Generating leads is the number one goal of your business's website, but it's also one of the most difficult digital challenges to overcome.

Luckily, page load triggers can help your website put its email address requests and contact forms front and center without burdening visitors.

THE EU’s Explanatory Notes on the new VAT Directive for 2015 provide all the information that merchants need to ensure their EU VAT compliance. Compliance essentially boils to - as per the Explanatory Notes - “the relevant taxable persons would need to be able to process personal data of their customers in order to prove to the tax authorities that they correctly applied the VAT rules on place of supply.” The burden of proof is on the supplier of the digital services. They need to prove that their end consumer is indeed in the country of the VAT rate which was applied to the sale.

Now more than ever, women are seeing the benefits of building their own businesses and are doing just that.  In a world full of complicated and contradicting start up information, consider my eight simple tips for launching a successful business as a woman.  It does after all help to get advice from someone who’s been there.

Don’t quit your day job, at least not at first.  While it may be tempting to jump feet first into building your business, it is wise to map out your financial needs and obligations before giving your two weeks notice. Consider working part-time as a transition into entrepreneurship.

There are a lot of advantages to self-employment—you have a flexible schedule, you answer only to yourself, and you control how much work you do. However, if you aren’t prepared, these same things can become serious setbacks. Consider these four questions to make sure you are ready for success as your own boss.

What Do I Need to Start?

When you start a job for a company, they set you up with a schedule, computer, and tasks. But when you work for yourself, you have to come up with everything on your own. To switch over to self-employment you’ll need the following:

Often the best type of website for you to launch for your business depends on the nature of your business, your corporate goals, the stage of development of your business and the resources you have at your disposal. Here are some types of websites to give you an idea of what you might consider looking for.

Static Websites - Brochureware
Most small businesses start out with a small, "static" website.
In order for the business to update their static website, they will have to contact their website development company and request that the changes be made. It is for this reason that they are not updated very often and remain "static" for a long period of time.

A company leader must make sure the right people are doing the right things. This requires both leadership skills and knowledge about the numerous business functions that exist within a company. Given their level of influence, they can build or destroy the company.

Leaders have to respect the impact that their words and directions have on the other members of the organization. They set the tone in a company and establish the organizational culture. Their beliefs and values become ingrained throughout the entire organization.

Having run my own business for a while now, I have been fortunate enough to work with a cross-section of people, companies and industries. From my own observations, I frequently come across six common inaccuracies and assumptions that small business operators make when it comes to marketing. Surprisingly, the themes don't change across industries, but they all result in lost income and unnecessary expense and if you're on a shoestring budget such mistakes can be devastating.

Any business office relocation can be a daunting experience due to the vast amount of technical considerations that need to be planned. Office relocation technical solutions can be identified beforehand to guarantee a smooth transitioning process. Here are seven important tech decisions to be made on Day 1 of the move.

What all is needed to successfully migrate services?

It is important to consider what needs to be done for service migration. Vendors need to be contacted to coordinate service setup for the new location. While it may seem relatively easy to execute, planning a minimum of 60 days well is recommended for a smooth experience.

Time management is a huge challenge for many business owners and there are dozens of management consultants, blogs, books and magazine articles aimed at helping the overwhelmed entrepreneur get their working hours under control, improve their productivity and enjoy a healthy work/life balance. If you are anything like me, just thinking about reading all of them causes time management issues in itself!

Let’s face it – your first product will most likely fail.  Creating a successful product or service is about constantly prototyping, tweaking, refining, making mistakes, learning, and repeating. That might sound like a chaotic mess, but there’s a process behind it – one that can be applied not only to your first product, but to your first startup, website, or small business.