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6 Ways e-Learning Enhances Productivity

Today’s featured article is written by Rayanne Dany. Rayanne works as HR Manager for TAH. She is fond of technology and finds it as an efficient way to blend with her job. In addition, she likes spending time in blogging and social media. You can interact with her on Google Plus.

Managing an employee’s productivity can indeed be a tricky task at hand. Many managers and supervisors use different tools and techniques to increase the performance of their workers. Sometimes it works and sometimes...

How to be Successful? [Infographic]

Success is a must in our modern lifestyle. Everyone wants to succeed in life, to have time to spent with his family and the significant other, to have a prosperous job or simply have to time to do what’s important to him/her.

Success means a different thing to different people. It is complicated, most of the times, to define it with clarity and find out what’s best for you! But the related surveys and research have shown that in order to achieve the level of success you want to reach you need...

The “2017” Is The Tool

Design The Happy New Year You Want To Live In!

It is custom this time of the year to make a recollection of what has done and state the resolutions for the new year. Well, I will try to avoid that. I will try to provide something more “valuable” in that process. To make (some) people reflect more deeply about their real self and their intentions in life and business!

An Old Year

2016 has left and everyone is accountable of what’s happen. Good or bad! It is not the time of the year to take a...

Question Time – What Makes the Perfect Website?

People often ask what makes the perfect website for a business. Well, for many people this is largely subjective. But, you also have to remember that there are certain tropes and must-haves that need to be a key part of your website. The whole idea of a business site is to attract people to the company and excite them about your brand.

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And you can do this in a lot of ways. But the website is the first port of call because it’s one of the first areas of the company peo...

Learn to Harness the Power of Outsourcing for Your New Start-Up

The art of running a startup lies within your ability to find cheap work. Money is always an issue, but it’s incredibly important for a small business to invest wisely and one of the best ways to do that is to outsource work. By either hiring freelancers or consulting an outsourcing company, you’re effectively getting work you need to be done at a much lower price and with a greater attention to detail.

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Why OutsourceOver Hiring An Employee?

Cost is one of the biggest f...

Top 5 Habits To Make You Successful And How To Actually Apply Them

Today’s post is written by Aymeric Gaurat-Apellii. Aymeric is a software consultant, programmer, blogger and the Founder of Weekplan, a weekly planner web application. Read more about him here.

Everyone has something to advise and talk about towards their path to success. Of course, everyone believes they have something to share which can really help individuals in any sphere of life. However making changes in your life is not the easiest things to do.

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Staying consisten...

3 Things You Never Knew About PPC

By now, I’m sure you know all about how PPC advertising works, and you’re familiar with the massive potential for returns which it offers within modern marketing campaigns.

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Although pay-per-click ads are one of the most powerful tools you can have in your marketing arsenal, there are a lot of common misconceptions and assumptions people hold about it.

Why leadership & business are not always easy? Because you need to work a lot on aligning your values, your goals and y...

Some Bosses Never Ask For Help – Here Is Why They Are Wrong

Today’s article is written by James Pointon. James is a customer consultant and a team leader at OpenAgent, a job which taught him the value of being able to work efficiently with others. James constantly tries to improve all his skills, the leadership skills included, and is always happy to share some of his tips with others.

For some leaders out there, asking for help is a huge challenge. That is often true for those who seem capable of tackling any challenge on their own. Most of the time,...

Pseudo Success – How to Project a Winning Business Image

Ever heard the saying “Fake it till you Make it”? It is a much bandied about expression but the reality is, perception is a highly influential motivator. If we perceive someone or something as successful we are drawn to it, it is human nature thus it can be convincingly argued that success breeds success. Having worked as a personal assistant for many years, I can attest to the impression that creating a winning Brand image can make.

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That is all very well but projecti...

Big Mistakes That Will Drive A Start-Up Into The Ground

Shifts in the economy, unforeseen challenges, and simply running out of capital are among the most common problems which can destroy a promising business in a heartbeat. While these can all be extremely damaging, there are many would-be business ideas which fail to take off mainly due to mistakes made by the owners.

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I’m sure you want your business to be successful, so here are a few big mistakes to avoid like the plague.

Stretching Yourself Too Far

When you first decid...