4 Ways Automation is Transforming the Business World in 2018 and Beyond

When we as business owners think about “automation,” our minds are oftentimes flooded with images of robots, complicated algorithms and concepts that simply go over our heads.

The reality? Automation is, was and will continue to dominate the realms of businesses and marketing as we know it. There’s a good chance you’re already using automation for your business already; meanwhile, the degree to which new algorithms and technologies are emerging is staggering.

Business automation trends 2018

From saving time and money to ultimately building the most efficient business possible, automation is here to stay and entrepreneurs today need to understand just how they can leverage it.…

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Small Business Advice: Keeping Your Restaurant or Cafe Competitive

Whenever anyone tries to start a small business, it’s an uphill battle. But particularly when it comes to trying to start up a restaurant or café, there is even more competition that you have to work against. That’s why it’s important to gather and follow as much small-business advice as you can.

Busy restaurant

Specifically when it comes to cafés, restaurants, or eateries, be sure that as a small business owner you buy good cookware and dishes, work to establish a theme, make your food purchases as efficient as possible, and do in-depth research about your competition.

Following all of that advice will take you to the next level of ownership.…

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Why Dental SEO is the Key to Success of Your Dental Practice

Going to dental school and opening your own practice are two, huge goals that are now in your rearview mirror. However, the patients don’t seem to be flowing in as you believed they would at this point. Today’s dental field is an extremely competitive one. You must compete for patients through the virtual world or Internet.

SEO for dental practice

A website may be your next goal, but you’re unsure of its importance. Learn why SEO for your dental practice is so important. You’ll see an uptick in patient flow with the right mixture of online-marketing tactics.

Presenting Yourself Online is Crucial

The reason why SEO is so crucial to your success is because of society’s perceptions today.…

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Small Business Taxes and Financial Regulations: Understanding Administrative Tasks

If you’re working inside the framework of a small business, there are a lot of details that you have to understand as you move forward. And two significant categories that surround lots of these details include taxes and financial regulations. The information surrounding these topics isn’t necessarily complicated, but it is specific and integral.

Doing small business taxes

Consider for a moment the knowledge that you’ll have to have of registering a business, representing your company concerning taxes, knowing how to purchase insurance or other processes to help with liability, and what to do in case of bankruptcy. All of those areas of concern are important to someone working to make a new, small business better.…

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Make Your Business “POP” With Eye-Catching Displays

If you want to attract more dollars to your business, start by attracting eyeballs.

The products that get the most attention are usually the products that get the most sales.

That’s right: whatever you have for sale, you’re likely to sell more of it when you grab your prospect’s attention with something as simple as an eye-catching “Point Of Purchase” (POP) visual display.

You know it’s true.

When you visit a store or shop, aren’t you more likely to spend time looking at products that’re attractively displayed? Might you not linger more at the counter where you find an attractive, informative, intriguing display?…

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Legal Liability in the Workplace

America is a fairly litigious society, although we’re not quite as bad as our reputation suggests. The truth is, there are good reasons for many of the civil lawsuits that are currently winding their way through the court system.

Harrassment in the workplace

There are far fewer frivolous lawsuits out there than it may seem. When we think of “legal liability,” we often think of in terms of someone slipping and falling on a wet grocery store floor because the employees didn’t put out a “caution wet floor” sign. Or we might think of it as someone suing for medical bills after a texting driver plows into their car at an intersection.…

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Boosting Information Retention During Staff Meetings

According to Harvard Business Review, 15 percent of an organization’s collective time is spent in meetings. This percentage has increased year-over-year since 2008, meaning many organizations are now devoting even more time and energy to meetings than in the past.

Staff meeting

Staff meetings can be invaluable for disseminating important information across a company and encouraging collaboration. But these sessions must be genuinely impactful to achieve such goals. Otherwise, organizations risk meetings becoming a distraction from other work or even a source of frustration for employees.

Boosting information retention during staff meetings is key to making them count. You want everyone to leave the room having digested and understood the key points.…

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How to Get More Millennials Coming to Your Restaurant

Millennials rank dining out as one of their top guilty pleasures. Ranking this activity even higher than buying electronics, apparel, beauty products and accessories. It’s a fact that over half this group of diners eats out at least three times a week, regardless how much money they make or if they have a family or not.

Why?

Millennials at a restaurant

People who’re aged 18 to 34 are the biggest demographic on the planet, recently taking the crown from the baby boomers who used to dominate the consumer marketplace. Most make good money and most important, they like convenience.

If you’re not catering your marketing to millennials you’re setting yourself up for an uncertain future.…

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3 Key Ways Your Small Business Can Save

Keeping down costs as much as possible without sacrificing quality is critical to any small business if it’s going to stay competitive, maintain a high customer satisfaction rate, and ultimately grow into a medium or even large-sized business somewhere down the road.

Business setup

Many small businesses these days can be run by only one or a few people, at least in their “infant stage,” and sometimes can even be run entirely from a home office with no physical business property.

But no matter how minimalistic your business may be, there are three areas you probably can’t do without: a quality business phone system, a good website hosting service, and fast, affordable shipping.…

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How to Trade Penny Stocks: The 101

Day trading is one of those pursuits that cannot be quantified into a perfect analytics style that anyone can accomplish. Understanding trends and being able to read charts is important, so you need to have a head for numbers, but you also need to be able to think in abstract terms.

Penny stock analysis investment

You can make money by news trading, or jumping on stocks that could bounce on earnings reports or the United States job reports. But learning how to trade penny stocks is a different story.

Penny stocks trading is never easy

Penny stocks, as far as day traders are concerned, can run from $2 to $10.…

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