2018 is in full swing. It’s time to test new (or well-forgotten) ways to grow your business. If you aren’t including mobile messaging (SMS) in your marketing plan, you may be missing a great opportunity to lift your sales and step up your customer...

People often complain that the healthcare industry lags behind the times. Why can’t everyone email their doctor? Why do you have to see a doctor in person every time you have a question? Why is it so difficult to get medical records transferred? As...

Regardless of whether you are an industrial designer, inventor, businessman, or an entrepreneur, at some point, you also play the role of project manager. It’s a critical duty for completing a task at the highest standards, no matter the size or industry of...

In recent years, business owners have faced a tough dilemma when evaluating field service management software packages. The strange part? This dilemma has almost nothing to do with the software itself. In basic terms, service business owners in the market for...

As a salesperson, you are no stranger to frameworks. From Value Selling to the Sandler System, dozens of sales methodologies promise to improve your prospect relationships, enhance productivity, and fundamentally change the way you sell. Well, there’s a...

An electronic cash register, at its most basic level, lets you calculate and record transactions. A cloud-based point-of-sale system provides the same core functions, but also improves day-to-day operations by automating critical processes and extending...

In Japanese, the term Kanban means “signboard” or “billboard.” It was originally a scheduling and inventory-control system used by Toyota to standardize the way parts in their JIT (just-in-time) production lines moved from one stage to another....

With the continued emergence of new technologies and growing business pressure, the skills required for employees to succeed today are not the same as the skills they may need tomorrow. The misalignment of worker skills with available jobs is becoming a major...

You’ve made the decision. Spreadsheets and manual processes just aren’t cutting it anymore. It’s time to find a small business payroll solution that lets you pay your employees with ease, so you can spend more time doing what you do best:...

Performance management is an important part of any workforce, regardless of your role. For HR managers, it’s important to help increase retention and discover exemplary workers. For department heads, it’s important to see if the team is working...

Re-designing your performance management process isn’t a quick, one-step change you can implement overnight. But that’s not to say it isn’t important. Having the right practices in place can impact so many aspects of your organization. From...

Excel is a powerful tool used by most businesses in some way, shape, or form. It allows you to congregate, track, and manipulate data to serve immediate needs or answer questions. But it was never designed to meet all of your business needs, and it certainly...

Security has become one of the biggest concerns for all forms of digital communication, and the risks are only growing. For medical practices, exchanging confidential patient information is commonplace, but many aren’t using the most effective tools for...

Considering an upgrade from your spreadsheet program or paper-based warehouse organization system? Although software-as-a-service (SaaS) or cloud-based warehouse management systems are rapidly increasing in popularity, thanks to their lower ownership costs...

Gantt charts are a great tool for seeing a bird’s-eye view of your project timeline. All the data you need is laid out in an easily digestible, visual format. A Gantt chart lays out your project’s tasks in horizontal bars representing each task’s start...