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Want to be a leader or a manager in the business world? Then you’re going to have to be able to take decisions. More importantly, you want to be able to make decisions that improve productivity and impact positively on the place you work. There’s often an assumption that “decision making” is an innate skill […]
The vision statement, all too often dismissed as a silly marketing gimmick, can be a powerful tool for your business if it’s done properly. Here’s what you need to know about vision statements and how to write an effective vision statement for your business: What is A Vision Statement? A vision statement is a carefully […]
Hiring is critical in any business; get the right people and the business improves, get the wrong ones and it can have a serious impact on the work being done. It’s even more important in a small business where there’s very little room for error and a poor hiring decision can set the business back […]
We’ve been examining time and attendance solutions recently and we believe we’ve found the best time and attendance software for small businesses in the form of stratustime. Time and attendance tracking isn’t important for all businesses and it’s important to think about whether you really need it before investing in any form of software and […]
We’re looking at time and attendance systems this week at Business Pundit. Our overall choice for the best time and attendance system for small businesses was stratustime. However, it’s not the only system on the market and while it’s brilliant for use in bricks and mortar premises – we did feel that for a company […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
