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Top 10 Small Business Trends for 2015

Small Business Labs

  Cloud Automation tools are simplifying a wide range of traditional small business applications such as accounting, payroll, inventory management, HR and benefits administration, etc.     3. "Lean Years” thinking will continue in 2015 and small businesses need to evaluate its impact on their firms.

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Book Review: The Welcomer Edge: Unlocking the Secrets to Repeat Business

Service Untitled

Shapiro’s organization provides research, training, and consulting services to Fortune 500 corporations on how to improve customer service. Good customer service is good for today. Having a welcomer provide good customer service wil make you return tomorrow. Interested in purchasing a copy?

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Non Core Tasks That Are Usually Passed On To Outsourcing Services

Catch Friday

The usual non core tasks outsourced are the following: Customer Service - Customers are very important but in house staffs just don’t have the luxury of time to attend to all the customers’ needs. But this doesn’t change the fact that customers need to be attended to. Their concerns will be attended to.

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Q & A: I'm a Sole-Trader, how can I do my Accounts DIY ( Do-It.

The Small Business Blog

Accounting Software Strengths Easy to use by non accountants requiring no previous accounting knowledge and is basically a list of sales and a list of purchases on preset excel spreadsheets. For example, a purchase of petrol. One of the best ones is to realise that in double-entry terminology, Credit = From and Debit = To.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

Any less and you attract too many needy customers. More, and they will expect white-glove customer service. Or a service? E-commerce platforms or email marketing services let you send automated marketing emails (perhaps a surprise discount code) to customers who haven’t purchased in 30 or 90 or 180 days.

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Evaluating Benefits 101 – Comparing Premium Costs is Just Not Enough

Small Business CEO

More importantly, an outsourced HR vendor brings consolidated purchasing power to their negotiations with insurance companies. Her background is in marketing and communications, employee education and training, development of policies and procedures and the ongoing delivery of outstanding customer service.

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