Small Businesses Must Be Better At Customer Service

When the big beats the small, it’s always a foregone conclusion. When what happens is the exact opposite however, it becomes news. Especially when small businesses get the upper hand against big businesses, that news tends to alarm the well-entrenched corporations to drive them nuts enough to consider buying out these pesky rivals. In most… Continue reading Small Businesses Must Be Better At Customer Service

Handy Tips For Working At Home

Working from home is great! You get to keep your own hours, wear what you want, do away with the daily commute to work, and even work without having to wear a pair of pats if that’s how you roll. If you don’t do it right, however, you might end up worse than before as… Continue reading Handy Tips For Working At Home

What Makes An Efficient Telecommuter Pro

A workstation-based job is something people are more familiar with. The concept of getting up in the morning to eat, preen, dress up and travel to work and then do specific tasks all day long and then head back home the moment the clock strikes 5:00 PM — is how most people view work to… Continue reading What Makes An Efficient Telecommuter Pro

Job Hunting 101: The Online Interview

If you have been on the job hunt lately there is a chance that you will be asked for an interview online. This is quickly becoming popular, especially with freelance or remote employees, since they do not need to travel to the office for the interview, and the HR manager does not need to accommodate… Continue reading Job Hunting 101: The Online Interview

Overseas Communication 101: Using Your Mobile Phone Abroad

Smart phones are great in the sense that they can do almost anything, aside from their primary function which is to connect you to other people. Whether you use the device to its maximum potential or not, you have the power of an entire office in the palm of your hand wherever you are —… Continue reading Overseas Communication 101: Using Your Mobile Phone Abroad

Work Smart: Apps For Students

If you are just using your smartphone or laptop for Facebook or Flash games, then you are doing it a great disservice, for in your hands lies the means to achieving college greatness. Nowadays there are dozens of apps aimed at every aspect of college life and I do mean every aspect, so read on… Continue reading Work Smart: Apps For Students

Things To Remember When Stumped For Business Ideas

Business owners, design thinkers, creative people, inventors and even the average office employee all encounter this once in a while: They run out of good business ideas. While some are able to bounce back and regain their composure with a vengeance and come out firing away with even more amazing nuggets, there would be those… Continue reading Things To Remember When Stumped For Business Ideas

How To Find The Right IT Guy

Somewhere along the way, a small business with online retail components soon develops the need to engage the full-time services of an information technology professional. This usually takes place once a company grows and the kind of company information, inter-departmental work processes, retail methods, customer service-backroom network, and retail telecom systems all need to be… Continue reading How To Find The Right IT Guy

On What Side Of The Online Marketplace Would You Rather Be?

It has become typical of any brick and mortar retail business to have some sort of ecommerce or online retail infrastructure available to its operations as a matter of keeping with the times. A strong online presence helps companies reach out into customers that do not have the time or the patience to make actual… Continue reading On What Side Of The Online Marketplace Would You Rather Be?

How To Transfer Files Through FTP

Can you think about something you do that does not require you to make use of a computer or any other electronic device? You might be able to come up with at least one thing but it wouldn’t be easy. Why? Because almost everything we do these day calls for the help of a computer.… Continue reading How To Transfer Files Through FTP