Salespeople live on their phones, making it important to have the right mobile sales tools. From customer relationship management (CRM) software to sales apps that help you find leads, build presentations, or research what’s happening with your customers, we put together a list of the best sales apps to help you be more productive. Best…
7 Ways to Get the Best Payroll Training
To determine which payroll training options are best for you, you must first evaluate what you need to learn. As a business owner, if you run payroll for employees, you can spend little to no money learning with online resources. If you’re a payroll clerk who wants to be promoted, an advanced payroll program might…
108 Best Business Ideas to Make Money
You may be dreaming of owning your own small business but don’t know where to start or what to choose to launch. We evaluated business ideas that anyone could realistically pursue with some training, experience, and startup capital. We also considered mostly low barrier, high-return businesses with low-cost and high-yield. Most of these business ideas…
Top 15 Ways to Crush Your Real Estate Social Media Marketing
Social media is an extremely powerful—and largely free—tool to grow your audience, build a trustworthy brand, and ultimately increase your income. The great thing is that any real estate agent or broker can find an audience on social media with the right strategy. To help you get started, here are our top tips for effective…
27 Best Coupon Advertising Ideas to Try in 2021
No matter which industry you’re in, starting a coupon campaign can be a major step toward building a loyal customer base. Let’s take a look at the best ways to tackle coupon advertising strategically from where to promote your coupons (offline and online) to ways you can build brand visibility, as well as loyalty and…
21 Must-see Billboard Design Ideas & Tips (Examples Included)
We’ve all seen countless numbers of billboards that we don’t remember. While there seems to be no shortage of uninspired billboards, there remains a tremendous amount of opportunities for businesses to create compelling billboard designs. Of course, designing a billboard strategically is no easy feat when you have just seconds to capture someone’s attention with…
15 Ways to Maximize Your Real Estate Agent Bio (+ Examples)
A real estate agent bio is the summary of your skills and abilities as an agent, usually presented online or in print with a headshot. A strong real estate bio demonstrates your expertise and motivates potential clients to contact and hire you. We compiled 15 examples of bios with pro tips to help write your…
14 Real Estate Agent Tips for 2021
Success in real estate depends on an agent’s ability to negotiate deals, manage appointments, and serve clients. You also have to stay on top of industry news and trends. However, the best real estate agent tips for success are those that help generate a constant stream of high-quality leads. The following 14 tips will help…
11 Great Sales Contest Ideas to Motivate Your Team
A sales contest leverages competition and rewards to motivate sales teams while incentivizing the habits you want your reps to adopt, such as making a certain number of cold calls or closing a certain percentage of deals. We’ve included 11 sales contest ideas you can use for inspiration and explain how they can be used…
17 Ways to Generate B2B Sales Leads for Your Business
Sales leads are potential future customers often referred to as customer prospects. B2B sales leads enter at the start of the sales process and are crucial to maintaining a healthy sales pipeline. Let’s take a look at some of the most effective ways to generate sales leads for your small business. 1. Purchase Business Contact…
10 Tips for Hiring Managers
Managers are integral to the efficient and effective operation of small businesses. For that reason, it’s important to recruit and hire qualified managers who fit with the corporate culture and will add to the strength and diversity of the team as a whole. While this may seem like a tall order, hiring the best managers…
15 Surefire Ways to Find Employees You’ll Love
When you’re trying to find employees, it can sometimes feel like the right candidates just aren’t out there; or worse, it’s a great hiring market, but you’re not getting any qualified bites. Luckily, there are some tried and true approaches that can simplify the process—whether you’re trying to hire for remote or in-office positions, looking…