In today’s digital age, social media has become an essential tool for businesses to connect with their target audience and promote their products or services. While it’s common to see industries like retail, hospitality, and entertainment using social media for marketing, there are several unexpected industries that can also benefit from social media marketing.

The construction industry has evolved to make it a must-have for sites to have a good WiFi connection. Let’s go through some of the ways that having excellent WiFi on construction sites can improve the quality of customer service in the industry.

With increasing numbers of candidates every day due to the high numbers of those who have lost their jobs in the last 12 months, HR needs to find the best way to sort through these applicants with ease. Speech analytics are helping HR teams across the globe every day with their onboarding process and making the experience more pleasant for all those involved.

It doesn’t matter where people sit in the organization either — this is something that can benefit everyone from new employees with just a year or two of experience under their belts to senior executives with 20+ years in the workplace. Executives looking for a new role naturally require a much more specific kind of outplacement service than other employees.

Communication in the workplace can be difficult, especially when you remove in-person communication. You must make every effort to improve your messaging and to make sure your employees are getting your messages properly. Effective communication is one of the keys to a successful business.

Organizing daily stand-up meetings help promote team collaboration and prioritize your business’s goals. What’s more, your team knows their objectives for the day in less than 15 minutes. Moreover, a stand-up meeting is an easy and effective way to synchronize your team’s work while eliminating roadblocks to success.

We’ve seen how technology has changed our lives in every single aspect. We could rightfully say that the benefits of technology in business have been by far the greatest. Not only are we talking about automatization, but also about so many other benefits that it’s hard to list them all. Still, we’re going to try to mention a few ways in which technology has helped our businesses by reducing operating costs.

Businesses with offices and employees located in various countries can find it a struggle to properly manage and communicate with their employees. HR teams are finding ways to overcome these hurdles with the use of global HR systems to help both line managers and HR professionals find affordable and fast solutions to these problems, without the need for a specialist setup.

It is imperative that you not only hire the best people but also instill a good culture. It is by this ethos that your moving company will ultimately be judged by, which in turn determines your success (or failure) as a business. Here are 11 tips to keep in mind when hiring moving labor to ensure you end up recruiting the best personnel.

Interpersonal employee conflicts can ruin any work you need your team to do. These dysfunctional situations can bring down your team’s morale and may gridlock your progress.

Your business is an important part of your community, but it can be replaced. People don’t want to support a business if it doesn’t support its community. You can start to build some trust by putting your social responsibility first, improving local visibility, and creating relationships with your customers.

Emotional Intelligence (EI) has also become standard in the leadership curriculum. Almost every week there is a new article or study touting the benefits of EI. But emotional intelligence, like any tool, is not inherently good or bad.

Communication is key. It’s the key to healthy relationships, it’s the key to getting what you need, and it’s the key in business. Learning to be a better communicator in the workplace can help you build up both your business and your self-confidence.

Developing and applying communication skills in your workplace is a worthy goal. It can improve relationships with both your employees and clients. Here are a few ways you can make sure to communicate effectively in your workplace.

Creating a work atmosphere that fosters a high level of collaboration and productivity is hard. Cultivating the same environment remotely is even harder and brings about a unique set of challenges. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Here are a few effective ways to collaborate while working remotely.

Trust is the glue that holds your business together. You need trust with your employees, of course, but people who do not trust your business will be reluctant to associate with your brand. How do you improve trust with potential customers, as well as loyal customers you already have?

Body language is an important tool of non-verbal communication, which has a significant impact on your professional life. Whether it is a job interview or a presentation at the workplace, good body language possesses the power to help you sail through all such critical occasions with success.

Elevating internal and external communication is imperative if your goal is to grow your company over the long term, simply because you can only achieve your goals and find entrepreneurial success if the information is flowing efficiently through your company.

Like in any physical business, communication is one of the biggest areas to affect the success of remote working. If your business can nail down communication, you’ve already resolved the main bulk of problems that can arise. This is why we’re going to focus on the five most common communication mistakes your remote working team needs to avoid.

In the past few years, the rise of Voice over Internet Protocol technology has enabled companies to transform how they interact and to improve in-house and external relationships as a result. Understanding how VoIP-based phone systems can benefit your own organization can help you make the switch and enable your teams and your customers to enjoy the many perks of streamlined communication.

Remote working is becoming increasingly common. As well as offering greater flexibility and autonomy for employees, it can also pose some challenges for leaders. Effectively managing remote workers is crucial if you and your employees are to succeed and achieve your best.

In the current scenario, it’s great that companies can move their events from the physical world to a digital format. However, organizing virtual events is not something every person has a lot of experience with. Need some help?

As a business, you have to stay connected to your community. Anything that affects your community is going to affect you. It’s important during these times that you stay connected with your customers and communicate clearly.

Translation plays a significant role in our daily lives that extends to global interaction, technology advancements, and politics, as it enables everyone to interact and exchange ideas. That is why translation makes a huge impact on global interaction.

An organization without effective leadership is unlikely to be able to successfully implement change in the workplace. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to adopt and cultivate the characteristics and trademarks of successful change leadership.

In today’s ever-changing business world, person-to-person (and multi-person) communication has changed greatly due to technology, especially in the last 10 years. With the advent of telecommuting and handheld smart devices, texting quickly became the most popular form of communication in both personal and professional settings. Even so, it is advisable to have a communications policy regarding what types of communication are most appropriate for specific situations at work.

Making sure your team is on the same page can be difficult when you have no face-to-face interaction or when your needs aren’t clearly defined. Letting your employees know from the beginning what your expectations are and remaining consistent are crucial steps to keeping your remote team focused, so your business can run smoothly.

Coworking spaces have become increasingly common these days—and for good reasons. They offer unbeatable perks to entrepreneurs, remote staff, startups, and SMEs. Aside from fueling creativity, communication, and collaboration, it provides its members unique flexibility of office spaces that enables them to scale up or scale down with ease.

An organization without effective leadership is unlikely to be able to successfully implement change in the workplace. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to adopt and cultivate the characteristics and trademarks of successful change leadership.

Communication is everything in the workplace, but you know that already. What you want to know is how to improve it so your business can run more efficiently, people can work more creatively, and everyone can feel like they’re truly part of a team.

The benefits of remote employees are numerous, but that is not to say that it doesn’t come with some extremely unique challenges that require you to change your managing style and work differently in order to make sure that your remote employees do not become too isolated.

Effective communication is key in almost every aspect of life, and none more so than in the workplace. However, this is becoming more of an issue today with the number of diverse generations represented in the workforce. Millennials and Gen Z’ers often have a different perspective on things than their Baby Boomer co-workers, and this can lead to tension and disruption in the workplace.

The holidays are here, but there’s still plenty of work to be done. It’s not uncommon for many employers to experience a drop in productivity as their office begins to daydream about their upcoming time off. Just because you’d rather be cozied up by the fire doesn’t mean you can’t have a holly, jolly time at work! Incorporating new traditions during the winter season is a great way to build trust, strengthen bonds, and bring your team closer together.

In this two-part article, we cover some of the common types of conflict situations that arise in the workplace and consider appropriate measures that can be taken to reach a resolution.

Cold calling the c-suite happens in the early stages of the selling process and is the ability to make things happen. No, cold calling is not a thing of the past. There is enormous potential in cold calling higher-level executives. Don’t dismiss this useful tactic. Instead, learn to exploit it.

If you’ve built up a great business with healthy sales and a loyal customer base, it’s not enough to sit by and hope for continued success. To thrive and stay relevant, you must continue to innovate.

From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, many HR management and team leaders are making an effort to improve workplace culture for women. But as they strive to dispel the “old boys’ club” environments of the past, many are realizing the task is more involved than simply hiring more women

Learning how to make proper eye contact is one of the most important skills you can develop, both in your personal and your professional life.

If you’re like most people, you’ll love working from home. However, it definitely makes a change from traditional office work. As long as you are prepared and have the right mind set, you’ll be able to see the benefits right away.

Keeping the lines of communication open definitely leads to a solid work environment. However, there are many other less obvious advantages to having better employee communication.

Culture is one of the most vital external variations that you as a business leader ought to involve yourself enthusiastically with, particularly for the purposes of pleasing your local employees, customers, and stakeholders.

When it comes to being a leader in the workplace, avoiding conflict is impossible. The best way to deal with conflicts is to face them head-on and resolve them as quickly as you can.

Harassment is a problem that affects the entirety of the workplace, and the ripples of harassment go beyond the victim. So what do you do if you witness harassment in the workplace? How do you fight it?

It’s smart to consider certain factors when searching for the right remote employee. The best employee will be a natural fit for the company with the right personality and skills for the job.

In basic terms, personal branding is defined as the ongoing process of creating and maintaining a prescribed image in the minds of others about yourself. You personal brand is intrinsically tied in with your business or anything else with which you associate professionally.

Keeping emails secure is vitally important since so much of our personal information can be found there. Weak email security puts your financial, emotional, and social wellbeing at risk, as well as those close to you from the likes of fraudsters and imposters who could pretend to be you.

Businesses of all types rely heavily on the various technologies. What the vast majority of people do not realize is that these concepts underpinning the Digital Communication Age were the brainchild of Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr.

Facebook Live Videos are one of the newest tools that Facebook has unleashed on the world, and it is a massively powerful tool for promoting your business.

What things should a good leader consider if she wants to be as close to excellent as one can possibly get in the eyes of the employees?

One of the key foundations of leadership is trust.  You have to build relationships to build trust.

The time to manage your client’s expectations is at the first meeting. All good business starts with relationships, and all good relationships need transparent and honest communication.

It was a Tuesday, or maybe a Wednesday or it could have been a Thursday because at this point, it did not matter. I was on the phone again to my friend Lori in Los Angeles, complaining about communication issues with a client. 

Communication is essential to almost every aspect of business operations and organizations that choose to make improving their internal communication may find they have an easier time in dealing with any problems that crop up in the future

I am often asked for tips on how to succeed, so I thought that I’d offer up simple tips for job success. They apply everywhere, regardless of industry, and work anywhere.

Nearly everything in life is negotiable to some extent or another. This has been a realization that has been particularly slow to come to me, because I was raised to do what I was told to do without asking questions, and certainly without ever negotiating over the details. On the contrary, you should negotiate Everything.

One of the most powerful ways to maintain your company’s reputation is through your online reviews. Positive customer reviews are a tool to build a loyal customer base, motivate new customers to check you out, and improve your presence in Google rankings.

Clearly, any aspect of your business can benefit from having a system. So what do you do? What do you “systemize” first?

Video technology, in particular, is becoming more popular as businesses find ways to leverage it. Here’s a look at how companies across a range of industries are using video technology to grow their business.

It has been said many times that the money is in the list. However, many of the business owners I talk to do not use or manage their email lists. That is quite simply money that they’re leaving on the table.

One of the most effective ways to grow your business is by doing cold calls, or meeting people face to face. This method can work extremely well when done correctly, and it can work extremely poorly if you don’t do the right things.

Experience matters a lot in business and in life. Think about it this way. You want to hire a lawyer who has a law degree. You look for a degree from a good school as well as other professional certifications. 

Michele Morrissey is a corporate speech-language pathologist certified by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). As founder of Lucidity, LLC, she leads a team of consultants and professionals.

When learning the lessons of becoming an entrepreneur, one of the most important is how to listen to your customers’ wants and needs. Listening to your customers can transform your business, but how do you get started with what can be such a difficult lesson to learn?

Keeping your current clients is way easier than getting new clients, so ensuring your clients are happy with your service is very important for retention. Go above and beyond to please your clients so they keep coming back to you for years.

A fairly advanced trick for business owners is to build your email list. If you want to take money to the bank, and grow your business aggressively, an email list is an absolute must.

Like most entrepreneurs, you’re probably juggling lots of hats and could use some help with productivity and organization. Fortunately, we live in a time where everything has an app. The following four apps will make managing all your hats much easier.

“I don’t negotiate with terrorists.”
If I had a hundred bucks for every time I’ve heard this in a mediation, I would be the proud owner of some Bitcoin right now.

Ever have an unfair boss who made your life miserable? What about a supervisor who had it in for you? These could be potentially damaging to your career, and to your health.

Up until recently, I did not know what negotiation really was. I saw it as adversarial and as something to avoid. I’ve learned that in fact it’s a great problem-solving tool that can create value for the parties involved.

Negotiation. Did you know that women negotiate less than men? Do you, like most women, avoid negotiation because it is adversarial?

WhatsApp is the most renowned instant messaging app for smartphones in the entire world. ven though it started as a personal tool, it can also be used for enterprise.

I’ve been more than a little bit surprised by different behaviors of employees – tattling on each other, whining, and one that resulted in a screaming match. I guess you’d say that what I’ve seen is a serious lack of professional behavior.

As all business owners know, your employees are the lifeblood of your company. With this in mind, it is important to involve them in the growth of your business. In this article, I will teach you how to encourage your workforce to be more invested and involved when it comes to your business plans and strategies.

Voice and Performance expert Laurece West trains business and creative professionals in speaking and communication skills, strategy, and mindset to significantly increase their impact in media, interviews, client interactions, boardrooms, courtrooms, classrooms, sales, proposals, negotiations, presentations, inspirational talks, and keynotes. Laurece works with individuals and teams, as well as students, at the Durham Arts Council, the Duke Institute for Brain Science, and the U.N.C. School of Media and Journalism. Additionally a singing coach, Laurece is the author of Creating a $20 Million Dollar Voice, the Professional Singer’s Road Map: How to Go from Good to Great to Legend.

Being a great leader and having great coaching skills are important, but to be truly successful you need to know how to be a great communicator.

As a business owner, you may understand that information posted on the Internet about your company can make or break you. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take to safeguard your company’s reputation and encourage more positive information online.

Becoming a public speaker is something that many aspire to but few take action on. Whether you are a direct sales consultant who would like to speak for leads, or a leader and a trainer ready to take that next step, getting that first speaking engagement on the calendar may be daunting.

As a business owner, you will eventually start a project intended to grow the company. Perhaps you’ve already completed your first project but were left completely exhausted from all the problems that arose. Fortunately, running projects doesn’t have to be stressful.

A public relations disaster is a company’s biggest nightmare. Such a crisis usually leads to lowered public approval ratings and internal management difficulties, and in severe cases may even threaten the continued existence of the business itself. That’s why it is imperative to know just how to react whenever a PR problem rears its ugly head.

Planning a major company change should include an emphasis on employee adjustments. The impact of relocation or reorganization can be stressful for everyone involved. To help employees stay focused, consider taking steps like the following.

Mobile technology is here to stay, and it is slowly finding its way into the board room and the office. Listed below are 10 mobile device apps that may prove very useful in an office or business setting.

Whether you communicate through texts or emails or social media messages, the written word can be so easily misinterpreted and can cause long strings of explanatory follow-ups. Before sending or posting any written communication, carefully consider what you are going to say and who is going to read it.