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11 Business Strategies for Freelance Writers and Content Firms to Land Clients
A report from Inc.com states that around $3.1 billion is being spent by blue chip businesses for remedial writing training, $2.9 billion of which is spent on current employees and not new hires. This indicates that quality writing and impeccable written content production remains to be highly in demand these days. By recognizing the importance…
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8 Crucial Business Skills to Weather the Recession Storm
The current decade has been turbulent at best, challenging business paradigms, industrial practices, and biological presumptions across the planet. It begs the question: What is the successful route to developing resilient business skills for the years to come? From a global pandemic ranking near the Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 to worldwide lockdowns suffocating the travel…
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How Mission and Vision Statements Work
When starting a business or setting a new direction for an existing one, two guiding stars often lead the way: mission and vision statements. The mission statement is like the company’s backbone, outlining its core purpose and the reason it exists. It answers the straightforward question: Why are we here? On the other hand, the…
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The Power of Networking Done Right
The reason I find networking critically important is simple. Referrals make the best business contacts. Freelancers get a lot of business through word-of-mouth. Internships are often contingent on a common point of contact. Hiring for a senior management position is almost completely dependent on networking. Moreover: Also, you’d be surprised how open, responsive, and helpful…
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The 4 P’s of Employee Relations and Conflict Management in the Workplace
Workplace conflict costs $359 billion in paid hours or 385 million working days annually. This is according to the “Workplace Conflict and How Business Can Harness it to Thrive” report. There were news articles about Apple employees having concerns about the ‘rigid’ rules in hybrid working, while Google’s people were frustrated about the ‘two tiers’ remote…
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8 Reasons Why Setting Up a Meeting Is a Must
Most business meetings “should” have been an email. If the company is large and has more stakeholders, the slower and heavier the processes become. This eventually leads to more meetings with less work being done. A 2012 study shows that companies that held unproductive meetings lost an average of $250,000 annually. The study’s findings suggest that…
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Top 26 of My Most Recommended Newsletters
I have been asked by many of my followers and business associates about my most recommended newsletters and every time, I take delight in sharing my list. Whenever I recommend, you are guaranteed that I only recommend what I read on a regular basis. After all, we cannot give what we do not have. 🙂 …
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Acquiring Digital Properties: Why, What, and Where to Buy
Today, we are discussing how to acquire digital properties: WHY, WHAT, and WHERE to buy. I have been buying digital real estate such as agency websites, SaaS platforms, e-commerce applications, content publishing websites over the past 11 years. Some sites are well-established and successful while others are starter apps I integrate into my portfolio or…
