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    Online Business Ideas From 3 Top Entrepreneurs

    Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Online businesses are a goldmine in today’s economy. Many people desire to live a balanced life – a flexible job that allows you the freedom to do other things you love, family time, security, and financial independence. Online businesses promise to give all of these and more. If you are interested in taking charge of your life and playing according to your own rules, there is no better time than now to begin your online business. There is so much potential, and opportunity online for business growth like you have never seen before. The invention of the internet and smartphones now bring your potential cli...
    On November 19, 2020 / By
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    A Nostalgic Look Back at the History of IT Staffing

    Remember back in the 80s, when a desk phone and Rolodex (sitting right next to the standard office ashtray!) were your best friend? 50 years later, it’s worth looking back across the decades to understand the history of the IT staffing field and project its trajectory as we move forward. Incredibly, the business model has stayed relatively constant for the entire 50 years. Take a temporary worker, place them with a client for a contracted period of time, and make a margin on the per-hour rate. We’re in the business of simple economics. And we’ve been selling on that promise with no inventory (besides the occasional firm that carries a b...
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    3 Simple Ways to Protect Your Business During COVID-19

    The covid-19 global pandemic seems to have hit every neighborhood regardless of location and size, with many small businesses forced to shutter their doors permanently as their incomes dried up when customers stayed at home. If you run a business, you’re probably struggling to find ways to protect your business so you don’t suffer the same fate. The unpredictability of our current situation makes achieving business growth nearly impossible and even staying afloat is challenging. Will your area go on lockdown? This week? Next week? Never? More importantly, even if you don’t experience a lockdown, will customers feel safe coming to your s...
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    Leaders, Do You Need Help to Be Sure Your Projects Are on Track?

    Three times in the last nine months, senior executives from different organizations have complained to me that the initiatives they’re interested in aren’t progressing. Of course, it’s a stressful time for everyone, and meetings on Zoom aren’t as good as whiteboard meetings in real conference rooms and serendipitous catchups in the hall. But it turned out for all three of these leaders that just asking a few crucial questions was enough to get their projects moving forward. You may be having a similar experience. If you can ask four key questions, figure out the answers, and do something about them, you may be able to get your stalled...
    On November 19, 2020 / By
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    What Are the Types of Business Relationships?

    Did you know there are seven different types of business relationships? Either did I until just recently. Even though I’ve been in business for over 23 years, it’s not something I really paid much attention to. However, when I looked at the list, I realised that I’ve created and experienced every single one. In this article, I’ll help you explore the question, what are the types of business relationships. Let’s get into it, shall we? Photo by Andrea Natali on Unsplash First off the rank is: Employee Relationships Even though these are probably not the first business relationships you’ll form, in my opinion, they are the most cruci...
    On November 18, 2020 / By
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    Save Time and Frustration – Stop Estimating Backlog Items in Hours

    In a recent client conversation, the topic of estimating backlog items in hours came up. It seems that I stepped on a hornet’s nest when I suggested that the client adopt a relative estimating approach rather than estimating new requests in hours. I was surprised. The thing is, the process of estimating in hours is a long-standing tradition. And it turns out, it is usually wrong. Here are some reasons why you should stop estimating in hours. Why You Should Stop Estimating in Hours You Suck at It – Yes indeed, as humans we are all collectively not great at estimating how big things are or how long things will take. It is especially difficu...
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    Should You Hire a Full-Time or Fractional CMO?

    Your business may have recently undergone changes that leave you asking some big, important questions. Some of these changes may be great news, like unprecedented growth that requires more discipline and strategy. Some of the changes may be necessary to mitigate the damage that a pandemic has wrought on your bottom line. Because marketing is often the first budget cut during difficult times—or the last budget boosted when growth begins to take off—marketing leadership can be left to wither. It doesn’t matter if you’re trying to weather the storm or light a fuse under your already rapid growth: You need marketing. You need marketing le...
    On November 18, 2020 / By
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    Multi-tasking is a Misnomer: 11 Tips to Break Your Habit

    Our magnificent brains have a restricted capacity for devoting attention. When you multitask, you are not training yourself to manage more activities, but in fact, you are simply instructing your brain to take on more, with limited individual attention. It isn’t an act of increased productivity. It is distributing your focus over multiple activities simultaneously. You are more apt to forget, lose, or miss important details. You may think you can function on full throttle with a hoard of tasks, but it comes at a great loss. Consider it mental overload. It is more important to be present and engaged with whatever you are doing versus being i...
    On November 17, 2020 / By
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    7 Amazon Performance Metrics You Should Be Tracking

    ‘Knowing your numbers’ has never been more critical. Whether you are an Amazon or eBay seller, whether you have a Shopify store, or you sell across many platforms, keeping a handle on your metrics is vital if you want to go the full distance and achieve success. Becoming a successful ecommerce seller is not going to happen if you are fumbling around in the dark with no idea as to which of your products, advertising, sales or marketing strategies are actually working. The trouble is, metrics can be overwhelming. With so many statistics and data available to track, they can be challenging to decipher, making it difficult to prioritize and f...
    On November 17, 2020 / By
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    A Look at 2020 and Beyond: How Trends and Insights are Reshaping Industries

    All around the world, consumers have been settling into newly adopted habits, routines, and ways of thinking—the ‘new normal.’ People and businesses made the necessary adjustments to effectively shelter-in-place, and that includes a major shift and focus to online activity. Some of the trends that emerged in 2020 are not entirely new. Many people were already working from home and in recent years, digital consumption was seeing a significant rise with greater accessibility to technology and content. Industry leaders have taken the opportunity to examine current processes from supply chain, to manufacturing, to point of sale to see what ...
    On November 17, 2020 / By