Lisa Huyhn is the Politics and Military & Defense Editor at BusinessPundit. She is a fiercely independent voter who believes in full transparency in politics & general government activities. You can reach her atOnlineDegree.com.
Personal networking is the way to get ahead in today’s increasingly connected world. Networking used to be done by executives in meeting rooms powered with expensive business cards and it was a system that very much favored the extrovert manager or director. So how do you get good at networking without that batch of business […]
There are some great reasons to start a franchise when you decide to become an entrepreneur. You’re taking on an established product or service that has already been successful in the market and you still get to be your own boss. However, you’ll also get a ton of support from the franchise network to help […]
You might not know it but everything in life except death (and sometimes taxes) is negotiable. This is also true for the credit card processing fees that your business pays but it’s not widely known and you will need to understand the basics of how credit card processing works to get the best deal from […]
When you’re trying to work out what the right career is for you; it’s easy to get waylaid about the wrong issues. People can get too focused on whether there’s enough money or whether they’re working for a big enough name brand rather than on what really matters. If you’re thinking about your first job […]
Succession for top management positions in any business isn’t an easy thing to manage. However, in family run businesses it’s not just the in-work relationships which might be threatened by poor succession choices – it’s also the family relationships which might come under threat. That means it’s doubly important for family run businesses to plan […]
The business meeting often instills a sense of dread in participants. It has become fashionable to mock and deride meetings both on TV (and in the cinema) and in real life. Eyes-roll, people yawn, everyone looks for a means of escape. There’s a lot of truth in this light mockery too. Talk to your employees […]
Money isn’t everything; in fact research shows that beyond a certain point (roughly $70,000 a year) money doesn’t motivate people very much at all. So how do you make sure that your employees are happy, engaged and ready to stay with your company without reaching for the check book? It’s not as complicated as you […]
Content marketing is “the way forward” in the digital age. The idea is simple – create content and keep your audience consistently engaged with your brand. The trouble is that in practice; this isn’t so simple and there are a lot of brands delivering content marketing that just doesn’t hit the spot. When content marketing […]
Flowcharts are an integral part of business life today. Whether you are designing a process or a network diagram or just want to put something together for a presentation – you’re sooner or later going to want to make a flowchart. The trouble is that none of the standard office suites handle flowcharts very well. […]
One of the most important social media marketing tools in the world is Facebook. How could it not be? The network has over 1 billion members and while that still leaves a few billion folks without an account; it’s fair to say that if your business is in the developed world – your customers are […]
We chose QuickBooks as our overall best paid accounting software for small businesses; so we did we add a final category for the best paid accounting software for the smallest businesses? In the main it’s all about cost control; while QuickBooks is awesome there’s a sliding scale of fees which can make it quite expensive […]
We’re turning our attention to point-of-sale (POS) systems this week and our first pick for Best POS System for retailers with physical store outlets is ShopKeep. POS is a critical aspect of managing a retail operation and we went through a lot of POS solutions in order to select our winner in this category. Why […]
