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The Smooth Day-to-day Operations of an eCommerce Business

No business is easy because it takes hard work and determination to even get it to take off from the ground. Just because you chose to stray off the corporate path and decided to become an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you no longer have to put in your blood, sweat, and tears.

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In fact, those are more vital now that you’re setting off on your own and making your own mark in the world. You can’t depend on others to take you to greater heights; that responsibility will fall on your shoulders as the business owner.…

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The Pros and Cons of Using Recruiting Scripts

One of the most important skills of a recruiter, no matter the industry, is knowing what to say. This can spell the difference between an interested, engaged candidate and a reluctant one. Having a recruiting script is extremely helpful in this regard, simply because it’s easy to forget about talking points when you’re dealing with tens or even hundreds of applications.

Job interview using recruiting script

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However, some recruitment managers shy away from scripts for various reasons. For one they fear sounding monotonous or worse, robotic. Some recruiters also feel like scripts don’t leave room for personalization, which is an aspect that many candidates look for in the hiring experience.…

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How to Protect a Work Vehicle from COVID-19 Spread

Protecting yourself from the virus that shook up the entire world is tough. It gets more challenging when you are working and have to interact with people. Whether you are in business and have to pick up products, share your vehicle with other employees, or have customers in the car, there are always chances of a germ spread.

Hand disinfectant, face mark, glove

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When you are on the road and focused on getting your work done, it can be tough to focus on keeping yourself safe, but it still essential. Here are some ways you can protect yourself and others around you.…

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Why do Workplaces Need Clean Bathroom Partitions?

As they say, a clean bathroom translates into good health. That’s true, especially to your employees, clients, and customers. In high-traffic areas like workplaces, a well-sanitized bathroom with clean bathroom partitions can go a long way. Studies show that poorly maintained bathrooms could cause many diseases, affecting the overall productivity of the employees. It would lead to a long-term loss of sales, negatively affecting the business.

Restroom partitions

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Before we go over the list of reasons why workplaces need clean bathrooms and partitions, let’s find out the difference between disinfecting and cleaning first.

What’s the difference between disinfecting and cleaning bathroom partitions?

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Why Business Meeting Audio Matters More Than You Think

Many businesses are starting to run meetings remotely through applications like Skype and Zoom. A handful of larger corporations prefer hosting meetings with high-level audio-video equipment professionally installed in a conference room.

Virtual business meeting at home

Both methods are suitable for hosting meetings – as long as the audio quality is good. When audio quality is bad, even the most expensive video conferencing equipment is worthless.

There are a handful of technical issues you need to manage when hosting virtual meetings, but here’s why audio should be your top priority.

1. Getting high-quality professional audio isn’t complicated

If you haven’t improved the audio quality of your virtual meetings because you think it’s too complicated, think again.…

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Four Best Communication and Collaboration Tools for Small Businesses

As more and more businesses are working from one, it is more important than ever to keep the communication channels accessible and open. This is quintessential to ensure that things are done in their time. But, in all honesty, now the emails are not enough. Today’s fast-moving companies are looking at multiple modern communication channels to boost productivity amongst workers and stimulate problem-solving.

Team using communication and collaboration tools

With features, such as screen sharing, group chatting, productivity tools, and video conferencing, the communication tools streamline the whole process of working together. However, the best kinds of communication tools do a lot more than just team chatting.…

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Covid-Friendly Work Party Essentials

The COVID-19 pandemic has had one of the largest impacts on businesses worldwide. Workplaces and stores have been forced to shut down and work remotely for the past year. However, as the vaccine becomes more and more readily available to the average person, many businesses and workplaces have started to open their doors again. Even with this, many employees are burnt out from having to work remotely for almost a year.

Outdoor office party during the pandemic

If you, as their boss, colleague, and friend, are looking to award them for their work and help them get back on track to start working in-person, consider hosting some sort of covid-friendly work party!…

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3 Tips for Running a Successful Retail Business

Retail is a notoriously tough industry. Customers are demanding, competition is fierce, and profit margins are often slim. However, don’t let this reality discourage you. There is still plenty of room in the retail world for small businesses to enter and find success. However, you’ll need to make some smart decisions to outperform some of the existing giants of retail.

Retail business

So, let’s take a look at the top 3 tips for running a successful retail business!

Focus on Your Customers

Many business owners fail to realize that they can’t find success without helping people. At the end of the day, customers are just people looking for a solution to a problem.…

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3 Considerations to Keep in Mind If You Want to Grow by Becoming a Franchisee

If your business growth has hit a plateau, you may wonder whether scaling’s just not in your future — or whether it’s time to consider a different strategy to grow your small business to the next level. You may be thinking about joining a franchise network and converting your small business into a franchise.

Franchising your business

Franchising can offer small to midsize companies like yours several advantages. One is instant brand recognition and trust. That’s not an insubstantial consideration, given that 60% of consumers indicate a strong predisposition toward brand loyalty and that people tend to purchase from companies they already follow online.…

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How Can Investment Advisors Manage Their Work?

Registered investment advisors can take different approaches to manage the work on behalf of the clients that they represent. Certainly, some approaches are better than others. However, utilizing tools such as CRMs, SaaS, and other software to streamline their client business is well worth it. Here are a few suggestions for the type of tools that can be utilized in their advisory business.

Investment advisory analytical tools

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Wealth Management

Managing various programs and billing for different products is difficult to do at scale. For some advisors that include both in-house products and those of third-party investment houses, it’s useful to cover both avenues of the business.…

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