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September, 2017

The Do's And Don'ts Of Working From Home

Submitted by Sasha Duncan on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 11:50

Working in the comfort of your home sounds like an attractive idea. Nobody’s there to keep an eye on your work. You are free to take a lunch break whenever you wish. Many people who have been freelancers for some time now wouldn’t entirely agree on the comfort part. In other words, working from home is not all that cracked up to be.

However, there are simple tips that can help turn your professional life around and boost your work-efficiency at home. Here are some that a freelancer should follow:

The Ultimate Guide to Order Picking

Submitted by Elena on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 08:06

Order picking is the process of extracting a small number of goods from a warehouse system for independent customer orders. The picking process is an integral aspect of the supply chain process.

Unfortunately, it is often viewed as the most expensive and time-consuming activity within every warehouse, which can also impact customer satisfaction. Thankfully, there are many solutions for order picking to reduce overheads, time, and labor.

Effective SEO Hacks Small Businesses Can Learn In a Week

Submitted by Charles Dearing on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 08:49

Search engine optimization is an ever-changing landscape. The moment you feel like everything is right, Google rolls in a new algorithm update, and you need to reevaluate your entire strategy.

It can be frustrating.

So, there’s no wonder that a lot of small businesses choose not to focus on SEO. With their energy spread across all areas of their business, they don’t have the time to keep up with every change and update.

The Several Profits of Data Matching

Submitted by Mohd.Sohel Ather on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 09:14

Data matching has made it simpler for associations to share data crosswise over different departments. There are different favorable circumstances to data matching software regarding advancing precision and consistence. The devices are most noted for their utilization inside governmental organisations, where thorough checks for extortion must be made with a specific end goal to secure open cash, yet the systems do have different advantages for organizations working outside of general society area as well.

How to Get the Most out of Employee Interviews

Submitted by Dixie Somers on Wed, 09/20/2017 - 11:05

For many of you, interviewing employees is nothing short of nerve-wracking. You might end up hearing some pretty unpleasant things. Think about the last time someone resigned from a job at your company. Did you ask them what it would take to get them to stay at the company? Did you simply let them walk away? In the future, you can get the most out of employee interviews by asking “stay” questions versus “leave” questions. Try the following five steps that can help you shape your “stay” interviews so that you can get the most out of them.

Business on the Go: Why You Need an App to Stay Ahead of Your Competition

Submitted by Lizzie Weakley on Thu, 09/21/2017 - 14:12

A quick look in the App store or Google Play store will bring you to thousands of applications, all ripe for downloading. Many of these apps are from businesses and startups that sell a product or service, such as Amazon's or Thriftbooks'. For decades, brick-and-mortar franchises and mom & pop shops have been transitioning a piece or whole of their operations to a digital platform that is their mobile or desktop application. But for many entrepreneurs, the pros of building and maintaining a business-dedicated app remain nonexistent or not worth the time or effort spent. Here's five reasons why it's essential to have an app to avoid getting steamrolled by the competition.

A Look at the Challenges Faced by Female Lawyers

Submitted by Elena on Mon, 09/25/2017 - 15:19

Some female attorneys have made huge strides in the law industry, serving some of the biggest law firms in the world. However, many other women have had problems working in an industry they describe as “gender biased”. Nothing is factual when it comes to the challenges of working as a female attorney, but many people believe it’s much harder for women to make a success out of their careers because of the obstacles that prevent them from doing so. So, what are the obstacles? And what problems do some female lawyers face on a daily basis?

Honing Your Skills: 5 Pointers Every Businessperson Should Follow

Submitted by Kara Masterson on Tue, 09/26/2017 - 14:50

Becoming skilled in business is a lifelong pursuit. Some have more natural talent for it than others, but everyone needs to continuously improve their skill sets in order to remain a desirable employee, drive innovation and continuously improve. If you’re looking to improve your business acumen and skills, these five pointers should help you.

Build Confidence

In many cases, the most important factor to success in a business career is confidence. Confidence is an important key in how both your body language and your vocalizations come across to others. For example, you can learn about certain body language movements that are considered positive, like sitting up straight and refraining from fidgeting.

How is Magento Helping Merchants Create a Customer Oriented Website with a Higher Conversion Rate?

Submitted by Charlie Brown on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 18:54

Magento has been the foundation of many business websites. It is a robust CMS platform as well as a dynamic website builder, which provides the designers with multiple options for building responsive and functional websites. Responsive designs have been a part of Magento ever since the introduction of mobile pages and responsive pages on the internet. Mobile versions of desktop sites are simply not a match for these responsive and retina ready templates that Magento offers to all merchants online.

3 Reasons the Open Office Has Failed

Submitted by Joshua Althauser on Wed, 09/27/2017 - 19:13

Over the last decade, companies around the world have been embracing the open-office model. Replacing boxy workstations and narrow hallways with large airy rooms that seem to be wholly against any type of wall with an aim to promote endless flexibility. The contemporary workplace heard these cries of endless praise regarding the open office and there seemed to be no doubt that this was the future of work. Unfortunately, after the flexible office trend took off with flying colors, things have settled down and looking back, many professionals believe that the open plan office isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and today the concept has received significant criticism for inviting new distractions into the professional workplace.