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6 Fast Ways to Improve Your Excel Skills

Especially for tasks like project management, record-keeping, accounting, data analysis, and office administrative tasks, excel is inarguably among the most commonly used Microsoft programs. The spreadsheet software can also be automated and customized to the user’s needs to enhance collaboration. Better yet, the program comes with a plethora of features, some of which might take […]

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What You Need to Know about Disaster Preparation and Recovery

Whether it’s a hurricane, flood, fire, earthquake, or pandemic, disasters can wreak havoc on businesses. In fact, about 200,000 businesses permanently closed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an additional 600,000 establishments closing down each subsequent year, according to a study in the Wall Street Journal. While most business leaders agree that […]

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How to Celebrate Employee Loyalty

Loyalty is a rare feature in today’s workplace. Because most organizations do not incentivize workers to stick around, most employees will start looking for new employment after just a couple years in a role. Thus, it is even more important in this day and age to celebrate employees who remain loyal. Here are a few […]

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What You Need to Know about Fax Security and HIPAA

Online faxing is convenient and beneficial for all organizations, but business leaders must ensure the services remain HIPAA compliant and meet IT standards. Security is of the utmost importance when transmitting medical data and sharing patient records. Any violation of HIPAA leads to penalties and serious restrictions. Here’s what you need to know about fax […]

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The Growing Role of Project Management in the Food & Beverage Industry

Project management is typically associated with careers in construction and IT. However, it is also applicable in the food and beverage industry. As a project manager in the industry, your primary responsibility is to oversee the management and business goals of a bar, restaurant, or company. You will be responsible for planning new projects, overseeing […]

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3 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Be Wary of Before Starting a Business

Despite the high global inflation rates, business owners are still rather bullish when it comes to starting new ventures. In fact, a consumer benchmark report by Yelp notes that more than 150,000 new businesses have opened during the first quarter of 2022, with the growth being driven by enterprises in the beauty, travel, and nightlife […]

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How Tech Companies Can Support Inclusivity and Diversity within the Workplace

For a company to thrive, there is one component that every business owner should focus on – inclusivity and diversity. Although many tech businesses have been putting these issues to the top of their agenda, there’s still significant room for improvement. Diverse teams foster better employee productivity and engagement, as well as allow for better […]

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5 Best Practices for Data Observability: Tips to Monitor Your Data

As a business owner, it’s important to be able to monitor your data in order to make sure that everything is running smoothly. With data observability programs, you can easily keep track of all your data and detect any issues early on. In this blog post, we will discuss 5 best practices for data observability […]

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Importance of Content Writing in Marketing

Content writing includes the process of planning, writing, and proofreading web content, usually for digital marketing purposes and sales. For example, writing blogs and articles, storylines for podcasts and videos, and content for various platforms, including trends on Twitter or texts on Reddit, can all fall under this category. Today, most companies turn to specialized […]

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Startup Success: How to Build Resilience?

One of the critical things for any startup business is to identify its strengths and weaknesses and forge ways to overcome the weaknesses. Inability to address shortcomings can easily lead to business failure. As an entrepreneur, you will likely face rejection and adversity, which can lead to low self-confidence. How well you can handle these […]

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Digital Transformation Audit: A Brief Guide

Digital transformation is a process that incorporates digital technologies into a business’ information technology (IT). IT professionals do it for their clients because it makes their business processes more efficient. Typically, they start by replacing slow analog processes with faster digital services, devices, and systems. For example, they install apps to help businesses encode and […]

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5 Keys to Seamless IT Transformation

The ability to transform your organization is crucial to staying relevant and competitive. But, transforming an organization requires more than just information technology (IT). It requires a cultural shift, as well as operational changes that must be made to ensure success. Here are six keys to ensuring that your IT transformation efforts are successful. 1. […]

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