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Mr. Dev Bhatia is the CEO at mTrax, a company which allows you to easily launch, manage and optimize mobile Click-to-Call listings. Beginning about a year ago, mobile Click-to-Call listings began to explode. After years of false starts, something had changed. In December of 2010, a Google mobile product manager revealed that the company’s mobile [...]
This discussion on how to launch a successful retail product will be presented as a series four articles and is the collaborative work of Nancy Peterson, President, Emerging Brands Marketing; Bob LaFreniere, Food Safety Lead Auditor, TUV SUD America Inc and Dale Casto, President, Wright Design Inc. (For Part One click here and Part Two [...]
Recent studies carried out show that companies are spending increased amounts of time and money on engagement surveys. The engagement survey has become an essential tool, particularly in larger organisations, as it offers invaluable insights for business leaders as to how employees are feeling, what is working well and areas in need of improvement. HR [...]
This discussion on how to launch a successful retail product will be presented as a series four articles and is the collaborative work of Nancy Peterson, President, Emerging Brands Marketing; Bob LaFreniere, Food Safety Lead Auditor, TUV SUD America Inc and Dale Casto, President, Wright Design Inc. (For Part One of this article, click here.) [...]
The purpose of this article is to present the basic steps involved in launching a successful retail product. This is not a detailed step-by-step list by any means. The main purpose is to list the many tasks and questions that need to be asked and addressed when developing a product for the retail market, and [...]
While we may not be out of the woods yet, it’s clear that the worst of the Great Recession is behind us. Now that the fear of disastrous consequences has subsided one needs to look around and see the residual consequences and begin to figure out you got through you it. The fact is that [...]
Ten years ago the answer to payroll processing for small businesses was a simple one. A business either chose to process their payroll in-house, using off-the-shelf payroll software or outsourced to a payroll service provider. The landscape has changed quite a bit since then and choosing the right option for your company has become a [...]
In our discussion of the six factors that can affect your success in global trade, we have come to the topic of exchange rates. Exchange Rates Among the many hurdles a company involved in international trade for the first time must face is the challenge of dealing with Foreign Exchange rates (FOREX). It is this [...]
In this article, we will discuss how the money flows between a buyer and their overseas supplier. Our observations of the financial transaction process is based on 20 years of experience in helping our client’s source goods and components in China. Mutual Concerns Both buyer and seller share common but opposite interests. They are both [...]
As part of the ongoing series, we have come to Part 3 of the six factors – communications. Communications In the past, before the advent of the World Wide Web, International Trade was conducted via letters, tele-conversations, telex and telegraph. Companies that needed to touch base with one another used the above methods to communicate. [...]
Managing a small or medium-sized company and overseeing its most valuable asset – the employees – can be a Herculean task fraught with challenges. Below is a list of human resources (HR) blunders every business owner should avoid: Hasty hiring It is crucial for a small business to devote enough time and resources to ensure [...]
In Part 1 of this series, I was pleasantly surprise by the response in your comments and in private e-mail to me in regards to the article. I have seen enough failures as well as quite a lot of successful companies that have made the transition from being a local company to an international company. [...]