Five Steps to Setting Up Your Home Office for Success

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, there has been an immense shift towards remote working. The number of individuals who are now working from home has increased substantially and, therefore, so has the need for home offices.

Home office setup

It’s important to get your home office set up correctly so that you can be as productive as possible. You need the right lighting, the right equipment, and the right mentality to have a successful workday.

Here’s how you can set up a great home office…

Find a Comfortable Chair and Desk

Comfort is key. The last thing you want from your home office is an uncomfortable set up that causes neck or back pain.…

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7 Benefits Of Using A Kredittkort In Norway

If you have been thinking about getting a credit card in Norway, but you aren’t quite sure whether that is a good idea or not, then it means that you still have some learning to do about this whole concept. In other words, you need to find out just how beneficial this option can be for you. I suppose that you already know how credit cards function precisely, which means that you are perfectly aware of some of the benefits.

Kreditkkort

Yet, if you are reluctant about getting a kredittkort, i.e. a credit card in Norway, then it’s probably because you aren’t quite sure whether this is the right idea for you or not.…

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Four Strategies To Increase Your Wholesale Sales

The traditional form of sales refers to direct selling to consumers. Whereas, a wholesale transaction occurs when products are sold to retailers or manufacturers. This is also referred to as B2B, or Business to Business. In other words, B2B wholesale only happens between a wholesaler and other businesses, and the consumer is not involved.

Customers in a wholesale store

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With a B2B platform, businesses can showcase their products or services more effectively to potential wholesale buyers. Since everything is shifting to the internet, it is a must to have a platform and showcase all the products so that companies eagerly connect with them for business transactions.…

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4 Tips for Designing and Executing Better Packaging for Your Products

It’s easy to overlook the packaging of physical products, but it’s arguably one of the most important driving factors in the customer experience. The more you pay attention to the details, the better your results will be.

Package design concept

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Why Product Packaging Matters

In a competitive marketplace, it’s easy to assume that customers are all being thorough and diplomatic in their decision-making processes. We imagine them filtering through options, objectively comparing and contrasting, and then reaching a final decision after discussing the choice with close family and friends.

But do you want to know the truth?

Most customers are making subjective decisions based on surface-level factors.…

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Is Freelancing For You? The pros and cons

Freelancing isn’t for everyone. Being your own boss can be both rewarding and challenging. Ultimately, though, the choice is yours.

Freelancing in a home office

Today, more people than ever are choosing to freelance. Freelancing has become a lifestyle choice for many, and these freelancers are doing it all: from photography, graphic design, blogging, copywriting and web development to writing code, designing apps and marketing etc.

Before deciding freelancing may be right for you, decide what you want to get out of it. Here are the pros and cons that other freelancers have shared to help you decide.

The Pros of Freelancing

Freelancing is becoming a more popular career choice, and with the many benefits it comes, it’s easy to see why.…

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Building a Community For Your Online Business

Every business is looking for an edge. Some have it by being the most competitively priced, others by having a product no one else has. For many businesses though, the best edge is loyal customers. Loyal customers are a byproduct of engaging with them. For many online businesses, a great way to engage your customers is to create an online community around your product or service.

Build a community

In this article we will take a look at some of the benefits of building a community for your customers, how to build one, and the potential risks involved.

The Benefits of an Engaged Community

For many businesses that primarily operate online, their interactions with their customers are relatively brief.…

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How Call Spamming Can be Damaging to Your Business Reputation

As a business, one of the most important things you have is your reputation. It takes a lot of time to build up a customer’s trust and loyalty, and it can be shattered pretty quickly if you do something wrong. That said, it’s not always you who ruins your business reputation.

Call spamming victim

If there is someone pretending to be a part of your business, who scams or upsets one of your previously loyal customers, and they don’t realise that it’s not actually you, or someone from your company, this can be really negative for your reputation.

Hopefully, people will do a phone number search and this will tell them that it is a common scam, and not actually a call from your business but this relies on people using this online service.…

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Adapting to Change Can Help Protect Your Business

When you want to keep your company running smoothly, one of the things you have to consider is how well your business can adapt to change. Companies — and individuals — who aren’t good at adapting may find that they’re not having the level of success they’d hoped for. That’s because the world of business moves and changes rapidly, and if you’re not keeping up with it your competitors can easily leave you behind.

Change management

Customers want to work with companies that are staying up with the latest and greatest in their industry. You can be one of those companies, if you’re committed to focusing on the value of change.…

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The Filling Machine of Juice Bottle

Sheenstar

Juice filling machine - Sheenstar

A great innovative company that offers complete package solutions for all types of water used for drinking and beverage production lines and turnkey projects, is none other than “SheenStar”. It offers multiple solutions of systems systems of treatment of water, moulding machines (bottle blow), filling lines of liquids including (water, carbonated drinks, juice, beverages) labelling machines, 5 gallon water filling line, film shrink and cotton packing machine. It also provides good quality manufacturing.

Founded in 2010, Zhangjiagang Sheenstar Technology Co., Ltd focuses on production of water and beverages. It’s in Leyu town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, China, at NO88 Lezhong Road.…

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How & Where To Get Section 12J Property Investments In South Africa?

Investing in Section 12J has been quite popular among South Africans for a while now. Why wouldn’t it be? It’s the most effective tax saving option that allows small and medium businesses to grow by working towards increasing their equity finance access.

Property investment consultation

Since the Section 12J has been written into the Tax Act, SMMEs have seen an increase in investors, since those have been given the opportunity to achieve a 100% tax deduction by making those investments. This has turned out to be a win-win situation for everyone and the process of doing it has become much easier, as explained here.…

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