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What’s Your Business?

Frank Herbert in his masterpiece, Dunehave writtenthat “a beginning is a very delicate time“! And that it is truth not only in sci-fi novels and epic writings but in business as well. Frank Herbert was a very detailed observer of the complex systems’ behavior and described in his work many interactions among them caused by or initiated by seemingly casual or unobserved events or due to the ignorance of a specific situation. The same thing applies to business as well. In order to move to the b...

Essential Features Your POS Software MUST Have

Retail businesses rely on POS software to make in-store payments. Without it, they’d be missing out on a whole heap of potential cash. So, it makes sense that this software is one of the most important elements of making a profit. Without the right features, it isn’t going to accomplish that task. Before you go splurging the funds on something that isn’t any good, use these following features as a checklist.

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Inventory Management

As a retail business, you’re going to be...

Time: The One Resource You Can’t Afford To Spend Lightly

Businesses deal with a lot of resources. Money, people, supplies and the like. With these physical resources, taking a hit is bad, but it’s reversible. Losing time, however, isn’t. You can’t afford to have slow days or weeks outside the occasional moment the business is quiet. So you have to use that time better. Don’t let it go down the drain, follow these tips.

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Time management

All shifts in the workplace culture begin with you. If you’re not practising proper time manag...

Five Training Classes You Should Visit Before Starting A Business

You’re almost ready to start your very own business. Well done for making it here! Hopefully, you’ve already browsed the rest of our articles about business. However, you’re not ready yet. Ideally, you want to visit a number of training classes to get your knowledge up to speed. You can benefit from their expertise and experience to avoid any bad mistakes once you’re up and running. Here are my picks for the five training classes you should visit before you get started.

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Why Your Office Design Sucks More Than The New Star Wars Movie

Do you want to run a successful business? If so, you’ll no doubt have a good idea of how to achieve that goal. For a start, you’ll offer some exciting products and services to your customers. And your customer service will also be second to none. When it comes to employees, your staff get paid well and enjoy an array of benefits.

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That all sounds like a winning formula, don’t you think? There’s just one problem. Many business leaders seldom think about their offic...

Organization: The Secret to Business Supremacy

Organization is the secret to making your business a force in the corporate world. You need to make sure you are as organized as you possibly can be. You will be thankful for it in the long-term even though it may seem like a nightmare. Check out some suggestions here you can use to make the process easier and keep your company more organized.

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Keep Your Files in Order

How do you organize and take care of the important data in your business? Well, statistics tell us that 96...

Your First Website: Three Questions You Need To Ask

Every start-up owner is different. They have their own ideas about what a business should do, what it should represent, and the best methods for making it grow and succeed over the years. However, there’s one thing almost all of them have in common; they don’t know the first thing about designing a good website! If you’re trying to make plans for a website and you’re feeling a bit lost, here’s some of the questions you need to answer before going ahead.

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5 Strategies for Better Link Building

Today’s post is written by Calvin Page. Calvin is a journalist and blogger who specialises in articles concerned with all things business, from finance to management, to keeping a green office, and even the real estate aspects. For more information contact Calvin here: calvpage@gmail.com.

Link building has the potential to send huge amounts of online visitors to your website and can also increase your website’s ranking in the search engines. However, many website owners don’t realize this an...

Forming A Partnership? Don’t Make These Mistakes!

Whether you’re trying to get a small business off the ground or encourage growth in a new one, forming a partnership can be an excellent strategy. Wherever there’s a need for varying skills and more investment, there’s usually a partnership which is perfect for the situation. However, that doesn’t mean that all partnerships are inherently good things. There are many costly mistakes that come entrepreneurs make when it comes to partnerships. Here are some to be aware of.

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Generating Leads From LinkedIn

Today’s post is written by Charles Dearing. Charles is a blogger and contributor to various marketing and business blogs around the world. Today he is focusing on how you can manage and develop a team from people coming from different cultures.

Targeting leads via social media is perhaps one of the most frustrating aspects of Internet marketing; however, the rapid rise of LinkedIn is quickly changing the game.

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LinkedIn represents one of the fastest-growing social platfo...