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Security

Cybersecurity and Remote Work

Working from home is here to stay, and cybersecurity risks are high. Here's how to protect your business.
Although there are advantages to working remotely, it may also expose your business to greater cybersecurity risks.
Planning

Keep Your Business Running With a Business Continuity Plan

Learn how smart business continuity planning can help you stay afloat when employees are out sick or a natural disaster strikes.
Disruptions are nothing new in the business world, but they can become even more difficult when a pandemic or other type of disaster hits.
Management

Is Your Business Facing a Skills Gap?

Lead your employees into the future by reskilling the workforce.
Select the right candidates by choosing employees who already go above and beyond their roles and are true team players.
Management

Develop a Strong Plan for a Safer Workplace

Review small business guidelines at all levels before developing your own workplace safety plan.
Every business is different, and there's no one-size-fits-all plan for transitioning back to the office for any situation.
Accounting

Tips for Managing Your Business's Payroll

Payroll can be a cumbersome administrative task for small business owners. Here's how to simplify it.
Managing payroll is an integral part of running a successful business, so take the time to get it right.
Management

Hiring Seasonal Employees: Strategies for Success

You may need to employ alternative recruiting strategies to connect with seasonal job applicants.
A focused and clear job description will help set expectations about a seasonal job and increase the effectiveness of your hiring process.
Management

The Multi-Channel Marketing Approach

Your customers' satisfaction relies on your company having what they want, when they want it.
See how launching a multi-channel marketing strategy can help you more effectively land sales.
Management

Tips for Engaging a Multigenerational Workforce

Here's how to engage a multigenerational workforce to create a cohesive working environment.
Cultivating and retaining vital talent through generational diversity can yield strategic benefits for companies of all sizes.
Management

The ROI of Retaining Employees

Finding and hiring a new employee involves several steps, and each has a related price tag.
By offering your team opportunities to learn and grow, you'll help improve your employee retention rate.
Management

Pandemic Hiring Practices for Small Businesses

Small businesses are struggling with staffing post-pandemic. Here's how to handle pandemic hiring.
The pandemic's major upheaval of our society has one silver lining for individuals and businesses—it gave us all a chance to reassess how well things were working before.
Management

How to Boost Employee Loyalty

In today's competitive job market, employers need to take meaningful action to retain talent.
Employees, like all people, want to feel valued—and acknowledging their contributions regularly can go a long way to inspire pride and a sense of belonging.
Management

Why Supply Chain Management Is Important

Stay competitive by optimizing what your products and services are worth.
It goes beyond knowing exactly how to locate a shipment.
Planning

Create a Strong Business Succession Plan

Exit the company you helped build in a way that leaves your achievements intact.
Business succession planning ensures you ultimately separate from your company in a manner that achieves your business and personal goals.
Management

Do You Find Digital Marketing for Small Business Overwhelming?

Learn about the benefits of digital marketing and how a plan can help you set a realistic budget.
According to the most-cited statistic from the Small Business Administration, businesses with $5 million or less in revenue should allocate roughly 7% to 8% toward marketing.
Management

How to Set a Marketing Budget

The size of your audience and sales will tell the story when you set a budget and measure the ROI.
A good rule of thumb is to devote 7% to 8% of your gross revenue to marketing.
Management

3 Ways Employers Can Promote Work-Life Balance

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the importance of work-life balance has become abundantly clear.
Think about ways you can provide support or resources to encourage better mental health and well-being for your employees.

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