6 Ways to Improve your Online Presence as an Employer


How do you let everyone know how awesome your company culture is? If we could scream it across the globe, we would. However, it’s becoming more and more commonplace to see businesses enhancing their employer brand online. This way, you can defy the laws of time and space, letting the whole world know that it is a bright idea to work for you.

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Startup Saviors: Everything You Need to Know Before Take Off


Are you preparing to go it alone? Are you swapping the 9-5 job for running a business or going freelance? If you plan to launch a new venture, it’s not just about having a fantastic product or a new studio. There’s a lot to consider before you take off. Failure to consider various aspects of running your own business can lead to failure and loss of your hard-earned capital. Here are some essentials you’ll need before you go into business.

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3 Important Tips on How to Attract Repeat Customers


Startups focus a lot of energy on winning clients. This is crucial and justified as it is the only way to stay afloat. However, it is vital to retain the customer. Repeat business gives the business stability and will ensure that you grow fast. It saves the company lots of money that would have otherwise gone to advertising. Satisfied clients are instrumental as positive reviews attract business.

Here are some tips on how to create a long-term business relationship with your customers.

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5 Reasons Business Owners Should Consider Commercial Mortgage Refinancing


While residential mortgage refinancing receives far more attention, businesses often have mortgages and reap similar, if not greater, benefits for refinancing their mortgage. Here are five reasons business owners should consider commercial mortgage refinancing compared to the alternatives.

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A Changing Auto Landscape: What’s on the Horizon?


There are changes on the horizon for the auto manufacturing industry, and the thought of this makes many people nervous. After all, despite the continued incorporation of technology into the factories, the auto manufacturing process itself has remained more or less the same over the years. Not to mention the product. While the designs are annually altered with increased horsepower, the concept has not changed at all. This is a comforting fact because the auto industry is married to a booming economy in the minds of many. They were seemingly infallible leading up to 2008, and a symbol of a developed nation. But like I said, there are new and disruptive trends arising that have the power to change the face of the auto industry.

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The Startup Resume


For many of us, our resumes are currency. Most things we do, in a business sense, depend on those small pieces of paper. Every time we apply for a job, we do our best to sell ourselves. Every time we have a career gap, we worry about how we’re going to cover it. But, when you go it alone, what your resume says ceases to matter. You no longer have to sell yourself to a big boss or go up against other candidates. Instead, it’s all down to you. But, that doesn’t mean you can forget about your credentials altogether. We’re going to look at the resume you need to master for starting your own business.

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Why You Need a Lawyer for a Drunk Driving Charge


Drunk driving is a consequential crime in nearly every country. Across the United States, the Driving Under the Influence law doesn’t even require that you be intoxicated or drunk to be found culpable of DUI charges.

Instead, what the laws measure is your competency to operate a vehicle by establishing whether you are physically or mentally impaired to do so depending on whether you have exceeded the blood alcohol level limit. Today in all states across the US, the limit for blood alcohol is now .08%.

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Small Business Lending and Its Challenges


Nowadays it’s almost impossible to see anyone who doesn’t have any credit problems. In fact, many people are looking for personal loans for credit card debt consolidation as a remedy for their financial woes. This issue is also true in business as it’s even hard to find companies with no outstanding loans. The truth is that lending is part of every business.

Ironically, many companies are still apprehensive to apply even for small-business loans of $25,000 or less. This is because they are afraid their applications will only be rejected. There is nothing wrong if you don’t get approved for a small business loan, but your efforts may end up useless.

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Unique Concepts to Help Start Your Online Business


When people think about starting their own business they have misconception that it needs large investment or requires deep technical knowledge. That is simply not true. With the advancement of technology and globalization it is now possible to start a new online business with little effort and minimal investment.

As a matter of fact, you can start an online business with a variety of topics that you might like to do that are outside the realm of the usual businesses out there. Below we discuss some out-of-box unique concepts you could use to start your online business.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Expand Your Business Overseas


It is safe to say that most people who start a business dream of taking it all the way to the top. You probably have a fair amount of ambition behind you anyway if you have had the initiative to set up your company. After all, the vast majority of people who do so are driven, ‘go-getter’ types who envisage big things for themselves. The interesting thing about running a business is that once you get a little taste of success, you may find that you want to keep pushing yourself to achieve more and more. Once a certain amount of time has passed, you may find that this means breaking into the international market. Why? Well, even if your business is working well at home and turning a good profit, the option for overseas expansion can only mean greater success – providing you know what you’re doing. Or, maybe your business is very much suited to a foreign market, and it was always your intention to move the company over there at some point.
For many companies, overseas expansion is simply a natural progression and tackling the international marketing can be a way to take your business to the next level. That’s not to say, however, that it is a natural process. The whole thing can take months of planning and even longer to fully execute, and there is no room for mistakes. The cost of moving your company abroad isn’t always merely financial – you may also experience an emotional strain or challenge, if you are required to also make a move overseas, thus leaving friends and family behind. But can doing so pay off? Yes, providing your plan the transfer meticulously. Here are all the things you will need to make sure are in order before you relocate or expand your business into the international market.

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