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How To Choose The Best Type Of Blog For Business

You are probably a new business owner or entrepreneur trying to revive a blog you have abandoned earlier, there are 10 major types of blogs you may want to consider depending on your preference. The question of which blog type to choose is beyond just choosing the right topic. You need to know how to make money from a blog. ... Read More »

5 Fire Safety Management Steps You Need To Take In The Office

In the office, and any workplace for that matter, fire safety is at the top of your list of steps to undertake before opening for business. This cannot be left until later in the year when you’re up and running. If you begin business without going through the proper fire safety steps, then you’re putting yourself, your employees and anybody ... Read More »

5 Best Practices For Growing Agile Project Teams

One of the most popular iterative methodologies of development, agile involves small, autonomous teams that work towards quick, quality-centric development. Different methodologies under agile have gained popularity for the specific purposes they serve. For example, while Kanban focuses on minimizing lead time, lean development is focused on eliminating waste. Scrum, which is one of the most popular variants of agile ... Read More »

Personal VS Professional: How to Handle Business Like A Boss

Depending on whether you’re Gen X, Gen Y, a Boomer or a Millenial, you’re likely to respond to the great debate between dividing the personal and the professional (or not!) with an emphatic, “It’s the right thing to do”, or, “Yawn, what a bore, separation is for squares,” or even a, “Okay, but how good are these privacy settings?” Bosses, ... Read More »

How An Idea Management Process Accelerates Business Growth

At one point, every business started as an idea in the mind of it’s founder or founders. In order to grow into a successful business, the idea needed to be nurtured and developed. In both new companies and established enterprises, managers can implement idea management practices. The best management of ideas ultimately lead to innovation, new products or optimized processes. ... Read More »

3 Ways AI Innovations Are Helping Companies Achieve Business Goals

Artificial intelligence (AI) will soon be solving the tech skills gap for employers thanks to a new innovation. Cisco’s Business Critical Services and High-value Services uses AI and machine learning to manage labor-intensive tasks, reducing the workload on management talent and freeing up workers to focus on priority tasks. The new service suite can automate IT maintenance tasks, predict system failures, reduce ... Read More »

How To Avoid A Financial Crisis Before It Happens

Having a financial crisis sucks. When you’ve lost your job or you’re confronted with an emergency, it can be hard to cope financially. This is also true if you haven’t really saved a lot of money. But it doesn’t have to be that way. There are certain things you can do to avoid a financial crisis before it happens. Today, ... Read More »

6 Ways Technology Can Save Money In Multiple Departments

As a business owner who’s drowning in financial pressure or growing a company, if you start to use technology effectively then you could reduce your expenses and find more cash for what’s important to you. It might be that, rather than saving you money directly, technology can help you to improve efficiency or save time, which will in turn save ... Read More »

Why Companies Hire Professional Organizers For Better Productivity

Most companies operate with just enough space for their employees, inventory and equipment. It’s not very often you find a growing business with a wasteful amount of storage or overhead. They understand the costs of time and space, spending their resources carefully. To make the most of the warehouse or office space, companies hire professional organizers who have independent contractor ... Read More »

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