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Instagram for Business: Everything You Need to Know
By Max Freedman | July 30, 2024
Instagram is a powerful marketing tool for your business. Here's how to make the most of it.
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How to Calculate Compound Interest
By Erica Sandberg | July 30, 2024
Compound interest could result in a little money becoming a lot of money over time. Here's how to calculate compound interest when saving money or taking a business loan.
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What Is the Cost Principle?
By Dock David Treece | July 30, 2024
Cost accounting makes it easy to track the value of large assets on your books. Here's how to use it in your small business.
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4 Tips for Making Your Remarketing Campaign a Success
By Mark Fairlie | July 30, 2024
Remarketing, or targeting consumers who have already visited your website, is an important part of a brand's digital marketing strategy. Here's how it works.
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How to Drive Sales Using Sound
By Matt D’Angelo | July 29, 2024
Sound marketing can help boost your brand's revenue. Here's how to use audio to improve sales.
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Google Calendar: 11 Hidden Tips and Tricks
By Max Freedman | July 29, 2024
Google Calendar is already among the easiest calendar apps to use. With these tips and tricks, you'll find it even more helpful.
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10 Ways to Attract and Retain the Best Employees
By Skye Schooley | July 23, 2024
Use these 10 strategies to attract and retain skilled workers.
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The Benefits of Medical Speech-to-Text
By Max Freedman | July 22, 2024
What is Medical Speech Recognition Software?
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Workers’ Compensation Insurance: What SMBs Need to Know
By Katharine Paljug | July 16, 2024
What happens if one of your employees is injured on the job? Having a workers’ compensation policy is not only good practice, it’s usually a legal requirement. Learn more about workers’ compensation.
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How to Improve Your Hiring and Recruitment Process
By Skye Schooley | July 15, 2024
Learn how to create and improve your hiring process to increase employee quality and retention.
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What Is Telematics?
By David Gargaro | July 12, 2024
Telematics gives businesses that operate a fleet of vehicles unique insight into their vehicles and drivers.
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PEOs and Risk Management
By Max Freedman | July 10, 2024
Risk management is a critical component of running a business. Partnering with a PEO can help ensure you have all potential risks covered. Content Type: Update
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How to Write Better Job Descriptions
By Sammi Caramela | July 09, 2024
Learn how to write job descriptions that attract top talent.
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Is the Internet of Things Bad for Your Business?
By Mark Fairlie | July 05, 2024
The IoT is a helpful network of connected devices that businesses rely on today more than ever. However, this technology comes with some serious risks.
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What is BYOD?
By Jeremy Bender | July 05, 2024
With many companies adopting a hybrid work model, employees are more inclined to use their own devices. What are the “bring your own device” (BYOD) implications for businesses and their workers?
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Do You Need an App for Your Small Business?
By Sean Peek | July 05, 2024
The mobile market is skyrocketing. Should your business get in on the app action?
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14 Beloved Brands Gone Forever
By Chad Brooks | July 03, 2024
Learn which of your former favorite companies are no longer around.
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Presale Strategy: How to Set Up a Successful Presale
By Natalie Hamingson | July 03, 2024
Presales are a great way to get initial feedback and establish a customer base.
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How to Create Alexa for Business Skills Without Coding Experience
By Chad Brooks | July 02, 2024
Amazon provides blueprints that allow anyone to create Alexa for Business skills, not only IT experts or experienced coders.
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What Is Greenwashing?
By Carlyann Edwards | July 02, 2024
Ensure that you aren't making false claims that your company or products are environmentally friendly, which can damage customers' trust.
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What Is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
By Donna Fuscaldo | June 27, 2024
The index shows how 30 companies have traded in the stock market.
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How Salesforce Essentials Differs From Other Salesforce Plans
By Max Freedman | June 27, 2024
Salesforce Essentials offers small businesses affordable access to one of the largest and most powerful CRMs on the market.
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How Salesforce Starter Suite Can Serve Your Business
By Shayna Waltower | June 27, 2024
The Salesforce Starter Suite offers small businesses affordable access to one of the largest and most powerful CRMs on the market.
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What Is IaaS?
By Adam Uzialko | June 26, 2024
IaaS, or infrastructure as a service, is a cloud computing model that provides access to computer hardware in a cloud-based environment. Learn how to use it in your business.
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What Are MACRA and MIPS?
By Max Freedman | June 25, 2024
The 2015 MACRA law introduced the MIPS reimbursement system for which your practice may need to register and file data.
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11 Email Marketing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
By Bennett Conlin | June 25, 2024
Email marketing mistakes are easy to make and potentially costly. Here are some common errors to avoid to improve your email campaigns.
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A Guide to Management Accounting for Businesses
By Sally Herigstad | June 21, 2024
Management accounting is specific to strategic decision-making based on company finances. Here's how to use it for your business.
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Accounts Payable vs. Accounts Receivable
By Donna Fuscaldo | June 21, 2024
Accounts payable and accounts receivable track what you owe and when you get paid. Both are vital to effective cash flow management.
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Studies Reveal the Skills Employers (Really) Want
By Erin Donaghue | June 21, 2024
Hiring managers are seeking specific in-demand career skills in today's competitive work landscape.
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How to Accept Recurring Payments
By Max Freedman | June 20, 2024
Your customers and clients won’t always remember to pay on time. Learn how to accept recurring payments to counter this problem.