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In the early stages of running an e-commerce business, it can be a challenge to know where to invest money in order to grow the business to the next stage. The key to investing in growth is to always be doing it. Having guidelines in place is important, especially in...

Are customers happy with the support your company offers? If your company serves other businesses (B2B), chances are customers don’t rate their experience with your organization as highly as their experiences with businesses that serve consumers (B2C). Simply put, B2B and B2C companies face different customer support challenges. The customer...

When will the recession hit? Late 2019? Not until after the 2020 elections? Well into 2021? Nobody really knows, but it is a rare financial pundit who doesn’t agree, “We are overdue for a recession, and there will always be one.” On the other hand, it doesn’t take a worldwide...

For anyone newly promoted into a C-suite or executive level job, the first few months in the position are critical. Not only are new executives faced with taking on the reins of a whole host of new responsibilities, but also often bigger teams and a rush of changing priorities. And...

Czech Republic has been named the “best place for women to work” in an annual survey by Expat Insider. According to the index, Czech Republic (Czechia) is the best place due to the number of female expats who were happy with their career prospects. 73% of women say they are...

Cash – once the king of consumer payments – has been losing market share to electronic payments methods that deliver fast and secure experiences for consumers and merchants.  Any business that sells goods or services to consumers -- online or in person -- must decide what forms of payment to...

Top B2B sales performers have thirty to forty per cent larger internal networks than average. In particular they have wide and deep relationships with support staff, have strong links with management and invested time proactively cultivating their internal networks. (reference, Volometrix Study, published Harvard Business review 7/2015) Here’s a quick...

So, you’re the CEO of a consumer brand – especially a big consumer brand – and you don’t want to miss out on the social impact bandwagon. You want to be an activist CEO. You want to be on trend. Big hint: If that’s your motivation, you’ve already missed the bandwagon.  At...

More and more businesses are expanding internationally. In 2017 alone, a survey by Frost & found that the market for cloud computing grew by 18% to $35 billion. Tied up in this was an increase in infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Seeing 38.7% growth in 2017, the market for virtualized...

It wasn’t too long ago that having a business coach was like having a scarlet letter on your professional suit. Back then, most coaching was remedial—there was a problem that needed to be fixed. Today, having a coach has been elevated in status. Business leaders have realized what professional athletes...