Setting the right business goals can provide your business with a sense of direction and allow you to measure your progress. But business goals shouldn’t be static and unchanging. Instead, they should adapt as you learn more about your business and your industry. So how often should you reevaluate your …
As a small business owner, you know that a credit card can be a helpful tool for managing your business’s finances. It’s also an excellent way to provide your employees with the means to handle their business expenses. But if they’re not used correctly, credit cards can quickly get out …
As an entrepreneur, you may know that creating a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) for your business is important. But what is a USP, exactly? And more importantly, how can you go about creating one for your own business? Let’s take a closer look at Unique Selling Propositions, why you need …
Franchises can be an excellent way to maximize business growth while minimizing the overhead costs involved with opening additional locations. You are basically leasing rights to your model, brand, and business strategy to another entrepreneur in a franchised business. The franchisee receives a proven business model and ongoing support to …
Editor’s note: This post is part of our collection on managing multiple WordPress websites. Your WordPress sites currently live with a hosting service you’re not too pleased with. The sites are slow, the customer service is poor, and you’re paying a lot. Or worse, your client sites are strewn across a bunch …
Time is such a precious thing – and yet it’s so easy to waste. To illustrate, a friend of mine who served in the military once remarked that much of their day was spent standing around, awaiting orders. It sounds a lot like a typical web design project – albeit …
At the end of March, the PCI Standards Security Council (PCI SSC) publicly released the most recent update to the PCI Data Security Standards (DSS), version 4.0. While much speculation has occurred as to the contents of the new standards—and much of that speculation turned out to be correct—now it’s …
26 years after its launch, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is dead (well, sort of). Much has been written about the troubled web browser’s swan song. I jumped onto the bandwagon, sharing a silly poem to commemorate its sendoff. The software saw quite a few ups and downs along the way. It …
You know the feeling. You’ve set up a sharp-looking WordPress website that’s sure to wow visitors, but there’s one problem — it just isn’t loading fast enough. Will visitors wait for your lovely page to render? Probably not. Fortunately, you have the power to speed up WordPress and get those …
