Yes, You Can Run a Business and Travel at the Same Time!
What comes to mind when you hear about someone who funds their round the world travel adventures by running their own business? If luxury yachts and ageing millionaire tycoons who got rich in the dot com boom are the first images you came up with there’s no shame in that. In fact, this stereotype is probably the most popular depiction of someone who dabbles in work from choice, rather than necessity, despite it being a million miles away from the average person who chooses to transform travel and work into a way of life. That’s the Dream – What’s the Reality? Unless you have some form of private means, most…
5 Things You Must Know Before Opening a Print Shop
Almost every business could benefit from customized banners, more targeted print advertising, and promotional products. Whether you’re talking about screen printing or digital printing, print shops offer particular services and economies of scale that other businesses need but probably don’t have the time, equipment, or expertise to do themselves. Even from the perspective of someone wanting to open a print shop independently, equipment and training can be serious impediments to getting it right. Opening a print shop from scratch entails getting your financials in order and ensuring that—if you don’t have a mountain of liquidity at your disposal—you have good enough credit to secure private loans. 1. Startup Capital Requirements…
Tips For Avoiding Technical Difficulties With Your Business
Most businesses these days require technology on some level or another. It is rare to find a business that doesn’t have the use for a computer, telephone, credit card machine, or even cash register. When any of these things becomes unreliable, our business can come to a halt causing frustrated customers, and loss of income. It is important to always prepare yourself for any technical challenges that may come your way by taking the proper precautions. Here are some of the best tips for avoiding technical difficulties with your business: Run Frequent Inspections It is important to have an understanding and grasp of the current state of your technology. By…
Food Service and Organization
If you have a restaurant, catering company, market, or any other type of small business that requires dealing or working with food, you will know just how important it is to have an efficient and proper system in place for organizing ingredients and other stocked items. If you don’t have this, or if there is a lack of communication with the workers in your place of business, this can lead to stock expiring, food going bad if it is not properly refrigerated, and even items being refrigerated that should not be. All of this can cost you when it comes to time, money, and even energy. Let’s take a look…
Putting Your Business on the Map
When you run a retail store, the last thing you want is to be undiscoverable. There's a certain prestige when it comes to running a hidden store that's full of great gems, but ultimately that's not good for business unless you run a niche store that sells expensive products. If that's the case, then be as obscure and hard to find as you like!
5 Elements Every Digital Marketing Strategy Needs
Digital marketing is a massive industry in today's internet-focused world. Every business that has a presence online participates in some fashion. As it continues to grow and evolve, new trends emerge and old practices become new again.
5 HR Policies to Decide Before You Hire
You’ve been running your startup or small business on your own, and it has grown enough that you now need to hire employees. Before you go down the exciting and sometimes stressful road of hiring and onboarding new people, you need to have HR policies in place. Designing HR policies isn’t easy, but with the right research and preparation, you can create solid documents that will prepare your business to have more staff members. Vacation and Time Off Your small business has lots to consider regarding vacation time. How do employees accrue it? How many days, at most, can your employees take each year? Consider whether it’s paid vacation and…
You Can Say Goodbye To Open Plan – The Future Of The Office Looks Like This
The open plan office was supposed to be the future (just like flying cars). But the more employers experimented with it, the more they realized it didn’t work. The open plan ideal is slowly but surely being supplanted by flexible working spaces that have zones for both concentration and communication. For many employers and workers, this will come as good news. For years, employees in the business of writing reports and data entry have had to listen to music to drown out the general hubbub of the office environment and get their work done. It’s a shame, and it reveals just how badly open plan office design got it wrong.…
How to Make a Good Income From Airbnb
Boost your Airbnb earnings with smart hosting: Create a standout listing, set competitive prices, offer extras, and prioritize long-term guests.
Top 4 Technologies and Emerging Strategies in Sports Marketing
All industries experience foundational shifts in the ever-changing technological environment, and sports marketing is no exception. The immense scope of its platform is startling, and franchises and leagues are turning to cutting-edge technology to build winning teams and capitalize on fan passion. The goal is establishing a solid customer base and growing additional revenue sources, such as corporate sponsorship through operational transformations, corporate restructures, and new techniques intended to reach its target audiences. Creating Innovations Shifting criteria, views, beliefs, and expectations of sports consumption requires catering to those unique perspectives. Teams, leagues, athletes, agencies, and media outlets are not only competing for new fan recognition, but are racing against each…
Why Has Your Local SEO Company Been Letting You and Your Website Down?
Discover why your local SEO may not be working and when it's time to rethink your choice of a local SEO company. Avoid common pitfalls and ensure success.
Making Profit? Then Your Finance Department Needs These Tools!
When your startup is making some money, it’s time to think about improving the lot of your employees. After all, if you don’t improve the tools that your employees need to work with, then how do you expect to grow much more? A vibrant and booming business that is seeing some sweet revenue is going to need employees that can help handle all of that money. And that means you’re going to have to hire some finance geeks. Of course, there’s no point in hiring these money wizards if you’re going to under-equip them! How should you prepare for the arrival of new accounts and financial controllers? Here are a…
