5 Must-Have iOS Apps For Salespeople Looking To Close The Deal
Being a salesperson can be an incredibly challenging career path. Thankfully, our beloved iOS devices can make things go more smoothly with the help of some very useful applications.
7 Services For Taking Mobile Payment On Your Phone
Tired of dropping off checks and cash at the bank? Good news - you don't have to.
Chart Your Marketing And Sales Goals With Map Business Online [Sponsored]
Sales and marketing maps are old tools for businesses but like everything else, maps have gone smart. Map Business Online is one of those intelligent business data mapping tools.
Bite The Entrepreneurial Bug By Taking 7 Free Online Courses On How To Start A Business
In any 21st century job, the work is hard and the hours are long. Thankfully, there’s a secret mantra revealed to the truly courageous – if you are not in a perfect job; create one for yourself. That’s where you stop swimming with the current and dare to go against it. Without a life jacket. From the cubicle cave you get to dunk yourself in the choppy waters of entrepreneurship. Here are seven free online entrepreneurial courses to put the building blocks in place.
Power Up Phone Conferencing With UberConference
There's no shortage of web conferencing solutions and another service that rivals the market leaders is UberConference, a phone and web conferencing service that also allows participants to access online documents and social network content. The advantage of including phone conferencing means participants don't have to be tied to a video camera on a computer or mobile device. Videoconference meetings might also be troublesome for participants who do not have a good Internet connection, but still want to take part.
Self-Employment Works: 6 Tips To Set Up Your First Online Business From Home
With the explosion of digital technology and fast Internet speeds, more and more people are looking for a way out of the drudge of the commute and the threat of short-term contracts to work from home, running their own businesses where they can be in greater control of the way money is made and spent. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as quitting your job on Friday and booting up your PC or Mac the following Monday. There are various things you need to have in place.
10 Inspirational Entrepreneurs To Follow On Twitter
The Internet has peeled away much of the mystery. The personal magic of today’s business leaders remains, but we can easily unravel the strategies and business ideas that make them prosper. In fact, they are the ones showing us how with their wisdom on inspiring business blogs, and even on Q&A sites like Quora. I return to the brevity of 140 characters and give you ten inspirational entrepreneurs to follow and sponge wisdom from.
10 Things You Should Do When Starting An Online Store
Setting up a store on the Internet is ridiculously easy. Seriously, if somebody tries to charge you thousands for installing an eCommerce solution, just smack them. The hard part is getting search engines to care (ranking), getting customers to actually buy things (conversion), and keeping them coming back again (retention). Here are 10 things you should do or consider when starting your own online store.
More Than Updates - 5 Creative Twitter Marketing Campaigns
Social media has a reputation for serving narcissistic purposes, encouraging users to share minute details about their day that no one really wants to know. The fact of the matter is that social media tools have gone far beyond status updates. Twitter has become a heavyweight in the breaking news world, has become a way to track online trends, and is a creative outlet. Advertising agencies are at the front of the line finding creative ways to get more out of Twitter.
Currency Of The Revolution, Or Tool For Online Vendors? The Many Faces Of Bitcoin [Feature]
It's become an annual event: the fall of Bitcoin. You've probably read about it multiple times, and maybe even believe that the online, decentralized currency is already gone forever. It isn't. Created by a mysterious, anonymous entity back in 2009 – when the recession was at its worst – Bitcoin is a completely digital currency with no central servers. Transactions are distributed across the network of users, and developers claim counterfeiting to be impossible. We've taken a deep look into this virtual, but oh-so-real, currency.
The Cynical Guide To Your First Internet Startup [Opinion]
Are you tired of your job and looking for a reason to bum around on computers all day? Do you have a lukewarm idea that you're hopelessly trying to monetize? It looks like you need to get yourself a startup and really make something of yourself. Everyone and their dog has a startup idea these days, but how do you know if yours is any good? Well I've got news for you - it doesn't matter!
How To Set Up a Paypal Account To Pay For Anything
I have to admit that Paypal has become my own vehicle of choice for conducting business online. It has become the most common vehicle that clients prefer for sending in payments for work. This makes Paypal the vehicle of choice for running an online business and it has been for a very long time. However, what you may not realize is how much Paypal has grown, and how many new options are now available these days for paying for things with your Paypal account.
6 Great Sources for Cheap and Beautiful Business Cards You Can Print
If you're a freelancer or you run a small business, you know that having a great business card is a valuable asset. However, when you're just starting out, printing business cards can seem a little out of reach pricewise. It doesn't have to be like that though. These days, there are dozens of low-cost printers who will do a print run of a modest amount of cards for you.
Quickly Research How Your Favorite Online Services Make Money
Find out how your favorite sites on the web make money. "How Do They Make Money" is an interactive site that lets you quickly find your favorite tech companies, and you should check it out. Why? It's not a bad question. Most web users seem not to care how their favorite sites make money – until a given site makes a policy change they don't like. There are patterns behind the madness. Almost every site on the web needs to generate some revenue.
8 Essential Tech Influencers To Follow On Twitter
Twitter continues to go from strength to strength, with more people using it to communicate with the world with every passing month. Sure, there are many people who enthusiastically join Twitter after being cajoled into doing so by their friends, only to then disappear not having tweeted, followed anyone, or been followed themselves. But then there are the countless people on Twitter who add something to the conversation.
10 Internet Entreprenuers Who Are Active On Quora
Quora is a simple premise beautifully realized. It's an online knowledge depository where people can ask or answer questions. And it's populated by a mix of ordinary, everyday folk like you and me, as well as some famous faces eager to share their wisdom with others. Internet entrepreneurs are no exception. It's safe to say that Internet entrepreneurs are easy to come by.
Conduct Easy Performance Reviews at Your Small Business With Rypple
Employee reviews - everyone hates to do them, managers and employees alike. The process is usually very awkward, with either your peers or your superiors coming up with all sorts of critical comments about your work style. Then, you have to sit through a meeting with your boss, and hope that he doesn't slam you too hard with some kind of critique from hell. Or you might be one of those perfect employees that never does anything wrong.
How To Create A Google+ Page For A Business, Club, Or Yourself
It should be clear by now that Google+ is definitely not going anywhere. It's gaining in popularity and is a great complement or alternative to Facebook. If you're already set up on Google+, you might want to look into adding a Google+ page for your business, organization, club, or just good old personal self-promotion. Setting up one or more pages is easy, but you should of course put some thought into how to make it distinctive.
10 Essential Websites For IT Managers Wanting To Stay In The Loop
Have you suddenly been promoted from regular coder to team leader or manager? Or have you recently side-stepped your way from managing one group of people you understood well to leading an office full of geeks? It doesn't really matter how you got into IT management, you still need to know both how to manage well and how to lead a team of geeks.