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4 Workplace Must-Haves

The COVID-19 health crisis has made it a bit of a challenge for many offices to open up safely. However, with the right precautions, you can still welcome your staff back to your place of business during this pandemic.

Workplace safety during pandemic

Here are four must-have essentials to make sure that you have at your office during this time.

Hand Sanitizer

Everybody knows that hand sanitizer is an essential tool in your arsenal to protect yourself from the COVID-19 virus. As a business manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that your office has plenty of hand sanitizer on hand. Installing touchless hand sanitizing stations is the most practical way to encourage your staff and visitors to practice good personal hygiene.…

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Navigating These Trying Times: How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Accounting Profession?

When 2020 got started, people in the accounting profession had a lot to be happy about. Many CPAs were looking forward to a busy season, especially considering the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97. The financial markets were off to a good start, and everything looked rosy.

Accounting services

Then, along came the coronavirus. Several vital industries tanked, virtually shutting down and disappearing overnight. Millions of Americans are doing what they can be working from home. There probably isn’t a single aspect of the CPA business that hasn’t been dramatically impacted, but new opportunities to help clients navigate these turbulent times have popped up overnight.…

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How to Create Design Systems for Your Business

Having design systems means that you will have different components as a part of it. When this gets adopted across the board, you have a more cohesive and navigable customer interface that can increase sales.

Implementing design systems in website building

Color

Usually, you will use one to three different primary colors with the color scheme. You want to choose this carefully because this will represent your brand. A number of colors and tints exist to where you can dive deep into the details of this. The visual style matters because if the customers don’t like it, they will go elsewhere. In addition, you can also choose colors so that it will be a more user friendly experience.…

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Vital Steps In Setting Up Your Business

One of the crucial phases in humans’ lives is when we decide what to do with our time and talent. That is one thing we have spent a lot of time, resources, and energy preparing ourselves. Some people get employed in established organizations, while others have to start up their business.

Setting up a business

Any form of business aims to make a profit. A business’ success can be determined from the point a plan is made and the establishment of that venture.

These essential steps that must be taken to set up a successful business will help you in many ways.

Create a Business Plan

Choosing the type of business is the first step to success.…

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How to Get Off to the Best Start in Your New Job

A new job can be an exciting and daunting thing, especially if it’s in a position to which you’ve always aspired. Getting off to a good start generally means making a positive impression on those around you, familiarising yourself with the technical details of the work itself, and avoiding ruffling feathers.

Contemplating Career Change

Be aware of the most annoying habits

According to research commissioned by instantprint, a Rotherham-based printing company that creates flyers, leaflets, and posters, almost eight million workers in the UK have had to work alongside a person who annoyed them every day. If you’re that annoying person, then you might find your progress impeded.…

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Simple Yet Profound Ways to Cut Costs Amid COVID-19 Crisis

As the economy continues to struggle and many businesses are faced with prolonged dips in sales, many SBOs are getting creative to stay afloat. This includes cutting costs and reorganizing expenses based on new developments.

Expense management and cost cutting

The 2 Levers of Profitability and Financial Sustenance

Whether it’s a small business, global organization, or your own household, there are two levers that impact your profitability and financial sustenance:

  • Increasing revenue. The first (and most obvious) choice is to increase revenue. If you sell more products at a higher profit margin, you generate more revenue. Plain and simple.
  • Cutting costs. The other lever is to cut costs.
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Some Of The Common Freelancer Mistakes You Can Avoid

When starting as a freelancer, people do everything to make a name for themselves and make more money. It is tough to get projects and clients at first, and as people struggle to get gigs, they overlook some aspects of the business side of freelancing.

Freelancer mistakes to avoid

People think that freelancing has lesser responsibilities than the regular office job. As a result, freelancers end up making mistakes that cost them a lot. Here are some of the freelancing errors you can avoid.

1. Operating without a Contract

Most freelancers start working without signing a contract. This leaves room for serious misunderstandings. Part of the reason this happens is that the freelancer does not have the time or resources to draft an agreement.…

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Common Cyber Security Practices You Should Never Miss

Industries have preferred to move their businesses online that have allowed them to grow organically. However, everything is not so bright as they are perennially faced with the risk of data breaches.

Compromized cyber security

The security threats in the industry are immense and can be estimated from the fact that 4.1 billion records were compromised in only the first half of 2019. There have been significant data breaches at Clearview and Marriott, with almost 5.2 million records being breached at the latter. According to the 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report from Verizon, 70% of the breaches were caused by outsiders, and 86% of the breaches were financially motivated.…

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Staying Motivated When You Work from Home

Working from home certainly has its benefits; however, it’s not easy. In order to make money and keep up a solid reputation, you need to be able to stay motivated.

WFH

In this article, we’ll discuss how you can do just that, so you can continue to enjoy all the great things about working from home. Sound interesting? Let’s get started.

Remove distractions

One of the best ways to stop yourself from getting distracted during work hours is to remove the distractions, of course. It’s not always easy, but try and determine what keeps removing you from your workspace. If it’s your phone, try putting it in another room.…

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What Are Ecommerce Shipping Best Practices? A Guide to Shipping

Online businesses or eCommerce is well on its way to phasing out traditional retail. In the fourth quarter of 2019, eCommerce in the U.S. was worth a staggering $187.25 billion. That’s a more than 16% increase from $160.89 billion in 2018.

Ecommerce shipping best practice

Shipping is one of the most important aspects of any eCommerce store. The way you handle your shipping can either make or break your online business. In fact, industry giants like Amazon and Alibaba attribute their success to adopting all the eCommerce shipping best practices.

Fast and organized shipping is the only way they get the right products to their customers within the stipulated time.…

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