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The CEO of a multimillion-dollar company explains the problem with living for the weekend — and how to stop

Posted on : 10,Aug,2016

Sunday night, after you finish watching your favorite show, you enter a mild depression. Monday morning, your alarm rings and you are filled with dread. Wednesday is a struggle. Thursday is made more bearable by the upcoming weekend. By mid-afternoon on Friday, you can’t focus on work because you’re ready to run out of the […]

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Work Smarter, Not Harder: 21 Time Management Tips to Hack Productivity

Posted on : 10,Aug,2016

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr. A lot of folks in our society try to be hyper-productive. You know — the […]

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15 Surefire Ways to Increase Revenue in Your Business

Posted on : 29,Jul,2016

Sales are the single most important activity in which a company can engage. They allow companies to hire people, buy equipment, and manufacture products or deliver services. Without sales, there is no future for a business. The poor economy in recent years has hit small businesses particularly hard. Whether you’re among the affected companies or […]

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5 Ways Virtual Receptionists Can Help Automate Your Business

Posted on : 27,Jul,2016

Running a business is, without question, a hands-on task. There’s no program that can manage your employees for you, make strategic changes, or magically sell your product. However, not all business-related tasks require a full time employee or hands-on time from you – companies routinely outsource and automate what they can, including accounting, call answering […]

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10 Things You Should Automate in Your Small Business

Posted on : 27,Jul,2016

It can be easy for small business owners to feel like they are married to their business, since keeping up with all the various tasks and responsibilities can add up to way more than a full time job. With that in mind, here are 10 things that you should definitely automate today so you can […]

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8 top tips for being productive

Posted on : 5,Jul,2016

We all only have 24 hours in a day, yet some people are more productive than others. Many would just put this down to genetics – some people are just wired to be more productive than others – but in this insightful Virgin Podcast, New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Charles Duhigg explains that […]

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Saves You Money on Hiring a Receptionist

Posted on : 30,Jun,2016

Hiring a Receptionist can be expensive for a small business, and you probably don’t have enough incoming calls to justify paying someone to handle them full-time. Even if you get members of your existing team to take calls, this will draw them away from their other tasks, effectively costing you money. Telephone answering services represent […]

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In business, first impressions count.

Posted on : 30,Jun,2016

A telephone answering service makes it easy for customers to contact your business, and this can mean the difference between capturing new clients and losing them to one of your competitors. Crucially, it also allows you to concentrate on other aspects of your business whilst ensuring that no potential customers are neglected. Some of the […]

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5 Benefits of an Answering Service for Attorneys & Law Firms

Posted on : 29,Jun,2016

5 Benefits of an Answering Service for Attorneys & Law Firms. First things first. An answering service is NOT an answering machine, or voicemail service. An answering service is a professional service that receives and answers your calls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week by live operators. Some of the benefits that an […]

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The Power of the Next-Action Decision

Posted on : 2,Jun,2016

When a culture adopts “What’s the next action?” as a standard operating query, there’s an automatic increase in energy, productivity, clarity, and focus. I HAVE A personal mission to make “What’s the next action?” part of our global thought process. I envision a world in which no meeting or discussion will end, and no interaction […]

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