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October, 2020

Helpful Tools for Doing Business Across Country Borders and Language Barriers

Submitted by Anita Ginsburg on Thu, 10/01/2020 - 14:58

Doing business in another country is never easy, especially when a language barrier is involved. Luckily, there are a number of tools that can make your life a little bit easier. Here are five products you should consider for your global business.

Language Learning Applications

If you’re going to be working across country lines, then it makes sense to promote multilingualism among your workers. You can encourage your employees to download popular language learning apps and then give them time to practice. By hiring people with a base knowledge in another language and then encouraging them to hone their skills, you’ll increase your company’s ability to interact in international settings.

10 Tips to Give Your Boutique Business a Boost & Increase Sales

Submitted by Joseph Heller on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 10:22

Does your boutique business feel like it’s stuck in last season? Maybe your online boutique got off to a totally promising start, but now it’s hit a lull. Hey, it happens. It’s normal. But that doesn’t mean this slump has to be your new normal.

You probably had a detailed, well thought out plan for how you’d get your boutique off the ground in the beginning, but building it up to new heights is a whole different game. It’s time to find some new customers, give your marketing efforts some love, and hit some new sales records.

How Long Does a Wire Transfer Take?

Submitted by Michael Vierling on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 10:45


When you need to send money to a friend, family member, or business contact, a wire transfer is one of the fastest and most reliable ways to do so. Here’s what goes into sending a wire transfer, as well as how long a wire transfer will take. 

 

What is a wire transfer? 

The term “wire transfer” refers to any type of electronic transfer of money. A bank wire is the most common, traditional bank-to-bank transfer. In these types of transfers, an amount goes from one bank account to another using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) network or FedWire network. 

7 Features That All Successful Ecommerce Sites Share

Submitted by Elena on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 14:03

If you want your business to thrive, it’s essential that you have a good quality website that customers can easily use to buy your products. However, deciding what makes a website ‘good quality’ can be a big job! There are thousands of conflicting pieces of advice available on this topic and it can be a little overwhelming to sift through them all.

Below are the core features that your website must have if it’s going to help grow your business.

The Best Clickfunnels Alternatives

Submitted by Juliette Anderson on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 11:19

Are you looking at changing service providers, reducing costs, or, simply searching for the best ClickFunnels alternative?

In this article, we will look at what choices you have available and will show your different platforms to use instead of ClickFunnels.

What is Clickfunnels?

ClickFunnels is an online software program that lets its users design and build sales and marketing funnels.

How to Reduce Shopping Cart Abandonment in 2020: 5 Strategies That Can Help

Submitted by Riya Sander on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 11:26

Going to a supermarket, collecting all the required items in the shopping cart but forgetting to buy those items due to a distraction is a type of scenario that happens extremely rarely in offline shopping. However, this type of scenario is normal in the case of online shopping. Unlike offline shopping, people often add items to the cart but do not buy them while shopping online. This phenomenon is called shopping cart abandonment, and it has become a major concern for all e-commerce sites. According to Barilliance, the global cart abandonment rate of 2019 stood at 77.73%, which means that only 22.27% are purchasing the items added to their online shopping carts.

IdeaCafe Newsletter Starts Running Again – More Powerful Than Ever

Submitted by Elena on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 16:12

Want to build a million-dollar business?

I won’t lie. Everyone in our small business community wants to build a million-dollar business.

Some people go their entire lives without earning a million dollars, so it sounds crazy that some businesses might be able to achieve this milestone within their first year. But it is possible. Plenty of companies have accomplished this goal, and you can too!

6 Essential Boutique Marketing Tips for Success

Submitted by Joseph Heller on Fri, 10/09/2020 - 11:54

Choosing the clothes that’ll make your clientele squeal with delight and order one of everything may be the fun part of owning your online boutique – but it’s only half the battle. 

Let’s be honest. You didn’t get into this business to have a closet bursting with unsold inventory. If you want your boutique to continue growing, you need to sell!

5 Great Cleaning Tips on How London Businesses Can Protect Staff

Submitted by Aqib Ijaz on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 12:43

Keeping staff safe should be one of the top priorities of any business at this time. Preventing the spread of the virus within the workplace is crucial to employee safety and slowing down COVID-19 so we can return to normality as soon as possible.

 

The capital is one of the worst-hit locations in England but it is also the business hub of the UK and companies are wanting to continue trade as much as possible. One way this can be achieved is with the help of commercial cleaning London services. Recently, the importance of cleaning has become more apparent than ever and we are here to help with the top 5 cleaning tips to prevent the spread of germs and bacteria, not just for COVID-19 but all manner of illness.

5 Tips to Boost Your Ecommerce Conversion Rate

Submitted by Elena on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 12:52

If you're running an eCommerce store, then the chances are the metric you care about more than almost any other is conversion rate. If you're getting this area of your store right, then the sky's the limit, so what can you do to boost your conversion rate?

 

User Experience/ Speed

You work hard to bring people to your store, so don't lose them because of simple user experience errors or the fact your site doesn't load quickly. People want a fast, clean experience, and if your website doesn't offer this, then your conversion rate will suffer.