Management Insights

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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

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

Post-Pandemic Hiring Practices for Small Businesses

Small businesses are struggling with staffing post-pandemic. Here's how to explore revised hiring strategies.
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

The Hybrid Workplace: Your Company's New Status Quo

As you balance the realities of a hybrid workforce, build upon what's worked.
Once you commit to a hybrid working environment, refinements will help improve its effectiveness.
Management

Workers' Comp: Is There an Easier Way?

There are a number of reasons businesses might consider outsourcing workers' compensation management.
A workers' compensation management company has the knowledge to ensure your company complies with all of the state and federal employment laws, rules and regulations.
Insurance

Get the Right Liability Coverage for Your Business

Make sure your small business is protected with professional liability coverage.
It's key to prepare for potential business risks and find ways to minimize them.
Management

Peaks and Valleys Abound in the Business Life Cycle

Your adaptability in meeting challenges and capitalizing on opportunities will help at every phase.
Your company's success won't occur in a vacuum, which means competitors will step up to fight for a share of the market.
Security

Why Does Digital Transformation Fail?

Data breaches are a real threat to small businesses, so it's important to focus on your transformation's security.
The more input and buy-in you can get, the more issues, concerns and associated solutions you can identify—and the better you can support everyone involved.
Management

Managing Relationships in the Workplace

The clear guidelines of an employee dating policy can help workers and bosses feel more secure.
Clearly spelling out what's considered appropriate and inappropriate at work will protect both the employees and the workplace as a whole.

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