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Cooling Your House – Air Conditioner or Swamp Cooler?

We all know, a human being who is warm in their house can open a window. Unless that person lives and work where the climate is warm or even hot, it usually doesn’t help. Opening a window can allow humidity to come into the home space – including your home office space – and stimulate dry (green) mould growth. Pretty much nothing a homeowner wants.

Home office air conditioning

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How to Prevent This Outcome

Of course, a homeowner would select some home-wide cooling system. These can vary based on climate. The most selected choices are either a swamp cooler or HVAC.…

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Do You Need Separate Inbound and Outbound Call Centers?

Have you ever called a company to get technical support or talk to their customer service team? Or received a call from a company conducting a survey or marketing campaign? Both types of calls are possible because of call centers.

Inbound and outbound call center

If you aren’t familiar with how call centers work, the main concept to understand is that there are two types of call centers, inbound and outbound. Both types of call centers serve different purposes, let’s discuss what the difference is below.

Inbound Call Centers

The main thing to know about inbound call centers is that they are customer focused. The inbound call center receives calls from outside of the center from customers who need technical support, have a question, or would like a complaint resolution.…

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Professional Product Packaging: Fundamental Tips For Startups

You’ve probably already heard the notion that first impressions last. You may have also heard this one: “You only get one chance to make a first impression.” Both these statements must be at the core of your product marketing strategy as a startup.

Product packaging design

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Consumers are generally brand-centric and are more likely to purchase one brand repeatedly, and less are likely to change to a new brand. As a startup, you have to find ways to get the consumer to pick your product based on its looks.

Your best shot at making a good and lasting first impression is in the way you present your product.…

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7 Tips for Managing a Healthcare Business

The healthcare industry has changed a lot in the past 10 years. It is one of the fastest evolving sectors, reporting steady growth and innovation. Despite a great range of opportunities in the sector, starting a healthcare business or managing your existing one is not a breeze.

Healthcare business management

The success of any business depends on how it’s managed, and healthcare is no different. As a healthcare venture, you need to implement strategies that streamline your operations and help your organization grow as a business.

In this article, we’ll outline 7 tips for managing a healthcare business effectively.

1. Build Strong Relationships with your Customers

Trust is important in any industry, but probably most of all in healthcare.…

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7 Common Business Challenges and How Tech Can Help

While 2020 presented many setbacks for business with the sudden onset of COVID-19, 2021 taught companies how to survive even in the midst of a pandemic. Many digital and technological solutions have played a prominent role in uplifting the business world and helping overcome the effects and challenges of the pandemic. However, as existing problems continue and new ones continually present themselves, many businesses continue to struggle.

Strategic planning with the help of tech

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Below are the seven major challenges faced by modern businesses and the technological solutions that can help.

1. IT integration, Strategic Planning, and Maintenance

Many businesses that have recently embraced high-end digital solutions face IT integration issues.…

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How to Grow Your Business Like a Pro

Growing your business is often compared to playing an instrument, excelling in a sport, or learning a new skill. It has specific steps, requires ongoing effort, and constant refinement.

Business growth

As a small business CEO, you’re the only one up at night, working weekends, or struggling to solve problems that you didn’t anticipate. This is why it helps to have a blueprint for success—so you can grow your business like a pro.

Define Your Who

Talk with every successful business owner or entrepreneur. He or she will tell you that the biggest success comes from defining a precise target market.

The funny thing is, many owners don’t consider their market, with this at first.…

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5 Essential Office Products

Over the last two years, things have changed and fluctuated. Whether you are going back into the office or have created your own work office at home, one thing has become clear about our work environments. It’s pivotal to be comfortable and content to get as much work as you can get done.

Office worker

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Your comfort is actually very important. When people around the country stayed home in the comfort of their houses, productivity did not go down. In fact, it went up. So, if you are still creating your perfect office, there are some things you should have in your office.…

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Why Air Conditioning Is a Must for Schools

Are you in the business of education or running schools? If so, you need to pay attention to the environment of your classrooms and the well-being of your students, as those will impact all stakeholders of you business.

Class in session

Schools across the nation generally start back in August or September. In some parts of the country, those months are particularly hot. This is especially so in the southern and western parts of the United States. Unfortunately, some schools in these areas still lack classrooms with an air conditioner for students.

If a student sits in class all day sweating, they are not likely to concentrate very hard on their studies.…

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How Outsourcing Non-Core Functions Can Free You up for Strategy

Many businesses regardless of their size sometimes engage with an external service provider to perform certain business functions. This practice allows companies to focus on their niche better and boost their productivity for the market their targeting.

Businesswoman outsourcing non-strategic tasks

This practice is commonly done by companies that are highly focused on their work and understand that expanding certain activities or departments can divert manpower and money or that they just lack the skill set to do so on their own. This can also be true for morale, especially if employees are given low valued repetitive tasks like creating reports, data collection and data entry.…

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A Brief Guide to RPA Scaling and Implementation

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is beginning to thrive. It is the subject of investment for over 80% of Global 2000 companies. In case you’re not familiar with RPA it is where manual processes are automated to the nth degree. This brings considerable productivity benefits.

RPA

Few seem to doubt that over the coming ten years, more and more industries will be using RPA to some degree and that is despite the numerous RPA challenges that need to be overcome.

Scaling and Implementing RPA

A big challenge for the industry is to scale the RPA solution so as much of the business is automated as possible.…

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