Holly Green
Running a business requires plenty of time and energy to make it a success. When you first started your business, you were probably motivated by the excitement of the new challenge. However, dedicating so much time to building your business can take its toll; you may find yourself falling out of love with it. It…
Many office workers go home every night after a long day at a desk with back and neck pain. Back pain can be very difficult to live with, especially if you’re struggling to get relief from the discomfort. If you spend most of your day sitting at a desk, this can be part of the…
It doesn’t matter whether you operate a small business and only have a couple of employees. Nor does it make any difference if you run a large multinational or international corporation. In any event, your business will need to purchase materials to turn into complete products. Or, you might use the items you buy to…
Learning How To Learn In school, we are generally taught to memorize material and remember it for an exam. You might remember spending hours doing this at university, but we now know that it’s an extremely inefficient way to learn: our brains are simply not made for this kind of rote memorization. It is much…
The end of year Christmas party is something all employees look forward to. It is a chance to blow off some steam and enjoy a night full of fun, drinking, and dancing with the people you see on a daily basis in your professional environment. There are a whole host of different aspects and factors…
As some businesses are beginning to show signs of collapse, you should be wary of the opportunities that are cropping up, where once there was nothing but sound stability. As more and more businesses downscale, various opportunities will begin to show in the form of expansion. You could offer your employees parking spaces, so they…
It’s a simple fact of marketing that most customers are not a huge fan of it. Most people do not like ads being blatantly pushed in their face when they visit a website, or to feel like they’re being sold something in general. There is a barrier between your message and the audience as soon…
Running a business is a delicate balance. On the one hand, you need to spend money to pay staff, create products, and attract customers. And on the other, you need to cut expenses to ensure that you make a profit. Spending all your revenues means that you’re effectively standing still, unable to invest or grow…
What is a business model? By definition, it is your plan for making profits and the strategy that outlines how your company is going to function and what you will do. When starting a business, you need to consider what business model works best for you. There are plenty out there, so let’s explore the…
One of my favorite quotes from Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, is, “When the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.” Which means if businesses don’t stay ahead of the change curve, they will soon find themselves in…
Holly welcomes guest blogger Monique Rivers: In today’s office world, efficiency and productivity are top concerns of executives and business owners alike. We all want to complete more tasks in less time – fortunately, there are lots of smart technological solutions that can help managers to boost the productivity of their employees. Here are top…
