taken the shape. You now have hordes of attractive templates available to create a worthwhile newspaper design, and then send it for print.

Here are a few custom newspaper designs, which have become increasingly popular on the internet:

Broadsheet Newspaper Design

This newspaper design has a typical 33.1-inch by 23.4-inch page size, which is quite popular in media sources.…

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Power Drives Global Business

In today’s modern economy, power is more critical than ever before. While this reliance on power has brought a general robustness to the economy, especially in terms of data storage, as the massive global data giants, Microsoft, Google and Amazon fight it out in the cloud computing space. Small and medium businesses while slow to take advantage of the offering, are now swiftly adopting the revolution.

The big data centres have arrays of diesel generators to supply power in the event of mains failure and arrays of UPS systems to bridge the gap. Outside of western Europe, petrol or diesel generators are a much more common sight with households and businesses replying on them due to poor grid connections.…

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The benefits of Hiring a Professional Plumber

Some people don’t prefer to hire a plumber because they feel they can fix the problem. However, this decision is very risky because plumbing is a very complex process. Hiring a professional plumber to fix your problems has plenty of benefits.

Professional plumber at work

Major problems in the house, such as low water pressure in the house, frozen pipes, extensive water line damage, etc. call for a professional plumber assistance. These are plumbing issues s that don’t require a DIY solution. The following are the top benefits of hiring a professional plumber.

1. A professional plumber has experience

Professional plumbers have a rich knowledge of the things that are associated with their profession.…

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An Introduction To Fabric Covered Buildings

The term “fabric building” may produce a myriad of different images. Some people may think about tents, others may think about fabric carports, and others may think about large event structures. Still, others may have any number of other visions.

Large fabric building

Regardless, the fact is that there are many different types of fabric buildings. Some are relatively small such as carports and small tents. Others are incredibly large. These are used for many different things such as large events, concerts, and even barns.

There are different types of frames, different types of fabric, and different shapes to choose from based on your specific needs.…

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