Posts Tagged "business"

The Non-Techies’ Guide to Hiring Top Tech Talent [Infographic]

Ever find yourself with a ton of ideas that you don’t know what to do with? You can picture what you want to do in your head, but you don’t have the technical skills to actually execute on them.

You need a developer — someone with the expertise required to take all of your grand plans and actually turn them into something.

Survey: Are You Spending Too Much Time On Routine Marketing Tasks?

It’s after five o’clock, and what was suppose to only take a few minutes is edging closer to a few hours. You’re hungry, tired, and just about ready to throw in the towel. Sound familiar?

We’ve all sat by and helplessly watched as free time slips through our fingers and productivity hits rock bottom. When you finally craft that tweet, build that perfect list, or set up that landing page, the joy of accomplishment doesn’t even taste that sweet. At that point, you’re simply too worn out to care.

How to Reduce Employee Turnover: 5 Tips for Keeping Your Best Talent

This post originally appeared on Agency Post. To read more content like this, subscribe to Agency Post.

High staff turnover can be a problem for any company. Teams typically rely on each and every member to keep things moving forward, so when someone leaves, it can often disrupt progress.

13 Habits of Incredibly Curious People (And Why It Matters In Business)

This post originally appeared on HubSpot’s Sales Blog. To read more content like this, subscribe to Sales.

Do you actively express interest in wanting to know more about something? Are you constantly testing your campaigns to uncover trends and patterns? Do you find yourself asking a lot of questions?

The Doom Boom: Inside the Surivival Industry’s Explosive Growth

Are you prepared for the unknown?

Prior to attending the National Preppers and Survivalists Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, I hadn’t put much thought into it. In fact, most days, I don’t even know what I’m going to eat for lunch, let alone what I’d do in the event of lean times — or worse, an apocalypse. 

What Makes a Great Leader? 6 Defining Qualities to Strive For [Infographic]

There are a lot of misconceptions about leadership floating around in the business world. Think great leaders love the spotlight? Or that they have all the answers? Or they got to where they are by taking a lot of credit for big wins?

These leadership myths are all too common. In fact, great leaders don’t seek attention; they find pride in helping others succeed. They aren’t all-knowing; they use their resources to turn ideas into executable plans.

21 Essential Strategies for Growing Your Business With Inbound Marketing [Infographic]

From content creation, SEO, and social media to lead generation, lead management, and analytics, marketers who follow the inbound methodology have a lot of different channels and tactics to manage and master.

But the great thing about inbound marketing is that it pays off over time

The Start-to-Finish Guide to Nailing Your Next PowerPoint Presentation

Have a presentation coming up that involves PowerPoint slides? Creating the content and design for a new presentation can be a daunting task.

Between outlining, deciding on a design, filling it out, and finalizing the details, it’s not uncommon for a few questions to pop up.

How to Write a Perfect Cold Outreach Email: 5 Elements to Consider Before Hitting Send

As marketers, we typically send and receive hundreds of emails a week. Occasionally, those emails are sent to people we don’t really know that well — or don’t know at all.

This is cold outreach, and, for better or for worse, it has its purpose.

Sometimes, in order to further our marketing campaigns, it’s helpful to send a few cold emails. 

How to Write a Perfect Cold Outreach Email: 5 Elements to Consider Before Hitting Send

As marketers, we typically send and receive hundreds of emails a week. Occasionally, those emails are sent to people we don’t really know that well — or don’t know at all.

This is cold outreach, and, for better or for worse, it has its purpose.

Sometimes, in order to further our marketing campaigns, it’s helpful to send a few cold emails.