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4 Business Tips You Didn’t Know You Learned in High School

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Career Advice• Entrepreneurship / April 18, 2019

Awful or great, high school was the foundation of your entrepreneurial success

You thought “promposals,” undercooked cafeteria pizza, and hallway passes were things of the past. And hopefully, those unfortunate realities are indeed behind you. But to become a successful entrepreneur, it turns out you have to relive at least some of your high school experiences. Despite the challenges of being a teen, those years taught you valuable lessons that you can use as a corporate leader. From discovering and…

How to Fight Your Need for Instant Gratification to Help Your Business Succeed

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 15, 2019

How do you balance today's needs with tomorrow's?

Your brain is locked in a never-ending battle between now and later. This tug of war is why you eagerly tackle nonessential tasks instead of pressing ones. You might know that a deadline is looming, but it feels so good to remove something from your to-do list that low-hanging fruit lures you away from more urgent matters. Simply put, we’re all wired to crave instant gratification. Researchers at…

Link Building Isn’t Lead Generation — But It Helps

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Finding Customers• Startup Advice / April 12, 2019

Links can't be your sales strategy, but they can bring leads

Lead generation is the heart of business growth. You need to drive new customers into your sphere in order to make conversions and build loyalty. When businesses talk about lead generation, though, they rarely address the role of link building. Instead, they emphasize increased lead generation through local marketing, better CRM, and predictive analytics. Without the layer of link building, however, businesses are undermining their lead generation strategy,…

How to Establish Trust With Your Newest Clients

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Finding Customers / April 9, 2019

It doesn’t matter the industry, niche, size, or budget — all clients are ultimately looking to work with businesses they can trust. If you can find a way to cultivate trust with new clients consistently, you’ll be successful. 6 Ways to Cultivate Trust Trust was once an expectation in the consumer-business relationship. But today, it sometimes seems like an optional bonus. Many businesses unwittingly adopt a posture that…

Bad at Taking Risks? 4 Tips to Be Bolder

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 7, 2019

Fear is a company’s food: It comes in many flavors, but it must be swallowed for the business to live. The trouble is that many of us learn to be picky eaters from an early age. Although we’re curious about what happens when we put our hand on a hot stove, we don’t attempt it — we know we risk hurting ourselves. While our early risk aversion protects…

The 3 Biggest Mistakes Business Owners Make When Selling a Company

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / April 5, 2019

What to do — and not do — when selling your business

When you’re a business owner, the sale of your company can be one of the most bittersweet experiences of your professional career. But if you expect to enjoy more of the sweet and less of the bitter, it’s crucial to avoid committing certain all-too-common mistakes. The Three Mistakes You Want to Avoid Selling a business is a challenge. It doesn’t matter how big or small, successful or unsuccessful,…

4 Automation Tools That Won’t Break the Bank for Small Businesses

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Startup Advice / April 2, 2019

Automation can make or break a small business — but not necessarily its budget

When you hear the word “automation,” what do you picture? A self-driving car? A factory free of human workers? In reality, those applications represent an exceptionally small share of small business automation. The production and operation functions are actually the two least automated functions, according to a QuickBooks study released last April. So what are small business leaders automating? Among the 66 percent of those using automation tools, most…

How to Hack Your To-Do List

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / March 30, 2019

How to prevent your to-do list from stressing you out

If you’re overwhelmed by your list of duties, blaring music might help. It turns out that tunes can make you a more productive worker. To be sure, if you need to really concentrate, you’ll have to go light on the lyrics to get the full mental-boosting power of melodies. You might want to turn to songs between — rather than during — lengthy tasks. However, you can be…

Room to Grow: The Advantage of Co-working Spaces for Entrepreneurs

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship / March 28, 2019

Can co-working help you sidestep problems?

Co-working is growing in popularity — even major companies are claiming office space in these centrally located and shared spaces. For entrepreneurs, though, co-working spaces are about more than just convenience; these community offices solve a number of the major challenges that independent businesses face. By moving work to a shared space, entrepreneurs cut costs, build connections, and create conditions that allow them to scale up as needed,…

Big Business Strategies That Small Companies Can Emulate

by Kimberly Zhang / ⠀Entrepreneurship• Startup Advice / March 26, 2019

Some strategies benefit businesses of all sizes

Big businesses are big for a reason — they’re getting something right, usually when it counts the most. Moreover, they’ve already found their footing after making it through the early days of uncertainty and instability. That successful leadership journey alone counts as an invaluable lesson for smaller business owners. You can learn a lot by studying exactly what big businesses have done right, even if their circumstances might…

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