Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik by Erica Wiley Stop Getting Lost in Email With This Simple Project Management Tool How many times a day do you hunt through your email looking for a communication from your VA or an attachment from a client? When I added up all the wasted time searching in email, […]
by Rakhee Ghelani | Featured Contributor Each business has its own personality, one that has no doubt been carefully built through branding and marketing. What is easy to forget though, is that your customers don’t just see your branded personality every time they come into contact with you, they see whatever face you are showing […]
Many successful companies are now embracing this play in many forms, supported by open area workspaces, sports-related activities, brightly colored walls, mood lighting, and more. What creative activity can you do to improve productivity and generate new sales for your company and yourself? Start with a little balloon play and work up from there.
The power of play can enhance relationships. When it comes down to it, relationships in business and families are what LIFE is all about. Even the relationship within YOU may need some fun.
I remember my first taste of real-life personal freedom.
It was about a year after I quit my cubicle job. I was ruthlessly determined to live life on my own terms – so I had done some radical things to earn this delicious moment.
I had sold my car (the one with the monthly payment) and bought an old beat-up car for cash.
I had found the most perfect low-rent apartment on the outskirts of town, near the railroad tracks and fully equipped with both a bedroom AND a studio. (Ideal for the scrappy start-up mode I was in.)
New business owners often ask me that question and, unfortunately, it cannot be answered with a simple yes or no. It begins when business owners hear about lower taxes and fees in other states and start to wonder if they can take advantage of that business-friendly atmosphere, even though they don’t technically do business in that state. Forming an LLC or incorporating turns a business into its own legal entity, separate from you, and it can be formed anywhere within the United States. But it isn’t simply a matter of paying Nevada to incorporate within their state, and then continuing to do business in California while only paying Nevada taxes and fees. Before you decide to form a business entity in another state, consider the following three points.
Photo by Vlada Karpovich on Pexels by Deborah Sweeney Back in 2010, Assistant Professor of Law Rodney D. Chrisman published ‘LLCs are the New King of the Hill,’ a groundbreaking study on the popularity and growth of the limited liability company, in the Fordham Journal of Corporate and Financial Law. The LLC structure is […]
Sponsored Post by Antoinette Sykes, MBA Networking. Connecting. Schmoozing. All of those words lead to some level of building relationships. Unfortunately, it is also a tad intimidating for some business owners; although necessary. How well do you network? Consider networking your “social capital” for business increase. Networking is a part of your marketing plan […]
by Linda Kuzior It was the summer of 1978. The Bee Gees were popular on the radio, women were dressing like Annie Hall, Grease opened in theaters, and Jimmy Buffet was singing about Cheeseburgers in Paradise. This was also the summer that my parents decided to start our business. My father, a registered pharmacist, had […]
Photo by Anna Nekrashevich on Pexels by Sonja Jobson Your brand is your message to the world. Your brand gives your target market a reason to care about your business. Your brand is very important. But business branding is an often misunderstood topic that leaves a lot of small business owners confused and stuck, with […]
Look around your office.
Are you happy with what you see? Or does it look like your business needs a facelift?
Human beings are creatures of habit. We like what we know, and try to avoid needlessly upgrading or changing what we are used to – after spending weeks learning the ins and outs of Microsoft Office ’97, why would you ever want to upgrade? But as technology is constantly evolving through software programs and apps, eventually you’ll have to upgrade from the obsolete software suite installed in all of your company’s computers to a more compatible, updated version. The same goes for the shag carpeting that came with your office building, or company website that hasn’t been updated in five years. Finding a suitable vendor for these needs is an integral part of keeping your business up-to-date, but how do you choose the right one?
