Well it’s officially 2015, and we couldn’t be more excited to kick off a year that is sure to be full of innovation, entrepreneurship, and hopefully a lot of growth and development in your businesses.
To start off the year, we thought we’d give you a bit of back to basics and a bit of what’s new in the new year to keep your progress rising and your fundamentals strong.
Insights for the New Year
Now is a great time to take an in depth look at your practices – how you are organizing your business and how you deal with customers, and make sure its all in line with how your customers want to be treated and what they are looking for. All Business is here to help with their 4 business trends that you should be keeping an eye on and responding to.
Get the Word Out
Maybe you’ve been in business for a while, or maybe 2015 is the year that you’re finally going to launch. No matter what stage your business is in, good PR is absolutely critical to success. Inc brings us some tried and true tips and tricks to make sure you are employing PR best practices and seizing on all available PR opportunities.
Don’t Just Skim Their LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be a powerful tool for networking, job opportunities, and learning about your colleagues and competitors. If you’re about to hire someone to work in your company, then it’s also a great resource to gain another dimension of understanding who you’re about to hire. Huffington Post offers this list of things to look out for on a potential hiree’s LinkedIn profile. You might even get some tips for your own page!
The Future of Payments
We’ll close out this week with an eye towards the future of payment technologies. If you’re not already thinking about the best way to collect payments from your clients, you should be. Here’s an article from TechCrunch on what we can expect from payment platforms in the year to come.
What’s your prediction for your business in 2015? Tell us in the comments!
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