Mistakes are very common in the business world. Most experienced businessmen will almost always have an account of some of the memorable mistakes that they made when starting their career. Mistakes help investors learn about the market and how they should approach new challenges. While it is nice to view …
Almost two thirds (59 percent) of UK employees say that the office temperature is a controversial topic amongst colleagues, with over half (52 percent) admitting that it causes regular arguments. Now new research conducted by Boiler Plan highlights the extreme lengths that some office workers are willing to go to in the …
A leading not-for-profit business and disability organisation is asking employees and managers to share their experiences of requesting and arranging workplace adjustments via an anonymous online survey. Business Disability Forum wants to use ‘The Great Big Adjustments Survey’ to create a clear and up-to-date picture of what works and what …
Commuting to and from work now takes 5 minutes longer than a decade ago, according to a new analysis published by the TUC to mark the annual Commute Smart Week organised by Work Wise UK. Rail commuters face the longest journeys, taking an average of 2 hours and 11 minutes …
It’s a bit of a Catch-22, isn’t it? You took the time to create an eye-catching, user-friendly personal website to house your writing portfolio. You posted your writing samples so potential clients can bask in your writing prowess and hire you to write something special for them. But then a scary …
Hey everyone, summer is here! The weather is perfect now in Portland, Oregon. For me, this is the best time of the year. After a long wet winter, we appreciate the warm sunny days and it’s not too hot yet. School is almost out too. RB40Jr has just 8 days …
Employers need to understand more about the impact of personal financial worries on workplace mental health, but are struggling to agree best practice standards to address the issue, new research from MetLife UK claims. More than six out of 10 (61 percent) senior HR executives have seen a rise in …
Many managers still rely on gut feelings and inadequate or flawed data to make important but potentially poor decisions about real estate and flexible working. That is the main conclusion of a new piece of research by flexible workplace specialist Abintra. Published in a new report, the study highlights how …
Twin Cities EDM lovers flock to Sound In Motion’s Malaa show at Skyway Theatre. Every spring and summer, Minneapolis amplifies its nightlife offerings for residents who are excited to take advantage of the nice weather. In the city’s thriving EDM scene, there are already many must-attend spring and summer shows, …
When board members in big firms make critical decisions about their organisations, it is almost always behind closed doors. So exactly how and if senior leaders draw on big data factors in their decision-making is largely unexplained. Researchers from Brunel University studied top-level decisions by board managers at 19 organisations …
Intuit UK yesterday hosted almost 200 women, with diverse backgrounds across class, ethnicity and age, who are part of The Pipeline’s alumni of their Leadership Summit programme. Over 50 percent of women in the room who attended Leadership Summit have been promoted or have broadened their role since finishing the …
Whether it’s for a business or blog, or you just want your own slice of the internet, your domain is your digital address online. If your domain is your address, your domain extension is like your ZIP code in that it gives your website visitors a little more information about …
Forms are an essential part of just about every website – yet, we don’t always pay too much attention to their finer details. There are a number of things that can be done to improve them, such as adding validation, input masks and other visual guides. And that’s only scratching …
Today it’s all about great visual content and videos online, and publishing stories on Instagram is just one way an audience can better get to know a brand. In order to attract new followers for your business it is important to branch out and try new mediums. How can your …
More disabled people than ever before are choosing self-employment, but are being let down by poor support from government, according to new research from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) and the Community trade union. The study, Making self-employment work for disabled people, claims that 611,000 UK …
Most people have spent their life looking at the wrongness, the past, and all the things that don’t work. Seldom do they look at the future and what will actually work. What kind of future would you like to create? What would change for you if you focused your attention …
A loan can either help you improve your business, or it can be a source of misery. Part of what determines whether a loan will be good for you or not is the interest rate. The higher the rate, the more difficult it becomes to repay it. To help you …
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Webpage security is a hot topic, especially among small law firms and practices. Your law firm or private practice handles a lot of sensitive legal material, and a data breach can topple any client trust you’ve worked so hard to obtain — not to mention potential legal issues you might …
Turning 45 is not good news. It’s feeling a lot worse than 40 for some reason. I guess it’s because midlife probably passed by sometime between those two birthdays. The life expectancy for men in the US is actually just 76.9. I figure I’ll live a little longer than average …
Yes, your LinkedIn profile is more important than your resume! Do I shock you with this declaration? Think again. Your résumé is typically being sent to individuals, to recruiters, or as a job application, which has limited exposure. Yet your LinkedIn profile is open to literally the entire world around …
As a web pro, you’re already familiar with the need and steps to set up a WordPress maintenance business, why all clients should be required to sign up for a care plan, and why maintenance is an ongoing process, not just an occasional task. You’re convinced it’s the way to …
This post was originally published on May 7, 2015, and was updated on Jan. 18, 2018 and Dec. 11, 2018. Now that social media presence has become a “must have” for businesses large and small, you may be ready to ramp up your existing social media efforts. One of the …
This article on advanced OOP for WordPress was originally published by Torque Magazine, and is reproduced here with permission. I’ve written a lot about object-oriented PHP and the WordPress REST API for Torque over the past few years. I’ve also touched on using Composer for dependency management and to provide …
Reseller customer retention is one of the levers to a successful reseller business. In any business, a key factor to success is keeping the customers you have and, where appropriate, increasing your share of wallet with them over time. This holds true for reseller businesses as well. Since it typically …
Your website is coming along nicely. You have a lot of the basics down: a home page, an about page and a contact page. But there’s one other often-overlooked page that plays a key role in your visitor’s transition from casual browser to customer — or even brand advocate. That’s …
Tax is something that everyone dreads when they are self-employed. The responsibility is far greater than it is when you are a contracted employee because the onus is on you to do the work and to make sure you get it spot on. But it’s not always as scary as …
Planning out a website’s layout with website mockup tools before cracking open a code editor is a good practice. However, choosing the right tool for that planning process isn’t just about what’s in your Applications folder. There are many different options available, and each might be suitable based on your …
This post was originally published on Sept. 10, 2013, and was updated on Sept. 25, 2017, and May 28, 2019. Twitter can be a great marketing tool for businesses of every size because this social media platform is an easy and convenient way to stay on top of industry trends, …
In shows and the media, we are often invited to pass judgement on products and ideas that have been created by other people. The reviews that follow often cement some form of accepted view, even if we often outsource the decision making to people who are better placed to decide, …
