These days, businesses have plenty of options when it comes to choosing software. There are hundreds of developers creating and perfecting new products designed to help you more effectively and efficiently run your business. With so many options available, it’s important to focus so you know where to start looking and how to make the best decision.
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How to Choose the Right Software for Your Business
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Tips to Navigating the Post-pandemic Business Landscape
Covid has resulted in many business transformations. While some small businesses found themselves shifting their offerings, others moved online or found new niches. If you’re wondering how to continue moving your business forward following Covid, you’re probably not alone.
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How to Make Work-from-home Work for Your Team
More companies are exploring their options when it comes to employees working remotely. There are numerous reasons for doing so:
- Increased worker morale
- More flexibility in work schedules
- Enhanced cost savings by not paying for office space.
With all the benefits, it makes sense that employers are considering whether or not working from home can work for their team.
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Tax Issues when moving from New Zealand to Canada
While Canada and New Zealand have much in common, the tax systems are very different. Any time you move countries you should plan before you leave and ensure that you fully understand the issues as assumptions from one country may not be valid in the other. Once you have moved there is little that can be done. Here is a summary of the tax issues when you migrate from New Zealand to Canada.
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How to Capture the Christmas Rush and Grow Your Customer Base
These days, many people are doing their Christmas shopping online, which means there’s a fantastic opportunity for you to get your business noticed by new customers. People who first find your business online at Christmas become loyal, long-term customers when you give them outstanding customer service and value.
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Top 3 reasons start-ups fail and how to avoid them
The start of a business is an exciting time. You’ve got a great idea for a business and are enthusiastic to get started. It’s important to plan ahead to give your business the best chances for success. Planning ahead means anticipating challenges and developing ways to successfully address them, so they don’t upend your start-up.
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How to attract great employees in smaller cities
Running a business in a smaller city may mean you have a more limited talent pool to draw employees from, but it doesn’t mean you won’t have access to top-notch workers. You may need to alter your recruiting strategy to show those skilled employees why they should consider working for your smaller business instead of going to a large corporation in a big city.
Here are some ways you can attract highly skilled employees to your company.
1. Focus on benefits
Large corporations in big markets can offer huge salaries and a glamorous lifestyle. A small business in a small city may not have that same ability. Instead of worrying about salary, offer amazing benefits.
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Questions to prepare for when pitching to investors
If you’re looking for people to invest in your business, be prepared to answer some important questions. Investors look for smart investment opportunities
that means they want to find out as much as they can about you and your business before they make a decision about whether or not to invest with you.
It’s vital to have well thought-out answers to investors’ questions. Give them evidence you’ve thoroughly examined your business to make them feel comfortable investing with you.
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4 Ideas to Manage Customer Wait Times Without Hiring More People
Balancing customer experience against your budget is a difficult task. You need the right amount of staff working to keep customers happy, but not so many people that workers are standing around looking for things to do.
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Tax Issues when moving from Canada to New Zealand
While Canada and New Zealand have much in common, the tax systems are very different. Any time you move countries you should plan before you leave and ensure that you fully understand the issues as assumptions from one country may not be valid in the other. Once you have moved there is little that can be done. Here is a summary of the tax issues when you migrate from Canada to New Zealand.
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3 Tips for Working Smarter and Gaining Personal Time
You’ve probably heard the maxim that it’s better to work smarter than harder. Working smarter means allocating your time, energy and money so vital tasks get done more efficiently, freeing up your personal time.
Too many business owners think they must keep working harder—taking on more responsibilities and working longer hours—to be successful. It makes sense, because you’re responsible for your business, but that route leads to work overload and burn out. Ultimately, your business will be unsustainable if you keep pushing yourself to work harder.
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3 Tips for Working Smarter and Gaining Personal Time
You’ve probably heard the maxim that it’s better to work smarter than harder. Working smarter means allocating your time, energy, and money so vital tasks get done more efficiently, freeing up your personal time.
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4 Things to Consider Before Expanding Your Service Offerings
If you’re looking to grow your business, you might consider expanding your service offerings. Adding additional services is a good way to increase your profitability, diversify your income and expand your market. But there are important things to consider before adding to your income streams.
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How to Scale Your Business with Minimal Effort
If you want your business to grow, at some point you’ll have to think about scaling it. Scaling it isn’t exactly the same as growing it, though they are often used interchangeably. Growth refers to adding resources and increasing your revenue in a linear fashion. You...
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Succession Planning: A will for your business
The unfortunate reality is most business owners don't take proper holidays. Usually this is because their business relies on them and they don't have the support to keep the business running without them. As a business owner, have you ever considered what would happen...
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5 Funding Options for Start-ups
Starting your own business requires enough capital so you can pay your bills until your company turns a profit Depending on the type and size of your business, you may need thousands of dollars monthly to cover overhead. If you’re wondering where to find business...
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4 Ways Small Start-ups Can Take On Established Competitors
Starting a business means you’ll be in competition with other companies that already exist. It’s actually a good thing if you have competition to go up against. Competition pushes you to be innovative. It also means there’s an established market for your goods or...
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5 Ways to Recover After a Financial Setback
You started your business with plans of earning a living and being successful, but an unfortunate fact of business life is that companies suffer financial hardships. Whether those hardships are pandemic-related or linked to other urgent situations, the effect is still...
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Tips on creating personal development plans for employees
Hopefully you have long - and short-term plans for your company and you may even have a strategy for your own development, but have you considered having a personal development plan (or individual development plan) for employees? An employee personal development plan...
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Why Smart Business Owners Never Stop Marketing
One classic mistake business owners make when money gets tight is to stop marketing or cut their marketing budget. At first glance, it seems logical to cut down your expenses during tough economic conditions. However, in reality, it's the opposite of what you should...
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