Do Yourself a Favor: Hire Nice People
Inc - Wed, May 22, 2013 10:10 AM EDTThis entrepreneur says team dynamics can make or break your company. That's why he hires the nice guy every time. More »Do Yourself a Favor: Hire Nice People
This entrepreneur says team dynamics can make or break your company. That's why he hires the nice guy every time. More »Do Yourself a Favor: Hire Nice People
With all the capabilities possessed by a modern corporation, and the decisive importance of employees as a success factor for more than 90 percent (my own estimate) of medium-sized to large companies, why is employer branding so neglected? Here are five possible reasons and a suggestion for how to give employer branding a quick boost.... More »5 Reasons Why HR Managers Struggle With Employer Branding – And a New Way Forward
This is a question that you can almost count on being asked at your next interview. What the interviewer wants to know is, “Why are you available?” The answer you give could set the tone for the rest of the interview. For instance, if you were to indicate that you were bored or burned out... More »Why Did You Leave Your Last Position?
The core to leadership strategy is simple: To be a model. Commit yourself to your own personal mastery. Peter Senge It is one of the responsibilities of a leader to be a role model. How can leaders become good to great role models? Becoming the master of your most important domain, you, will help you... More »Knowing Yourself: Do You Have the Right (Leadership) Stuff?
As a virtual assistant I try to help educate my clients and prospects on the high value of delegating some of your daily business operations to better leverage your time and your skills. It is a low cost, high payoff activity to maximize your business growth. As entrepreneurs, the amount of hats we must wear... More »Virtual Assistants Love Delegation
The downside of the digital landscape is that hackers have easier access to corporate data, because almost all businesses are now operating online to some extent. For example, LivingSocial’s recent data security breach saw 50 million of their customer usernames, passwords, and emails being compromised. Unfortunate events such as these really highlight the need for... More »Secure Cloud Archiving: What’s Realistic For Your Email Archive?
The Virtual Assistant Industry is a vast network of professional entrepreneurs engaged in helping your business meet its goals for growth, increased revenue, online branding, image and exposure. We are your long term vested partners who are truly part of your team, your daily business operations and your second pair of hands and eyes to... More »The Virtual Assistant Industry: A Network of Professionals
If you have never partnered with a virtual assistant, you may be wondering how can someone who potentially lives across the country actually help you manage your business on a remote basis. It seems so foreign not to have someone in the next office but we are just a call, text or click away from... More »Managing Your Calendar with a Virtual Assistant
Living in the digital world of online connectivity and technology, we have been able to broaden our reach, create deeper relationships and have many avenues to share our voice. With this explosion of technology and new forms of media expression, we have become accustomed to communicating in 140 characters on Twitter, sending a quick IM... More »The Shorthand of Digital Communications
Cold calling is a hard art to master, and when conducting cold calling training for your team, the instructing part can be just as difficult as the cold calling itself. After all, how do you teach confidence? How do you help people deal with rejection? Part of the problem with traditional cold calling training is... More »Maximize Your Company’s Cold Calling Training With These Dos and Don’ts
Here’s good news for travel and hospitality websites: In mature global travel markets, growth will remain consistent. But there’s a catch. For companies that want to exceed that growth, it’s critical to make the most of every single customer interaction so mastering upsells and add-ons is becoming more important. Carroll Rheem, principal analyst at PhoCusWright,... More »Are You Targeting These Two Valuable Travel Segments?
It is easy to think that your startup is too small or too new to face threats to your data security. But the simple fact is that in the current competitive climate of the biotech industry, when many companies of all sizes are rushing to develop innovations, the security of your data is more important... More »The Top 3 Data Security Concerns of Startup Biotechs
The survival of a business within the first five to ten years of existence is a huge challenge. Running business on slim budget, competing with bigger companies and managing change are just some of the common challenges that plague most new businesses. Their survival depends on several factors, but most importantly the sustenance of adequate... More »How to Help Your New Business Grow When Other Businesses Are Dying
Save time and enhance productivity with keyboard shortcuts If you are like most entrepreneurs or solo-business owners you are always looking for ways to save time and learning a few keyboard shortcuts could be one of your time management tools. Reducing the amount of keystrokes and mouse clicks can add up to enhance your productivity... More »Save Time: Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Few would argue that many accounts and prospects that need to be nurtured can often be overlooked. In the stream of advice and information discussing the inside sales process, I feel that lead nurturing is neglected. These nurtured accounts could very well be your future customers. What I’ve found as a common theme is that... More »How to Ensure a Successful Inside Sales ‘Nurturing’ Campaign
Create your business web site with our easy-to-use site building tools. More »
Get started today with tools to easily build and manage your e-commerce store. More »
Find the right domain name for your business. More »
Build credibility with our business email solution. More »

Walks through the steps required to create a professional-style press release More »

Quickly track packages shipped with DHL, Fedex, UPS, or the U.S. Postal Service More »

Look up the zip code for any U.S. address More »

Calculate monthly payments and more on fixed-rate loans More »

Handy dictionary of key business terms More »