Many businesses are faced with downtime right now, and it can be an extremely scary time. Business downtime is often avoidable, but not right now. Many businesses have been forced to close for the foreseeable, and it can be difficult to keep a cheery disposition when everything you have worked so hard for could be on the line. Usually, if you have a plan in place to stop things from going wrong, such as strong online security measures, then you won’t need to worry about downtime at all. However, this pandemic has brought the world to its knees and both employers and employees are suffering because of it. Here, you’ll find a few ways you can make sure you’re handling downtime appropriately. It might be the last thing you want to do when you’re anxious about COVID-19, but it could … [Read more...] about Think You Can’t Handle Business Downtime? Think Again
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Effective Marketing Solutions For Your Small Business
If you are running a small business, or maybe even considering starting one, then you quite possibly know the importance of marketing. In today’s world, it matters not what size your business is, your marketing is always going to be the most important thing you will do. In this post, we are going to be taking a look at some very basic marketing tools and why you should be using them in your business. While some people often think they are either too big or too small for such things, this is nonsense; even at their most basic levels, there are certain tools that should be used by every business if they want to see success with their marketing strategies. Why Is Marketing So Important? Well, for those that do not know, in today’s economy, the only way you can get a message across … [Read more...] about Effective Marketing Solutions For Your Small Business
Finding the Future of Online Income in the Cloud
Over the past few years, we’ve seen countless technological developments that have helped to form a foundation for at-home business owners. Nowadays, virtually anyone can make use of the internet to create their own business. Whether you’re selling a product via dropshipping or offering your services as a freelancer, there are countless opportunities available if you’re willing to put in the time and effort into making something happen. However, while the internet was seen as the great revolution that we all needed to make an at-home business viable, the introduction of cloud services is the latest catalyst that will take it to the next level. Cloud-based computing is already the future We’re already making more and more use of cloud-based services than ever before. Everything … [Read more...] about Finding the Future of Online Income in the Cloud
Why Business & Passwords Are A Match Made In Hell
At a time where most of your business tools are online, the average employee needs to remember over 20 different passwords. This might seem like a huge figure. But, in reality, employees in large organizations need to type 4 or 5 times the same amount of passwords in a single workday. Indeed, when you think about it, everything we do in the office is password-protected. Checking your emails requires logging in to your mailbox. If you’re going to keep an eye on current projects, there is probably a project management tool with a password. Are you expecting the latest sales or marketing figures? No problem, just log into your favorite sales or marketing tool. You’ve likely got a few of these to check throughout the day. This is only a brief overview of when and where … [Read more...] about Why Business & Passwords Are A Match Made In Hell
How To Keep Your Head When Investors All Around You Are Losing Theirs
To say that we're living through unprecedented times is something of an understatement in the investment world. In 2008 the world melted under the impact of the financial crisis. Then we saw the longest bull run in history. And now, the virus that Bill Gates predicted is wreaking havoc and investors are losing their minds. It is worth noting, however, that the world has seen its fair share of catastrophes in the past. Barely anyone talks about the 1987 crash that preceded a pretty massive recession, but it looked like the end of the world at the time. And when Bear Stearns went under twelve years ago, investors thought that they were staring financial armageddon in the face., Of course, the world recovered and moved on. And those investors who kept their heads during the panic did … [Read more...] about How To Keep Your Head When Investors All Around You Are Losing Theirs
Choosing Between Dry Hire and Wet Hire
You have two options when hiring equipment from a plant hire firm like the equipment that you will see at http://www.ruttle.co.uk. There’s dry hire, and wet hire. Dry hire means that you will only hire the machine, while wet hire means that you will hire the equipment, plus the operator. Depending on your needs and preference, one of them may be the right choice for you. To better understand your options and to help you decide which to select, here are their pros and cons. Dry hire pros Cheaper. You will only pay for the equipment rental so that will be cheaper. Hiring the machine with the operator will be more expensive. Use your own staff. If you have employees who are skilled and experienced in operating the machines that you hire, you can use them instead of hiring … [Read more...] about Choosing Between Dry Hire and Wet Hire