One of the most important parts of starting a business is making sure that the advertising is effective before the doors even open. Part of this is making sure that potential customers can find your business by making it identifiable and memorable. There are things that need to be done before the signs go up, so here’s…
Hire the Best Possible Candidates With This Best Kept Secret
Did you know that Sales team turnover is over 40% per year? If you are a business owner employing an in-house business team, ensuring that they are performing to company standards is a necessity to increasing your business. Research shows, amazingly, that only 20% of sales leads are ever followed up. In order to be good sales…
Five Great Bar and Restaurant Designs
In 2008, over 72,000 interior designers were reportedly employed in the United States alone. These designers, along with thousands of others throughout the world, are typically required to commit to a significant amount of training, including 2 to 4 years of college education. This preparation helps them work with their clients to create spaces that are both…
How to Wrap a Pallet for Freight Shipping
One thing anyone who works in shipping knows is that packing and wrapping a pallet for freight is serious business. The safety of the product you’re shipping will be directly affected by the way the pallet is packed and wrapped, and the better it’s packed the safer it will be, which also decreased the chance that you’ll…
How Strong is Your Company’s Online Presence?
The internet has undoubtedly changed the way both businesses and consumers operate. While traditional marketing strategies are still very much applicable and relevant, online marketing has permanently changed the game. As a result, businesses who cannot or do not implement a solid internet marketing strategy will quickly fall behind, and run the risk of losing prospective and…
What Do Small Business Owners Need to Consider When They Shop Around for Health Insurance? Remember the ABC’s
Much of Canada’s health care is covered by public funds, but this isn’t the way the entire system works. As many as 75% of Canadians receive additional benefits through their employers in order to receive more options for their health care. This gives them more options in terms of how they receive care and can apply to…
Three Ways to Make Filing Taxes Easier
Springtime gives people many things to look forward to. The weather begins to warm up, flowers start to grow and the grass returns to its lush, green color. Spring mostly brings happiness, but it also brings with it the dreadful tax season. By April 15, everyone across the country must file their taxes or face hefty penalties…
Taking the Strain Out of Office Work
If your back is killing you, it just might be the fault of your desk chair. Believe it or not, sitting for long hours at work can do a good deal of damage to your whole body, but especially your back. The human body is designed primarily for the standing or walking position, and while it is…
How to Hire the Best Sales People for the Job!
As a sales manager, you are most likely aware that hiring sales people who are competent and loyal can be an extremely difficult undertaking. Unfortunately, some sales representatives do not have what it takes to be effective; for example, are you aware that only one fifth of sales leads are actually followed up on? This small fraction…
Never Make a Hiring Mistake Again!
Hiring sales people and retaining them is difficult to pull off. This is something you are well aware of as a sales and marketing manager. Hiring sales reps who are not up to the challenge of the job can be a major financial liability to companies; in fact, when a sales hiring mistake is made, it can…