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How to Optimize Workflow for Your Business Projects

Being productive in your business and completing all of your tasks and projects is more than just working all the time. You could even say that optimizing workflow is actually more important than just working a ton of hours, which you most likely already do because you’re a business owner. The thing is, you can work tons and tons of hours every day and have low output and productivity, if what you’re doing during all those hours is not high-quality work. That is, if you’re not working on the right things at the right times, taking the long way around to complete projects, or working in a very unfocused way, then the work you’re doing is not quality work. There are many ways that you can change this, if you find that those characteristics describe you. Keep reading if you want to learn how to improve the way you …

Sales 101: Business Owner’s Guide to Increasing Profitability

As a business owner, you likely know that profitability is a very essential sales metric. Without a profit, you cannot keep your business afloat. Which is kinda the whole point of this starting your own business thing. According to data from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS), about one in five new businesses fail within the first year. Finding ways to increase the profitability of your business can help you avoid becoming another casualty. Sales as a whole can be a bit overwhelming, with so much information out there. It’s hard to know what you need to know, and how to apply your findings to your actual business. In the following guide, we’ll cover the most effective strategies and resources for generating larger profits. That way, you can take some of the heat off yourself & have a good starting point. Let’s dive into sales 101. …

15 Innovative Ways to Excite Your Customers in 2023

It’s important to always be innovating, actively thinking & growing your business. Customers are a BIG part of any business, so coming up with new ways to excite them is vital to your business’s continued success! If you want to really impress your customers, then you have to give them more than what they usually get from other businesses. It’s not necessarily grand gestures that will get their attention.. it’s the little things that usually make much more of an lasting impression. Here we provide 15 innovative ways to help you excite your customers in 2023: 1. Organize giveaways Giveaways are a great way to get customers to try your products as well as promote them for a small gift or voucher. Use social media to announce a contest where you can get customers to post, like, tag, or promote your product and offer complete product …

12 Powerful Business Tips to Increase Your Sales in 2023

When you are running a business, growth and progress are always at the forefront of your mind. It’s helpful to have some general sales goals for your company when starting each new year in order to ‘keep the needle moving’. We all want more sales, don’t we? Sale strategist Jill Konrath once noted that “Sales is an outcome, not a goal. It’s a function of doing numerous things right”. If you want to make 2023 your biggest moneymaker yet, then you’ll need more than one tool in your toolbox. Which is why having some thoughtful advice and helpful tips on hand can aid in propelling your business even further.. Here we provide our 12 most powerful tips to help you increase sales in 2023: 1. Use Phone Tracking It’s estimated that phone call leads deliver between 5–10 times as much revenue as online form submissions alone. Despite …

15 Strategizing Tips to Prep Your Business for the Coming Year

Close to a third of adults set New Year’s resolutions, but only about one in ten is actually likely to follow through on them. I’m sure that isn’t a shock to most of us who are professional procrastinators, though. Businesses should also make it a priority to set goals for the coming year to make sure you are setting yourself and your business up for success. However, if you want to increase your odds of reaching your objectives, you need to start strategizing now before the year is over. Here are 15 quick tips that may help you with prepping your business for the new year: 1. Analyze Successes and Failures from the Past Year The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect on your successes and failures. Think about what went right and also what went wrong with your business. You can …

How Long Does it Take to Transfer My Number to a New Provider?

You would think that transferring your phone number to a new carrier would be instantaneous, but due to the nature of the telecom infrastructure, it does take a little time. There are a few things that have to happen to move your number from one carrier to another (this is called a port), and the elapsed time may vary depending on how quickly your current provider processes the port. On average, ports take 7-10 days to complete; however, they can take up to 4 weeks in rare cases. This is contingent on a few things, and for the remainder of this article, we will look into what can cause delays. It helps when you know a bit about to expect throughout the process. Your new provider does not respond to your request right away. The first thing that can delay the porting process is when your …

What Happens While Your Number is Being Ported?

What’s the first concern you have when switching phone service providers? It probably won’t take you very long to answer. You’re probably going to be worried about what is going on with your long-held business phone number while your new provider is porting it into the service. It can be confusing and a bit “unknown” as to what you should expect during the process. But there is actually nothing to worry about, and in this article we will go into what you need to know about porting your phone number. Your Number is Still Your Phone Number One of the more common misconceptions about porting a phone number is that the new provider takes ownership of the number. You absolutely retain ownership of your number, and the FCC guarantees that your provider will allow you to transfer your number out if you decide to switch again to another service …

Need Cash for a Small Business? Learn About Loans and Grants

Owning any type of small business requires a sufficient amount of financial capital to cover orders, payroll, and many other expenses. Unfortunately, many business owners are unsure about how they can get enough cash to make ends meet until the profits can pay for the debt and all those operating costs. That’s why some may turn to things such as small business loans or grants to help lighten the burden. But where do you even begin with all that? What options are out there? AND How do you know which option is best for you and your small business? Two of the most common solutions involve applying for either loans or grants. Of course, it can be difficult to navigate this process, especially for entrepreneurs who have not had a lot of experience with either. Deciding which is most appropriate for your situation involves developing a thorough understanding of …

CMS Requiring Medicare Agents to Record Calls in October

Working in any healthcare field, such as Medicare Advantage services, comes with its own separate challenges. These challenges won’t get any easier, it seems—new rules will now require agents making calls related to Medicare Advantage and Part D to record their calls starting on October 1st. The rules apply to calls with existing patients as well as prospective clients, which will require a pretty big shift for telecommunications centers. However, adjusting to these changes will be easy enough with the right tools, even for agents who rely on cellular phones to make these calls. But First.. Who Made This Rule and Why? This new rule came from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. The new ruling comes after CMS reclassified Medicare Advantage agents and brokers as “third-party marketing organizations,” or TPMOs. This means that the agents are not directly affiliated with Medicare but engage in …

12 Tips From Experts on How to Grow Your Home Business

There will likely be plenty of people telling you what they think is the ultimate secret to grow your home business, making it tough to discern who you should listen to. So, instead of giving you our opinion of what we believe you should do, this post includes 12 pieces of valuable advice from veterans of business. When you want to give yourself an edge & improve your ability to operate in any area, you go to the ones who have come before you that learned how to solve some of the problems that you’re going to face. There are also some things that could trip you up as a business owner which you may have never even thought of. You can decide which of these tips you should keep, and which ones you should throw away. In any case, you’ll find some great wisdom among them that you …

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