communication Archives

Starting a Business? You Need to Research Your Number One Asset

Your successful business model might take the form of a side hustle or full-time freelance work. Perhaps you’ve decided to invest in a franchise, or you’ve created an app for today’s hot on-demand marketplace. There...

byDonna M. Cooper

June 17, 2022

How Brands Are Improving Communication with Their Remote Teams

If remote work was gaining traction before the pandemic hit, it's now mainstream. A recent survey showed that 55% of employees would like to work remotely at least three days a week after the pandemic....

byDmitry Dragilev

April 7, 2022

10 Ways to Promote Your Small Business Awards to Get More Customers

Winning an award is an excellent indication that you and your business are doing something right. Public recognition goes a long way when it comes to boosting the reputation of your startup. In this article,...

byShay Berman

September 23, 2021

4 Ways to Get Your Team Prepared to Return to the Office

It’s crazy to think that it’s been over a year since businesses were scrambling to get employees out of the office and were transitioning to working from home. Now that more and more people are...

byChris Ronzio

June 8, 2021

3 Things Testing for Emotional Intelligence Can Reveal About Your Law Firm’s Employees

The following is adapted from “Fireproof” by Mike Morse Have you ever wondered why some lawyers excel at attracting and keeping clients? How some have a knack for communicating or consistently make ethical decisions? The...

byMike Morse

February 24, 2021

How to Safely Return to the Office During COVID-19

In some areas of the world, lockdown orders are lifting, businesses are reopening, and many are hoping for a return to normalcy. As a leader, it’s a daily balancing act. I need to run a...

byMonica Eaton-Cardone

September 16, 2020

Strategies for Strengthening Your Business During the Pandemic

Reimagining your business strategy before you’ve even launched, or are in the early stages of a startup, adds a level of stress no budding entrepreneur wants to take on. However, such is the reality of...

byGrant Ian Gamble

September 15, 2020

3 Core Objectives to Help You Lead Your Startup Through the Pandemic

Navigating through a global pandemic is something that no entrepreneur can prepare themselves for. Past experiences and successes go out the window once uncertainty hits and we are forced to make quick, unprecedented and ultimately...

byMuneeb Mushtaq

July 23, 2020

WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Media Frenzy Study on Communication During COVID (Episode 71)

On today's WJR Business Beat segment, Jeff offers insights into a new study released by Media Frenzy Global, in partnership with Arlington Research, which underscores just how critical it is in the time of this pandemic...

byStartupNation

June 12, 2020

5 Remote Workplace Technologies That Will Help Your Startup Communicate More Efficiently

Unless your job is considered "essential," you've been parked at home throughout the pandemic. You're not alone, as approximately 29 percent of the U.S. workforce have jobs that allow them to work from home. And recently,...

byElijah Masek-Kelly

May 29, 2020

7 Project Management Essentials for a More Streamlined Finished Product

The nature of entrepreneurship involves many moving pieces. Without an organized system in place for managing your company, it’s easy for it to go off the rails. Luckily, there are project management best practices you...

byKeith Shields

February 29, 2020

4 Lessons From Social Media Thought Leaders to Help You Connect With Your Customers

The impact, success and revenue generated by leading social media influencers is astounding. The good news for aspiring entrepreneurs is, many of the skills and practices that successfully attract followers (who, ideally, become paying customers)...

byRoz Clark

October 6, 2019

International Growth and Visibility: Why This Entrepreneur Moved His Startup 5,000 Miles Abroad

Silicon Valley has long been the go-to place for startups and budding technology companies. As space there becomes increasingly limited and the cost of living soars, other American “surge cities” have begun to emerge as...

byPablo Hesse

June 12, 2019

Set Your Wanderlust Free: 11 Ways Travel Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur

Travel can be exhilarating, life-changing and reinvigorating. It can also be daunting. If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s nothing more unnerving than the thought of being away from a business you’ve meticulously built from the ground...

byKimyen Wan

June 6, 2019

Southeast Michigan Master Connector Derek Dickow Talks the Power of Networking

We’ve got a special episode of StartupNation Radio ahead! For the inaugural show in StartupNation’s new podcast studio, your host and StartupNation co-founder and CEO, Jeff Sloan, sits down with entrepreneur and networking guru, Derek...

byStartupNation

April 23, 2019

10 Highly Successful People on the Surefire Ways to Stay Productive

We asked 10 business moguls and advisors in The Oracles for their No. 1 tips for staying productive. Here’s what these extremely successful businesspeople, including the head of a $750 million real estate empire, a Shark on...

byThe Oracles

April 18, 2019

Should You Start Your Business with a Partner?

Starting a business is no walk in the park. It requires an inordinate amount of patience and fortitude, not to mention time and money! Deciding to start up with a partner might seem like a...

bySusan Guillory

January 15, 2019

3 Tips for Successfully Creating a Strong Brand Essence

Creating a strong brand isn’t easy. It’s more than communicating what your product does. A strong brand identity makes an emotional connection, and creating one requires thought and a deep understanding of what your product...

byAndrew Witkin

January 11, 2019

How Can Entrepreneurs Remedy the 3 Biggest Remote Work Struggles?

The results of Buffer’s State of Remote Work 2018 Report have revealed (not-so-surprisingly) that remote work is here to stay. Ninety percent of remote workers that participated in the study shared that they plan on working...

byMyCorporation

September 20, 2018

What Startups Need to Know About Customer Experience

For startups of all types, it can be confusing how to best take stock of and manage the sales process from the customer perspective. Many outdated ways of thinking have either changed or become obsolete....

byTyler Hakes

January 4, 2018