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Occupational health and safety remain the top priority for most companies, and rightly so. The success of your business depends on the productivity of those working within the premises. Therefore, taking care of your employees will ensure that they give their best in whatever duties assigned to them. In addition, every worker has a right to demand for a safe working environment. As an employer, you ought to meet these demands to avoid any legal repercussions. Of course, the benefits of adopting a safety culture goes beyond the internal business operations. Read on to find out more about the impact workplace safety has on your company and the society. 1. Increases Productivity. It goes without saying that the state of one’s working environment directly impacts their overall productivity. For instance, if an employee isn’t assured of their safety at work, they’ll not feel comfortable. Being uneasy and having the idea that something can go wrong might gravely reduce the quality of th...

A life coach helps you realize your true values and your passions in life. Despite many stressors, this wellness professional can help create a more fulfilling and positive life. Note that the benefits of a hiring good life coach are relatively endless, but you need to hire the right professional before you can reap these advantages. Here are six things to consider as you look for the right life coach. 1. Authenticity and Certification. The foundation of trust starts with honesty. Thus, one way to ensure that you’re taking the advice of a certified life coach is to ask for proof of authenticity. It would be best if you understood that relatively anyone could become a life coach these days. For example, search for life advice on social media, and you can find several search results pointing to life gurus. However, many of these ‘gurus’ tend to give general suggestions, which might not be the advice you need. But wellness professionals attained certification in coaching to ensure y...

If you’re an e-commerce site, you’re probably always looking for new ways to generate more sales. And if you can find influencers to promote your e-commerce on social media, you may be able to achieve this goal. Did you know that 87% of consumers say they’ve made a purchase based on content they saw from influencers? If you’ve already launched influencer campaigns, hopefully you saw similar results. And if you haven’t yet dabbled in influencer marketing, now’s the time to try it out. Keep reading for five tips for launching influencer marketing campaigns for your e-commerce business. 1. Take a look at your social networks. If you want to launch an influencer campaign, you need to have social media accounts. And before launching any campaigns, you should make sure your social networks are up-to-date and appropriately branded. If your brand has no presence on social media, it may be difficult to find an influencer who wants to collaborate with you. Therefore, make sure you have a...

by Lonny Kocina, CEO of  Media Relations Agency  and author of “ The CEO’s Guide to Marketing: The Book Every Marketer Should Read Before Their Boss Does “ Since the pandemic started, it seems businesses are either growing or going under. Marketing is a necessity to remind customers why they should be doing business with you, but spending money without a systematic approach is scary. If you’ve ever laughed at a funny TV commercial but had no clue what it was advertising, you know how costly a marketing mistake can be. A simple, proven marketing process can help keep creative people on point, ensuring smart use of  your budget. Creative ideas are great, but only if we remember why we’re marketing something. Unfortunately, too many companies allow the creative tail to wag the dog. They allow their marketing folks to go nuts without giving them clear direction. It’s unfortunate how much money is being wasted and sales missed over something that is relatively easy to solve...

Technological innovations can offer incredible opportunities for advancement to people around the world. One of the groups with the highest potential to benefit is those who suffer from any sort of disability. For those dealing with cerebral palsy, tech innovations have the potential to completely transform their lives. Cerebral palsy involves permanent movement disorders, and symptoms first appear in early childhood. There is no cure for cerebral palsy, but medical advances continue to be made regarding treatment. In conjunction with medical advancements (and until a cure for this disorder is hopefully found), tech innovations are already changing the way of life for many who are suffering from cerebral palsy. Life-Altering Innovations. There are amazing products out there to help with cerebral palsy. Unfortunately, like most new technology, these items don’t come cheap. By hiring a cerebral palsy lawyer , parents who face financial difficulties can be compensated. This compensati...

Even the smallest companies rely on vendors to provide them with the supplies and services they need to stay in business themselves. Strong vendor relationships can allow your company to save money and work towards business goals while mitigating risk — and all vendor relationships come with inherent risk. The more essential the vendor is to your business, the greater those risks can be, and many of them are out of your control. There’s the risk that the vendor won’t come through, that supply chains will be compromised, or that the vendor will damage your reputation, fail to comply with regulations, be affected by a natural disaster, or get hacked. Third-party risk management is the discipline of managing risks like these to prevent, or at least mitigate, any potential damage to your operation. A strong third-party risk management strategy will increase transparency, streamline operations, and cut costs. Ins and Outs of Third-Party Risk Management. In today’s business world, many c...

Are you thinking about replacing your old fax machine with a computer?  Many years have passed since machines first entered the office equipment market, but despite the advances in digital technology, faxing is still preferred for sharing documents that need to be private and delivered to the right hands. There are two main ways your business can embrace digital faxing: by subscribing to an online fax service and by using fax software to manage fax reception in-house. Here we will take a look at both alternatives. 1. Email fax services. Faxing through a service is the preferred way of faxing these days because it brings all the advantages of a modern fax solution, including the ability to take care of documents on the go, schedule faxes and access them from any computer. Since fax services have a monthly fee and a number of faxes you can send/receive during that period, they are perfect for those that handle a determined volume of faxing per month and are looking to cut down co...

by Andi Gray, president of Strategy Leaders The year 2020 can’t end quickly enough for most small business owners. Across the country, the pandemic forced many of them to close their operations temporarily – or permanently – and the continued economic uncertainty threatens to kill the ambitions of entrepreneurs who planned to launch businesses but now must put their dreams on hold. None of that bodes well for the overall American economy. Small businesses make up 50 percent of the gross-domestic product and also employ half the workforce. What happens to them determines what happens to the overall economy. We as a country cannot afford to fail them. Look at the 2008-11 banking crisis, a disturbing example of how a national crisis can sabotage entrepreneurship. In 2008, for the first time, the number of business starts fell below the number of business closures. In other words, more businesses were killed off than were launched. And it wasn’t a one-time event. The problem continued...

Once upon a time, blogging was a way for people to share their thoughts with the world, and not expect much in return. While people still share their thoughts for free, smart established bloggers have found ways to make money for their trouble. It all started with the OG of blog monetization: Google Adwords. This was, and still is, an easy way to make a little money for your blog. However, most people  won’t get rich  just using Adwords. Generally, it’ll cover basic costs and not much more. Smart bloggers, therefore, monetize more than just their internet real estate. Instead, they become influencers and make money that way as well. Let’s take a look at how this all plays out. 1. Bloggers are influencers, too. These days, most of us think of “Influencers” as people who sell stuff on social media. In particular, Instagram has become a favorite place for visual sponsored content. However, there are influencers all over the internet. Any time that people consume content, ther...

If you’re just starting out, there’s a need for you to create new customers in order to grow your business. One way to do this is to offer gift cards for items that customers can purchase from your store or from your website. Giving away gift cards to customers can be one of the best way s to get the word out about your business and build customer loyalty. By offering these cards for a specific dollar amount, you allow them to get items for a certain amount of money, then they’ll complete the transaction online and you get paid automatically. If you consider offering gift cards, below are some ways on how it can help grow your online business: Increase Profits. These days, many companies offer a variety of products to their customers. If you want to make the most of your profits, it makes good business sense to sell as many products as possible in order to offer a bigger range of prices and features. This can often include offering or giving out gift cards to your customers if the...

When developing a sound search engine optimization (SEO) strategy, the creation of search engine-focused content should factor in. In addition to enticing and entertaining prospective clients, well-crafted SEO content can help elicit positive attention from search giants like Google and Bing and direct scores of first-time visitors to your website. Of course, this isn’t to say that all SEO content makes the grade. Without even realizing it, many businesses make a wide range of mistakes when creating new content. Since such blunders often serve to drive potential patrons away from your enterprise, it’s in your best interest to nip the following mishaps in the bud. Not Reaching Out to Professionals. If your business has little to no experience creating search engine-focused content, not enlisting the aid of professionals is among the worst choices you can make. Sure, this entails spending money, but the substantial payoffs this partnership entails should prove well worth the investme...

Finding talent in competitive markets is a huge challenge for a startup these days. Reviewing applications to conducting interviews and discussing salaries and terms and conditions for the contract can be quite time-consuming and intimidating for the new business owners.  Furthermore, since new business owners do not have any experience in the field, they may end up hiring the wrong individuals for the job. This can ultimately hurt the business in the long run. This is why many startups today are partnering with staffing agencies to recruit suitable employees for the job.  From hiring a CEO of your business to a generator, staffing agencies are equipped to provide you with individuals at all levels. But the question here is whether these staffing agencies are the right choice for a startup? To answer your question, we researched and found some of the major benefits that staffing agencies have to offer to startups these days. Let us go ahead and look at them in detail to ...

Before starting a business, it’s a good idea to get your personal finances in order. Too many ambitious entrepreneurs jump into the business creation game before they have stable financial footing in their own lives, and it ends up limiting their full potential. Mastering your personal finances is a process that could take months, or even years in extreme cases, but the time you invest upfront could set you up for a much brighter future. Why Personal Finances Matter. Why do your personal finances matter when you’re starting a business? There are several benefits of working on your personal finances first: Loan availability. First, when your personal finances are in healthier shape, you’ll have a much better chance of getting a loan with favorable terms. You’ll have a selection of loans with lower interest rates , and you’ll be able to qualify for them easier. You don’t always want to take out a personal loan for your business, but it’s nice to have the option. Risk tolerance. ...

by James Van, Director of Career Services and Professional Development at SoloLearn It’s 2am, and Egor is staring at his phone intently on his couch at home. He’s finished a long day at his current job in finance and M&A, but he is eager to tap away on his phone, consuming Python courses. His latest project required him to work with a team to help crunch some very large data sets from mobile network carriers. His firm brought in a team of data scientists to help his team make sense of the data. Over time as he continued to work with this team of data scientists, he realized that their ability to find patterns and also write algorithms to help predict user behavior was very intriguing to him. After learning more about their work, he made the decision – that he wanted to do that too! But where to start? He did a quick google search to learn more about classes he would need to take, and where to start. He soon realized that watching long tutorials and videos was difficult for him t...