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Category Archives: Small Business
Is It Time for Additional Inbound Lines?
Is your business growing? It may be time to add phone lines to expand your business even more. Consider these questions to see if your company is ready to add an extra phone line. Continue reading
Why Choose a Distributed Workforce?
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Distributed workforces are the way of the future for many businesses. But what does that mean? Simply that your company’s team is not all in the same physical location. Increasingly, employees work from a variety of locations like coffee shops and libraries. Many companies today strategically choose freelance and contract employees who work remotely, and the percentage of such workers is increasing. According to the GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com statistics, 20-25% of the U.S. workforce teleworks, at least partially. There are many reasons that businesses are making this choice. Continue reading
Data Mining – For the Good for Your Business
Data mining is an incredibly valuable tool for the future of your business. More so than at any other point in history, the success of a business depends on relationship building. And the key to successful relationship building rests in connecting with your customers. How do you connect? Learn all you can about your customers both individually and as a group. Data mining from information you already have on hand can provide you the inside scoop on who your customers are. Continue reading
The Importance of First Impressions in a Virtual World
First impressions are important, even more so via the phone. As a business owner, you will not be able to answer every call personally. When designing your voicemail, take a few moments to consider the first impression that your callers will receive. First impressions are made quickly – within the first seven seconds – and take a lot of effort to fix if you start off on the wrong foot.
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How To Know When Your Business Needs an Extra Phone Line
As your small business grows, you will find yourself wondering about the timing of adding certain things to help your business expand even more. One of these is the addition of more phone lines. While not every company needs multiple lines, there are ways to help you figure out if your business is ready.
As you are considering adding an extra phone line for your business, ask yourself these questions. Continue reading
4 Ways Using Analytics Can Make Your Business More Successful
Analytics are the most valuable information available to your business. Luckily, the data needed to discover the who, what, when, where, why, and how of your business is readily found. That data for is available from every sale you make, every call you receive, every website visit you get, and every social media effort you make. In the day-to-day running of your business, valuable data is being automatically collected and it is up to those running the business to pull meaningful patterns from that data. In fact, systematically collecting and analyzing data about your business is critical to its success. Continue reading
8 Small Business Resources that You Might Have Missed
Sometimes a little help can go a long way. Here are some small business resources and tools that could help you take your business to the next level. Continue reading
Emerging Trends in Entrepreneurship
Have you been watching the emerging trends in the world of entrepreneurship? The demographics making up the American workforce are changing dramatically. Millennials, particularly those in their early- to mid-20s, are now the largest age cohort, surpassing Baby Boomers for the first time. Continue reading
Funding and Incentives Helped St. Louis Reach the Top
St. Louis, Mo. was recently identified as the nation’s top startup city because it wrapped up 2015 with the highest annual growth in venture capital funding.
But financial backing isn’t the only benefit entrepreneurs will find in the city just west of the Mississippi River.
Known as a hub of biotech and plant science research, St. Louis offers plenty of other startup resources and a cost of living that’s roughly 5 percent below the national average. Continue reading
