Strategy

How to Choose the Right Candidate for the Job

Regardless of the size of your company or the industry you’re in, the single most valuable asset you have are the people who work for you. Knowing that your company is in good hands while you’re out and about is invaluable, and having a solid, reliable team is the only way to ensure this. So, it comes as no surprise that hiring employees becomes one of the most important tasks you’re going to have to deal with. You can’t allow yourself to make a mistake here, because hiring the wrong person can become a costly issue in the long run, so proper preparation is of the essence.

Why Buying, Not Building, a Business Makes More Sense

Many people like the idea of launching their own business and leaving the 9-to-5 behind to become their own boss. But you don’t need to come up with a revolutionary idea to start your own business. You don’t even need to start anything if you don’t want to.

Instead, the best option might be to buy an existing business.

These days, many businesses operate exclusively online, and purchasing websites is easier than ever. You might find that you are more skilled at taking over a business than starting one from scratch.

Why Buy a Business?

There are many reasons why buying a business makes sense.

Five Reasons Why Some Company Intranets Fail

Every company that deploys an intranet solution does so with the best of intentions.  The purpose of any company intranet is to make internal processes smoother within the organization, enabling better communications and efficient management of content.

Whether your organization is looking to provide easier access to resources, improve collaboration and internal comms with employees, or boost engagement and productivity levels, every intranet solution ultimately has objectives to meet.

Branding Strategies that are Trending in 2018

Brands and brand consciousness are the two things which will always be in the discussion. That’s because however against or skeptic you may be about a brand or selection of a brand, it’s their presence only, which creates a benchmark for ideal comparison of quality between different products or services. Therefore, companies would always strive to stay ahead in branding to make their mark in the minds of consumers. The most noticeable trends seen in companies for branding in 2018, which are inspiring for the newcomers as well, are discussed below.

1. How authentic is the Brand?

Experimental marketing agencies are here for the long run -Adopt it for your business

Experiential marketing has been around for about two decades. Naysayers have considered it to be a buzzword and they have expected it to exit stage left more than once in the past. However, it has held its limelight quite gracefully due to the immersive experience it offers the target audience. Earlier, it was an extra on the sets of conventional marketing, in case the team had some leftover moolah. Neither was it a part of the main cast nor did it contribute significantly to the final box office profits. It has taken over two decades to change that. It was gradual but essential. Today, experiential marketing defines the way brands interact with their target audience during their daily marketing activities and promotional campaigns.

Social Media is Evolving into a Marketplace

To succeed in any business, you have to take your business to people instead of waiting for them to come close to it. This is particularly true for online businesses especially e-commerce business that caters to B2B and B2C segments. With the majority of the population spending more time on the social media networks, it becomes imperative for e-commerce business to tap into the immense potential of social media for business gains.  As the social media has now become a religion for most people and is an integral part of our lives, online businesses have to rework its marketing strategies with social media in mind.

Winners of the 2018 North American Employee Engagement Awards Announced

Chicago - June 08, 2018 - The winners of the North American Employee Engagement Awards, in association with Maritz Motivation Solutions, are announced today. Presented at the ‘sold-out’ North American Employee Engagement Conference in Chicago yesterday, the Employee Engagement Awards honour those organizations that put workforce engagement at the heart of their business strategy. This year’s winners demonstrate that Employee Engagement is now central to organizations in almost every field of endeavour. They span government, hospitality, healthcare, IT, pharmaceuticals, retail, service companies and transport.

What Are the Warning Signs of an Insolvent Company?

If you are a business owner or a CEO of a business, you may get carried away with your day-to-day tasks and fail to see the big picture. If most of your daily work is focused on patching things up, this means that you are coping, rather than existing as a sustainable business. Coping for too long could get you in a place where you never wanted to be. Constantly monitor for the signs of insolvency and reconsider your strategy in order to save your business.

Digital Transformation and Cyber Threats Drive Record $31 Billion M&A Deal Valuations in IT Services

London, 26 March 2018 - In its latest analysis of global Mergers & Acquisitions activity in the Enterprise Software and IT Services sectors, Hampleton Partners charts how the digital transformation of every business, from automotive through to healthcare, is driving record deal valuations in these sectors as companies incorporate disruptive technologies into their business models and shift to the cloud, all whilst having to secure themselves against cyber threats.

IT services’ largest deal was in the growing online payments sector, with Worldpay’s acquisition by Vantiv for $10.4 billion, valued at a sales multiple of 1.9x and an EBITDA multiple of 18.6x.