A Small Business, A Non-Profit and Hollywood Tap Into The Collective Intelligence
Crowdsourcing was a term originally coined by Jeff Howe of Wired Magazine in 2006. It is defined as an outsourcing of tasks by way of a “cattle call” to a large group of qualified people for a specific task(s) to be done. Audio to text transcription companies, along with many other non-profits and big brand companies are now implementing crowdsourcing into their business.
Employee Files: Basic Training for Small Business OwnersFor the Small Business Owner, the value of properly maintained Employee Files can be easily measured by the cost of not doing so which can range from as little as a day’s pay all the way up to tens of thousands of dollars in government fines. Take 5 minutes to learn an easy way to avoid costly mistakes.
Small Business Owners: Read This Before You Set Your Advertising Budget for 2012Complaining about your advertising budget? Most would understand what you mean and sympathise. After all: Advertising is like gambling, you never know what you are going to get, right?
Why Most Small and Medium Sized Businesses Fail To SurviveA report by Dun and Bradstreet has revealed that small business failure has increased by 40% over the last three years. Another report by the US Small Business Administration has observed that over 50% of small businesses are failing in the first five years. It cannot be just a case of misfortune that so many businesses are losing ground permanently. Let us go through some of the reasons why small and medium sized businesses fail to survive.
Meeting Room HireMeetings are an important part of the day-to-day running of many businesses, whether it is internal meetings, holding job interviews or important meetings with clients. Many businesses cannot run effectively without them, but they often require an additional space to host them.