Starting a business is a challenge even to the smartest entrepreneurs. But these days, it isn’t impossible to start a business and make it a huge success. If you want to take your business into a much higher level, you need to create a presence online and promote your business using various tools. Reaching your… Read More…
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Helpful SEO Tips
People don’t really care about sites that are not on the first page of major search engines like Google. They are more likely to click on sites that are on top of their searches. To boost your online presence and maintain your website’s ranking on search engines, you need to have a solid SEO plan… Read More…
How to Build Healthier Business Relationships
If you want to stay in the business and be successful long-term, you need to build healthier relationships with your current customers, potential customers, and even with other business owners. Every business is a “relationship” business these days. Everything is built on trust. Even if you have the best products or services to offer, it… Read More…
What to Do Before a Business Meeting in a Foreign Place
Whenever you’re going to a foreign place for a business transaction, make it one of your tasks to get to know the culture of the place first before actually going there. Doing so does not only will save you from being culture shocked, it will also show to your clients or business partners your professionalism… Read More…
Maintaining a Positive Reputation
Whether you’re managing a hotel or any other small business, it is important that you maintain a good reputation to your current and prospect clients. Remember, what you want is to keep them coming and returning, and even though there’s a saying that goes “bad publicity is still publicity,” the last thing that you would… Read More…
Avoiding Business Failure
A lot of people think that running out of money is the main reason why many startup businesses fail but this is not always the reason. Brian Moran, Founder and CEO of Brian Moran & Associates, shares his insight of why startup businesses fail and he attributes their downfall to the “Five Poors.” Moran also… Read More…
The Benefits of Hiring an IT Consultant
Everybody is on the internet these days. As your small business grows, you may find yourself dealing with techy stuff that’s beyond your knowledge. If you encounter computer problems like malfunctioning computer operating systems, tasks like these are often best left to a reliable IT consultant. Bigger companies are not only the ones who can… Read More…
Inspiring Group Creativity
Groups bring out the best and worst in people, as what Sigmund Freud had observed – group brainstorming could either bring out the best in your company or just a waste of your company’s time. You can keep the next brainstorming session from being taken over by disruptive employees by following a few simple tips…. Read More…
Amazing Quotes from Henry Ford about Business, Leadership, and Life
Do you know Henry Ford? Well, we all know he was the founder of Ford Motor Company, the creator of the Model T, and strong supporter of mass production in the form of assembly line. Ford wasn’t only a wonderful human being. He was a true font of pithy and insightful one-liners about business and… Read More…
Qualities of Good Employees
What makes great employees? You’d love to work with employees who are reliable, dependable, proactive, diligent, great leaders, and good followers. But these days, these qualities are very hard to find. There are employees who are remarkable and they may possess certain qualities that might not appear on performance appraisals but these qualities can make… Read More…