Top successful VoIP business phone system providers in the market

  Business VOIP phone systems have become increasingly attractive to small business owners because it’s simplicity & cost-effectiveness as compared to the traditional phone line systems. They also eliminate a lot of on-site hardware. VoIP business phone systems transform both the outgoing or incoming calls into the digital signal and sends it via the internet, thus converting it to a standard telephone signal to reach a non-VoIP number Via the VoIP virtual phone number, you can also receive incoming calls, place outgoing calls directly from a computer, a regular phone or from a VoIP phone, that is hooked up to a VoIP adapter, as well as the wirelessly via mobile hotspots. Here are the top successful VoIP business phone system providers in the market   Talkroute   Talkroute is one of the best business phone system available for American and Canadian businesses. It provides the most user-friendly and intuitive system …

Reduce Business’ Fulfillment Shipping Costs

5 Ideas to Reduce Your Business’ Fulfillment & Shipping Costs

  With the many factors that contribute to devising a plan for fulfillment and distribution of your product, as cheaply and efficiently as possible, this can be a real challenge for businesses. If you approach it with a keen eye for details and explore every option available to you, though, it’s completely feasible for you to find ways to reduce the cost of distribution and streamline the process to a high degree. This post will give you factors to consider as you create a plan to manage your distribution; this doesn’t necessarily calculate specific costs for you. Here, we will provide 5 tips for factors and ideas that are good places to start for managing your fulfillment and shipping costs.   1. Large or Small-Scale Production & Shipping   The question is, how much space do you need to pack & store your product? Of course, the space required depends …

Social Media Platforms Business

Which Social Media Platforms Are Right for Your Business?

From Twitter to TikTok, social media is dominating the online marketing domain. Actually, social media is ruling the world. An estimated 3.2 billion people, or four out of every ten on the planet, use social media, including nine out of ten Millennials and five out of ten Boomers. And the average user spends nearly 2.3 hours a day on their favorite platforms. With that in mind, it’s no surprise that 73% of marketing experts say social media is “extremely” or “very” effective for business. Half of social media users go to their platforms of choice to research products before buying, and 71% of happy buyers recommend products to friends and family using social media. Clearly, social media marketing is critical to brand awareness, communication, and sales volume. But with more than 50 social media sites available, how can a small business owner decide which ones to use? And what’s the …

Richard Branson

Richard Branson: Billionaire Entrepreneur & Visionary

In the late 1960s, the chemistry teacher at Stowe School in England noticed one of his students looking particularly engrossed in his work. Curious, since that particular student was generally disengaged in class, the teacher strode over to where the boy sat. Under the desk, the student was working feverishly on a magazine he was creating. In a fit of anger, the teacher snatched the magazine and tore it up. It was not a propitious beginning for Richard Branson. But disappointment from teachers was nothing knew. All his life, Branson had been thought “dyslexic and a dunce” by the educators who taught him. Not long after the chemistry class incident, Branson left school for good. On the way out, his headmaster told Branson, “You will either go to prison or become a millionaire.” The headmaster was almost right on both counts. Sir Richard Branson’s net worth now stands at $4 …

Any Size Business Amazing SEO

How Any Size Business Can Have Amazing SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases website traffic through organic search results. A well-optimized website will show up high in the organic (non-paid) results that a search engine returns for a relevant string of keywords. Why does SEO matter? Because 89% of B2B buyers and 81% of online shoppers research products and services before they buy them, according to Hubspot. And you cannot market online effectively without doing SEO. Therefore, if your business doesn’t show up on Google and other major search engines, your business is unlikely to survive. SEO forms the core of any digital marketing strategy. Good SEO practices do more than increase website rankings. They also help businesses’ social media sites, videos, images, and blogs show up for relevant keywords. Because SEO is a big, slippery, and critical marketing concept, many small business owners believe it to be complex, ever-changing, and beyond their control. Sometimes, entrepreneurs invest marketing …

Embracing Failure Can Be Good for Business

Why Embracing Failure Can Be Good for Business

“On this wonderful day when we are gathered together to celebrate your academic success, I have decided to talk to you about the benefits of failure.” That line comes from the opening of author JK Rowling’s commencement speech to the 2008 graduating class at Harvard University. The top-selling novelist in the history of the world speaking to the graduates of the most elite university in the world could have picked any topic she wanted to address. And she chose to speak on failure. Why? Most graduation speeches urge the hearers to dream big dreams, to trust themselves more, or to take initiative and get in the game. But JK Rowling isn’t most graduation speakers. She’s the author of the Harry Potter novels, which have sold more than 500 million copies, spawned a major media empire, and even spun off a series of theme parks. In short, JK Rowling is the …

Building Business 7-10 Year Journey

Building a Business Is a 7-10 Year Journey

“Even if your ambitions are huge, start slow, start small, build gradually, build smart.” So wrote mega-successful entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk in his book Crush It!: Why Now Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. The research bears out Gary Vee’s idea. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 50% of small businesses fail within the first five years, and only 30% of startups will live to celebrate their first decade. Those numbers can discourage a new business owner from even trying. So if you’re an entrepreneur who’s just getting started on your business journey, it’s time to get real, get serious, and realize you are playing the long game. If what you have is a side hustle and you plan to keep it that way, that’s cool. You can take a break or shut it down any time you need to. If you are planning on running your …

No Business Too Small for Phone System

Why No Business is Too Small for a Phone System

Is your small business just too darn small to need a professional phone system? Absolutely not! Whether you are running a one-person shop out of your home office, managing a remote team, or huddling with your staff in a small office each morning, your company needs a business phone system. In fact, not having a professional phone system could put you at a disadvantage to your competition. People expect to get routed into a business phone system when they call a company, store, or office. After all, that’s been the way we’ve done commerce in the U.S. since the 1960s. For about 80 years before that, all calls, both business ones and personal ones, got managed through a single switchboard in the town or neighborhood. The telephone operator managed things by plugging a cord into each person’s jack on the switchboard, and then letting you talk through the cord. But …

Jack Dorsey Mind Behind Twitter and Square

Jack Dorsey: The Determined Mind Behind Twitter and Square

Some entrepreneurs hold great ambitions in early childhood. They’re turning over sports cards on the playground or setting up a lemonade stand in front of the house. Not Jack Dorsey. As a kid, Dorsey never imagined himself as a CEO, entrepreneur, or public figure. In his flights of fancy, Dorsey saw himself as the Wizard of Oz, the man who pulled the levers from behind the curtain. Who knew that the quiet boy who buried his head in maps and computers would one day found and lead Twitter and Square, becoming a multi-billionaire in the process? Oh, no one ever doubted that Jack Dorsey was brilliant — when Jack was a teenager, his boss, a man called Jim McKelvey, nicknamed him Jack the Genius — but he was just so unconventional! Like all great business stories, though, Dorsey’s rise from shy computer nerd to global titan of technology came from …

Finding Investors First Year Waste of Time

Finding Investors in the First Year Can Be a Waste of Time

So you’ve got a great idea to start a business? Maybe you’ve even written up your business plan, gotten feedback from qualified mentors, and tested your product or service in the field. You’re ready to become a genuine entrepreneur. All you need now is money, right? A heft influx of cash from a venture capitalist will provide the fuel your small business needs to launch. Actually, the idea that you need money to launch a business is mostly a myth. It’s a dangerous myth because it keeps smart people with innovative ideas from kicking off new businesses. Have you seen the show Shark Tank on ABC? In this Emmy-winning production, budding entrepreneurs present what they hope are winning business concepts to the show’s panel of five “sharks in the tank,” all wildly successful business founders. The sharks have included luminaries such as billionaire Mark Cuban, fashion mogul Daymond John, and …