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Creating a Consistent and Professional Brand Identity

Creating a Consistent and Professional Brand Identity Brand identity needs to be high on the agenda of every business owner, and a successful company must create a consistent and professional brand image. Business branding needs to be innovative, and in the digital world of consumer feedback, it is essential brand performance is monitored and strengthened. […]

How Businesses Can Help Introverted Employees Thrive

How Businesses Can Help Introverted Employees Thrive All too often in office blocks around the world, an employee with a quiet demeanor is mistaken for a member of the team that lacks passion and ambition. The dominant desk jockeys who are willing to verbally hijack business gatherings and leap in with their own two cents at […]

Worldwide Ransomware Attack

Worldwide Ransomware Attack   The Largest Cyberattack in History Friday afternoon Microsoft Windows computers around the world were under attack. The ransomware, called WannaCry, locks users out of their files and asks the administrator to pay to access them. WannaCry exploits weaknesses in a version of Windows that Microsoft previously released a security patch for […]

The Bend and Snap

Snapchat is Typing… Yesterday, in one of the most anticipated tech events of the year, SnapChat held their first ever earnings report. The result: not so good. After talking about their growth accomplishments (including generating 3m daily snaps), Evan Spiegel announced the company had lost $2.2B in just 3 month, which led to their stock […]

Inspiring Creativity in the Cloud – Can We Be Creative Online?

Inspiring Creativity in the Cloud  – Can We Be Creative Online? Every day, the Internet grows as a platform for collaborative creation, making it easy for people from around the world to build something together and bring life to a shared vision – even if the individuals never meet in their lifetimes. These marvels occur […]

Constructive Creativity: How to Use Technology to Increase Efficiency in the Work Place

Constructive Creativity: How to Use Technology to Increase Efficiency in the Work Place Businesses have long been searching for ways to make their employees and their general processes more effective while simultaneously increasing efficiency. However, while some larger businesses seem to have stagnated in this regard, small and medium-sized businesses are often at the forefront […]

5 SEO Tactics You Should Be Implementing On Your Real Estate Website

5 SEO Tactics You Should Be Implementing On Your Real Estate Website The battle for online visibility is fierce. Approximately 96% of businesses with online presence know how to use a variety Search Engine Marketing tools and strategies via content production and distribution, and with 60% of these businesses actively integrating their content and SEO […]

5 Effortless Ways to Follow Lead Generation Strategies on Twitter

5 Effortless Ways to Follow Lead Generation Strategies on Twitter Twitter is one of the most popular social media websites in the world. According to some reports, this platform has more than 310 million monthly active users and more than 1.3 billion accounts. Since people prefer using Twitter to post tweets about everything and anything, […]

Apps That Will Help Your Startup Be Successful

Apps That Will Help Your Startup Be Successful 90% of tech startups don’t succeed, according to recent data from Forbes. As for other small-scale businesses, the news is not exactly encouraging either. Only around 66% of those in the U.S. will continue to operate past their first two years. There’s no magic formula to making […]

Top 7 Innovative Inventions of Modern Technology

Top 7 Innovative Inventions of Modern Technology A lot has changed in the past 10 years. We saw the birth of social networking, the growth of business and entertainment technology, as well as the slow death of wires. We have come to a point where our lives have become immersed completely in technology and it […]