How Can You Operate Your Business Remotely?

It seems like every business has a base of operations, like an office building where employees can congregate or a brick-and-mortar storefront where customers can walk in and browse the merchandise. But your small business doesn’t have to have a base of operations at all. You can conduct all of your business needs remotely.

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Read ahead to find out how you can tackle tasks like administrative work, storing inventory and selling merchandise remotely.

How Can You Tackle Administrative Work?

You need a spot to tackle your administrative work, from answering client emails to filling out accounting spreadsheets.…

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Your Newly Remote Business Needs These 17 Digital Services for SMEs

No longer is it cliche to say that the world can change in the blink of an eye. This year has taught us that the world really can upend in an instant, that normalcy is not something to be taken for granted.

Not anymore, anyway.

Businesswoman remote working from home

Business owners and executives know this better than most. In a matter of weeks, they’ve experienced dislocation on a scale unprecedented in modern times. They’re faced with a stark choice: figure out how to adapt to the new normal, fast, or slip out with the tide.…

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How to Build a High-Performing Remote Team to Scale Your Business

Remote working

The future of work is remote.

Back in 2014, Stanford University professor Nicholas Bloom declared in Harvard Business Review: To raise productivity, let your employees work from home”.

Earlier this year, Diane Mulcahy wondered aloud in the same publication: “Will the gig economy make the office obsolete?

Pontification aside, most trends indicate the increasingly remote nature of knowledge work. According to NY Times, nearly 43% of employed Americans spent some time working remotely in 2016, a number that’s surely to rise.

The benefits of remote work certainly sound promising – access to a global talent pool, low office costs, and flexibility.…

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