Your site is ready, and you are ready to host it i.e., put it online. Web hosting services offer you ‘rental space’ for a period ranging from one to five years. Web hosting services claim to have features, unique to their services. How does one make a decision of selecting the most suitable service provider? 1. Customer care – this…
The old adage that nothing is certain except death and taxes usually can be heard on the lips of many this time of year…that and a few curses. With the April 16th filing date fast approaching, you want to avoid procrastinating any longer, if you haven’t started the process yet. Procrastination not only increases your stress level, but the possibility…
Business owners have to make lot of presentations for various reasons – financing of their next expansion, pitching for a new client, etc. Have you ever evaluated your presentations in terms of effectiveness? Here are few tips for better quality presentations – 1. Focal point of your presentation is the audience, and not the computer screen. Focus more on audience. …
The St. Louis Business Journal is reporting that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri has relaxed small business requirements for those small businesses interested in enrolling in group health insurance plans. Businesses with 26 to 50 employees will no longer be required to have 50% of total eligible employees enroll. A recent Blue Cross Blue Shield surveyed showed that approximately…
Business owners face one biggest challenge while their business is growing – that of recruiting and selecting proper manpower. A business owner does everything on his own initially, and then replaces himself with someone else. The business owner expects the replacement to be an exact replica. Now, here is the caution – don’t expect your employee to be as perfect…
Small Business owners just got a nice boost from Microsoft. Tuesday they announced they would lower the threshold for software purchases that the company helps to finance. This is a part of their effort to boost their sales to small businesses. The new program was announced during the first Microsoft Small Business Summit. Customers will be able to get 36-month…