July, 2014

We live in a global economy. Never before has it been possible, let alone practical, to work with a team from around the world. In today's global job force, more employers than ever are deciding to look outside their companies to hire competent employees to do jobs that are too expensive, or too labor intensive to do in-house. For example, hiring someone to make you lists of potential clients to email might be a job that you could fulfill in-house by paying an employee $12 per hour, or you could outsource this sort of data mining job.

In the world of online retail, pre-ordering, and shopping done with the click of a mouse, your business is going to have to package and ship goods at some point. Whether you’re an online or in-store business, follow these few simple rules for packaging goods.

DO NOT: Skimp on Insurance

Thinking you can get away with minimal insurance on your packaged goods is business suicide. Make sure that both your company and the goods you’re shipping are insured properly. If something goes wrong on your end, you’ll need to be protected against client lawsuits. If you’re shipping goods to a client, they will be able to choose whether or not they want to insure the package on their end as well.

The 21st century places an emphasis on innovation and technology, and the marketing realm is not exempt from these trends. While you might be hesitant about the benefits of online marketing, understanding the immense power it has can change your mind.

Giving Customers What They Want
When potential customers hear about your business through word-of-mouth or a print advertisement, they likely want to learn some more information online. Failure to have marketing-targeted websites means that you aren't bringing the consumers what they want to read, and many of them will move on to other businesses that are more up-to-date with the times.

Work has distractions. No one can argue this, even if you work at home by yourself.

But whether you work in a busy office surrounded by others or on your own in your quiet home, you're going to have distractions from your coworker slurping coffee or your dog barking at the joggers outside.

Here are 5 tips to create the perfect office environment and reduce stress and distractions so you'll be both productive and peaceful, something all bosses will come to love and appreciate: