John West, creator of a new app called the WasteNot app that was created to directly address the global epidemic of food waste, starting with food waste in our home joins Enterprise Radio.

This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in association with the Mobile App Channel.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest John West discuss the following:

1. Please introduce yourself and WasteNot.
2. What are the major problems facing food waste today? How big is the food waste problem today?
3. How does WasteNot address those issues?
4. What is the WasteNot app and what are the key features?
5. What can people do to help support WasteNot and begin reducing the food waste problem?

WasteNot is a passion project for its founder, John West. West identified that there was too much food being wasted in his own home. Seeing the waste in his own home, made him begin researching more about food waste in general. What he found was that food waste is not an isolated, individual problem but people all over the world are beginning to notice the amount of waste that is occurring on a daily basis.

When he is not working, John is usually doing something related to food: gardening, going to markets, visiting farms or cooking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.  It is John’s love for and appreciation of food and farmers that led him to join the no waste revolution and create WasteNot.  We will work to make WasteNot the ideal household inventory management system to help conscientious consumers become Waste Warriors!

Website: www.wastenotapp.com
Indiegogo: http://igg.me/at/wastenotapp

Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WasteWarriorHQ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wastenotapp_

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Deciding what to wear to work can be tough. Even if a business has a strict dress code or a uniform, there are still important things to take into consideration. Making it simple for employees to understand and adhere to a dress code can reduce stress and make your team happier and more productive.

Horses for courses

Regardless of the company’s direction, work clothes need to be appropriate for the position. Someone who works remotely may be fine to sit in their pyjamas all day, but even the most relaxed office will have visitors from time to time.

Even if your company has a dress code, interpreting it can be hard. Casual? Semi-formal? Formal? These can often mean different things to different people. Casual might mean having staff turn up in shorts or it could mean plain trousers and a polo. Equally, semi-formal might be seen as a licence to wear whatever they like or turn up in a suit. In 2018, wearing a suit to work is not the norm. In fact, turning up to an interview in a suit can be a misstep.

Why does it matter what employees wear?

There are many reasons why a business might insist on enforcing a dress code. One of the major ones is safety. As strange as it may sound, workplaces often have to make a dress code to ensure their staff are kept in once piece while at work. At its most basic level, “closed toe shoes” is designed to ensure that any mishap, from stubbed toes to a dropped knife in the kitchen, doesn’t leave them open to litigation. 

Additionally, projecting a professional image relies as much on your employees as it does the leadership. It isn’t just about needless rules, it is about instilling customers and potential customers with confidence in your brand. Dress codes can be useful for employees, especially new ones. They help to set the tone of a workplace and project an image of professionalism. However, dress codes can be flexible and tailored to suit different departments. 

Non-client facing roles don’t need to adhere to a strict policy and attempting to impose one on people who are never seen by anyone outside the business can often lead to discord. On the other hand, receptionists, sales and face-to-face customer service roles need to present your company in the best possible way so a dress code is probably necessary. 

Comfort and productivity go hand-in-hand

For your employees, even if you have a uniform or instigate strict dress code, there are ways to make sure you are comfortable. Plus size shapewear, orthotics and other orthopaedic wear can help make even an uncomfortable uniform better. It might be a matter of making the uniform feel better when standing or walking all day, or while sitting at a desk. Employers are legally required to provide an ergonomically safe workplace, which includes the dress requirements, but simple, invisible additions can improve it further. 

Does a dress code make a business better?

As a business owner, it is up to you whether you decide to instigate a dress code or uniform. However, it is important to remember that a dress code isn’t a magic spell and creating a professional, productive environment relies on more than what your employees wear to work. Consult with your staff to gauge their opinions and understand the factors that will improve their productivity and ensure a happy, effective workplace.

Anthony Mattana, Founder and CEO of Hooke Audio and inventor of Hooke Verse, the world’s first 3D audio recording headphones joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Anthony Mattana discuss the following:

1. How did you come up with the idea?
2. What is so special about 3d audio and binaural audio?
3. How does Hooke Audio work?
4. What would you have done differently when you started with what you now know?
5. Where do you see the future of audio heading?
6. What advice do you have for start-ups building hardware?

Anthony Mattana (Founder & CEO) graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BFA in Theatrical Sound Design. Thereafter he worked as a professional sound designer, composer-musician and inventor for 4 years. Cited by Live Design Magazine as “Young Designer to Watch,” Mattana is a professional at telling stories through audio in both large and small-scale productions.

At the tender age of 25, determined to bring the professional audio tools he had access to in the theatre to smartphones, he invented Hooke Audio, a 3D audio recording platform designed to change the way we record the world.

Website: https://hookeaudio.com

Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hookeaudio
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hookeaudio

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The emergence of digital credit is the best since sliced bread because you can now purchase whatever you need without using cash. Initially, whenever you wanted to purchase an item, you’d be forced to use cash, thanks to the technology. There are credit aspects that consumers love and there are those that they don’t. In this article, we are going to show you what aspects consumers love in a credit card and what they don’t love. 

Let’s get started. 

Aspects That Consumers Love

• Rewards

Reward is ranked as the most attractive aspect that a credit card offers its consumers. In fact, other features such as design of the card, interest rates, and flexible payment options can’t match the cash reward consumers get.

Reward digital credit gives commissions to card holders when they make purchases. The commissions vary depending either on the issuer or type of the card. 

Rewards can be in form of gas station purchase discounts, cash backs, or travel miles. The best of all is that you can also redeem your rewards to make purchases. 

• Freedom of Choice

Consumers love choosing from a range of choices when it comes to payment methods. In the latest study by Tsys, credit have emerged as the most preferred method of payment over debit cards. 

When Tsys asked consumers what they’d prefer if given the freedom to choose between credit payment, debit cards or cash. 45% chose credit payment, 35% chose debit cards, while 11% said they preferred cash. 

The method of payment a consumer will choose largely depends on the time and location. In addition, consumers will prefer credit payment for larger transactions. For instance, ePayLater – India’s first digital credit card allows consumers to purchase items and pay later. 

Aspects That Consumers Don’t Love

• Security Concerns

Consumers love and value the security of their credit cards. “When asked to choose between a new card that was rated top in security and one that rated top in rewards, 74% choose security as an important criterion for selection.”

Users also want most card features available on their mobile phones. For example, 69% would like to use their phones to cancel any transactions they did not authorize. In addition, slightly more than half would prefer to use their smartphones to either turn their credit cards on or off. 

• Paying Higher Rates on Interest

Most credit have the option for a lower payment; which looks like a sound deal, but not. When you pay the minimum amount allowed, the balances are carried forward and as the balances accumulates, the interest rates also accumulate. 

So, if you’re in a position to clear balances, please do so because minimum payments will do more harm than good to you. Clearing your debts in time earns you a good credit score which will give the advantage of qualifying for higher loans. 

Finally, paying your bills in time can lower your interest rates – so, try as much as possible not to pay attention to the credit card offer of minimum payment, unless you’re really stuck. 

Bottom Line

You may choose to like one aspect over the other, or hate another because of other reasons. You’re the consumer; it’s your prerequisite. 

Keeping track of all your tags in a streamlined platform used to be difficult, but that was before Google Tag Manager. For the unaware, Google Tag Manager is a free, out-of-the-box solution that enhances Google Analytics and tracks all your tags, adding tons of new features and benefits to website owners.

Because of the cutting-edge selection of tracking and optimizing features that really set your analytics out from the crowd, Google Tag Manager has become a must-have addition to Shopify back-ends. In this article, we’re going to look at some of the key benefits to this platform, along with a quick guide on how to add it to your website or Shopify store. First, the benefits.

Unrivaled Speed

One of the main reasons many users are switching to Google Tag Manager is the super-fast speed. Not only is it simple and easy to use (with very little to learn), but it also speeds up the response time of your site when compared to other solutions. It also loads all tags at the same time rather than taking ages for other sections to load (as is sometimes a problem with other similar products).

It’s free

You can’t argue with a free solution with this much usability. In the past, other similar platforms have cost money to install or strict license agreements, but not Google Tag Manager.

It doesn’t require coding knowledge

Previously, many tag management solutions have required coding knowledge to alter or adapt the platform to a site. Google Tag Manager works straight out of the box and allows you to do what you want, without any coding or developing skills. This makes it both cheaper and faster to use.

You don’t have to hard-code tags or insert them into your analytic backend. It all works seamlessly with Google Tag Manager.

This takes things away from over-reliance on a web-developer or IT team. Now you can add tags and track them as part of your overall analytic solution platform. It takes just a few easy clicks, no matter how much web design knowledge you’ve got—making things both cheaper and faster.

It works easily with a number of different platforms

Google Tag Manager has templates that fit easily with a number of other interfaces like Facebook Pixel, Adwords, Shopify, Google Analytics and more. This means you can get it working with your system quickly and easily.

How to Install Google Tag Manager to Shopify

These simple steps should get Google Tag Manager up and running so you can start making the most of its tracking solutions and take your Shopify to the next level.

1. Create a Google Tag Manager Account, if you haven’t done so already. After this, log-in to your account.

2. Click on “Install Google Tag Manager” in the “Admin” section.

3. Copy with installation code in the first box.

4. Login to your Shopify store as an admin.

5. Under “Online Store”, click on “Themes”.

6. Select “Edit HTML/CSS”.

7. Click on “theme.liquid”.

8. Make a backup of your theme code, just in cast

9. Paste the code you copied under the <head> section of the theme code, as high as possible.

10. Go back to Google Tag Manager and copy the code in the second box (under the one you already did).

11. Go back to your Shopify admin page and paste the next bit of code just after the <body> tag in the same theme.liquid file. Save all your changes.

Your Google Tag Manager is now set up and should be working. You can now start using the platform to add tags, track them, and optimize your site effectively. If you’re looking for more SEO tips from professionals who can help you make more money online, check out this website.

Jamie Cunningham, Founder of SalesUp! Business Coaching who helps owners of growing companies to become better business owners joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jamie Cunningham discuss the following:

1. You guys largely work with owners of growing companies, what are the most common challenges you see within these types of companies and what are some of the common root causes?
2. Finding good people, tell us more about that. How can people improve their ability to find the right people to help them grow their business?
3. And on the money side, how can owners of growing companies become more sophisticated here to stay one step ahead?
4. Are their traits or characteristics, entrepreneurs need to have to be successful? Said another way, to be able to grow a business, what are the ‘not negotiable’ skillsets?
5. What about owners who want to be growing their company, but currently are at a bit of a standstill. What might they need to think about?

TIP: Invest in you. Your business is a reflection of you. If you want to grow your business and stay one step a head, then you need to grow you. And to find the place to start, look to where your stress is. Stress is usually created by uncertainty, i.e. not knowing how to handle a certain problem. That might be the place you need to learn some more or become more capable in same way.

Known for his motivational no-holds-barred style, Jamie Cunningham inspires entrepreneurs worldwide to make something different happen in their businesses…and their lives.

An award-winning business coach, who has successfully implemented business growth ideals on both sides of the globe,

Jamie has assisted over 300 businesses of all sizes to master the inner and outer game of business growth.

Jamie walks his talk, owning multiple businesses internationally, the strategies he teaches his clients are those he’s using himself.

Website: www.salesupbusinesscoaching.com

Social Media Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachjamiec
Twitter: @CoachJamieC
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SalesUpBusinessCoaching

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There are a lot of things you need to think about when you are hiring staff for your business. Think about the important role employees play in any company, and the advantage of making sure your employees are as good as they can possibly be. The fact of the matter is that you should be looking for great ways of improving and boosting your business.

Hiring the right members of staff is one of the great ways of going about improving the business, and you need to make sure you background check your staff as much as you possibly can. This is something that is going to play a big role in the process of helping the company grow, and here are some of the great reasons why you need to background check your staff.

Make Sure You Have the Right People

Make sure you think about what it takes to improve the process and make things more appealing. There are a lot of ways in which you can take the business further and make things more appealing. Consider what it means to keep the right people for the business – people who have a lot of character as well as experience. Carrying out a background check using Checkthem.com is one of the best ways of finding this out. You need to know about the sort of person you are hiring and what they are like as a person as well.

Sensible Business Decision

Do as much as you can to make the right kinds of decisions for your business moving forward, and consider what it takes to improve the way you run it. If you can get this right you are going to need to make sure you think about the people you hire. There are so many reasons why you need to hire the right staff for the company, and this means you have to move forward effectively. Ensure you are making sound and sensible decisions that are going to have a positive impact on the company.

Protect Your Reputation

When you run a small business it is fair to say your reputation is everything. This is something you have to ensure you get right because it is an excellent way of making sure you provide longevity for the company. There are so many great things about having a good reputation, and this is something that you need to focus on. Taking this forward is something you definitely need to make sure you get right, and it is important to help take this onto the next level right away.

Running a modern business is as much about protecting and preserving reputation as it is about anything else. Consider what it takes to improve the business moving forward, and understand why you need to make sure you have the right staff for the business. So you have to make sure you think about what can take the company forward toward greater success.

It’s an undisputed fact of the business world that your greatest resource is your workforce. Having the right team around you can transform your management structure from the inside, and provide you with the skills you need to make improvements at every level. When it comes to hiring the right people, there are some key skills that are worth keeping an eye open for, and hiring the people with those skills can be of enormous benefit for both short and long-term business growth. If you are already leading a proactive team, then it may be time to invest in their personal growth, and by promoting these key skills, you could be benefiting your business in ways that you may not have considered.

Language skills

Geography is fast becoming less and less of an issue for businesses. The internet has broken down business borders very rapidly, and now every business of any size can take advantage of global trade to boost their income and reach new audiences. There are many ways to ensure that your international strategy can be strengthened, but having members of your team able to speak and write in the native tongue of your new trading country can be enormously beneficial. Learning a language has also never been easier, and if you offer incentives, many members of your team may take up the challenge. In a global marketplace, being able to interact and sell to a new audience has never been more useful.

Technology skills

Tech continues to be the main driver of the business world, and transformative and disruptive technologies are now becoming the divider between those businesses that succeed and those that flounder. Make sure during the hiring process that your potential staff members are able to adapt to new tech, or have been trained already in their use. For manufacturers of any form of electrical goods, learning to use software like PCBs has become the go-to skill for many, and the good news is that the CircuitStudio How-To Video Library can get you up to speed on this vital software without the need for extensive training sessions. Make sure that your business keeps ahead of the game by having a team that is able to recognize the benefits of cutting-edge software and technologies.

Key skills education

There are some key skills that you will have implemented into your business. Everything from marketing to product delivery involves having a base-level of education, whether that’s on the job learning or more formal avenues. The challenge for business owners is ensuring that those baselines are constantly evolving. Trends change, and technology has induced massive and fast-moving updates to most business processes. Invest in your staff by allowing them the space to learn more and the time to keep up to date with new trends that could be of benefit to every level of your management structure and consumer engagements.

One of the fastest ways to fail in a business is to take your workforce for granted. A team that has the backing of management is far more likely to feel like they are part of the business, and will work harder to help you achieve your goals. Failure to invest in your workforce will see your business slow down and get left behind.

Technology has covered the upper limit of all necessities of Homo sapiens. These gadgets are not confined to social media only. If there is someone who loves to explore apps and experiences it, they will find travelling really a fun. From your thoughts to your experiences,from wandering to posting your clumsy faces, from exploring new things to enjoying tempting food. In a nut shell, all the problems regarding your travelling is packed up in a single gadget. Let’s find out the most intriguing and multi apps that will surely make your traveling an easier one.

Travelling guide

First off, what you need the most for travelling is, guidance from an authentic source. Travelers are likely to follow their referent peers or customers reviews. TripAdvisor is an app that bestows you to check the reviews of people and to evaluate the alluring places for them. For more info you can also consult the Triposo app that provides the offline information regarding restaurants, hotels, maps and many more.

Flight booking apps

Next step of every traveler is to book a suitable flight.  Oh, please come up with the modern world of technology and obsolete the trendy ways of booking flights. When you have all the facilities of booking online, then go grab your gadgets and download Skyscanner app. This will help you to search the flights that are in your budgets. Similar to phone tracker you can also track the real time info regarding hops through FlightRadar24.

Accommodation apps

It has been seen that the only element that can ruin the entire trip is not finding appropriate accommodations. Many people fail in deciding the superlative hotels that cross their budget limit and are not customer friendly. 

Priceline: this is an amazing app with an amazing feature of bidding. Woah! its just like an accepting a business proposal. It jots down the description of hotels and makes much easier to evaluate them. After evaluating you can bid it by specifying the area and city.

Hostelworld: as its name specifies, you can book inns from anywhere. It covers almost all the places of the world from various destinations at your chosen dates.

Expedia: this multipurpose app allows you to book airlifts as well as hotels.  Moreover, it offers a variety of intriguing deals to their customers.

Maps

The traditional way of travelling was to hold a diary or a miles long paper that contains the map of the entire world. All your mind efforts are now handled by Google Maps and City Maps 2Go. Google maps has ruled the entire routes of the world. It is very informal to interact and very useful for the guidance.

Foodie apps

Yeah! Finally, it comes. It is a true saying that many people eat for the survival, but many are those who lives for eating. I am one of them who is more inclined towards eating. Yelp app will help you to take decisions based on the personal reviews and ratings.

Regardless of how advanced smartphones become, the photos they produce will never be good enough for a professional business. Creating photographs that bring out the best parts of your business is more than just pointing and shooting. Professional photographers have an expert’s eye for detail, using their knowledge of light and composition to create evocative images. 

High-quality business photography is useful for many purposes. The internet is a visual medium, and crisp, clear and appropriate pictures are vital for projecting the right image. That could mean professional headshots for your employees’ social media profiles and the staff section of your website, banner images that catch the eye of your customers, photos that showcase the quality and workmanship of your products and give customers the information they need, and many other uses. 

Where to find a photographer

Like any creative profession, photographers have to go where the work is, but the good news is that a good photographer can cover a wide variety of subjects and purposes. A wedding photographer in New York is also capable of taking business photos in London, LinkedIn headshots in Melbourne, and just about any kind of image anywhere around the world. The photographer you choose will be the one who best fits your company’s style. Browse portfolios and find a style that you think will match your business and talk to the person about your requirements. 

The benefits of high-quality photographs

Great photography isn’t always cheap but it is worth the time and money. High-resolution photographs shot by a professional give you the flexibility to zoom in on parts, crop pieces and use them in everything from social media posts to web images, print collateral and email outreach. A photo taken with an iPhone might look great on a five-inch screen, or even a laptop, but they don’t have the same versatility as ones created buy a professional. 

Another advantage of investing in the best photography is the professionalism it projects. We’ve all been on eBay and the listings we’re the most drawn to are the ones with the best photographs. The same is true of a business’s website. The better it looks, the more likely it is to attract viewers, leads and sales. Put simply, the better your images, the more trustworthy your website will be perceived as. Taking the time and money to bring in a trained photographer with an eye for colour, light and composition will ensure that your business is always putting its best face on show, something that can’t be said for iPhone photos or those taken by an amateur. 

The benefit of bringing in a professional

Professional photographs aren’t a matter of pointing and clicking. Lighting, composition and colours are all vital elements that a casual selfie clicker won’t think about before pushing the button. However, the importance goes well beyond those initial elements. Photographers bring a whole range of skills and a wealth of experience. They have all the right equipment – cameras and lights – and the behind the scenes retouching and editing skills that the amateur may not even consider. 

Professional photographers are also in the business of telling stories. They have a creative curiosity that helps them compose photographs that reach people. It might sound unimportant for a business to worry about the visual storytelling of their website images, but people are emotional creatures and connecting in a visceral, manner is important for engagement. 

Jason Jepson, creator of the podcast, Talking During Movies, uses key quotes and situations from movies to drive a 2hr conversation. Talking During Movies records in Austin, TX and Los Angeles, CA joins Enterprise Radio.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Jason Jepson discuss the following:

1. How have you landed big guests like Tim Kennedy, Jessimae Pelusa, Ohpira Eisenberg, Katerina Schload?
2. In less than 20 episodes, as a startup, you have advertisers – how did you set yourself apart in the exploding podcast marketplace?
3. Why do you record in a dive bar, when you are in Austin?
4. How is Talking During Movies different from other startups you have participated in?
5. How can merchandising make or break a podcast financially?
6. How do you grow from a podcast and into a real business?
7. What are the advantages of being a mobile podcast vs working out of a studio?

Host Jason Jepson, Paradigm Shifter – Coffee Trailblazer – Certified 80’s Movie Buff – Beer Evangelist – Wanna Be Pizza Ninja has created a new form of entertainment, using a podcast to talk during movies. Jepson uses a key quotes and moments in a film to drive a 2hr conversation. Podcasts have highlighted and celebrated the long form conversation, TDM uses movies to ensure the conversation always stays interesting.

Website: www.talkingduringmoviespodcast.com

Social Media Links:
Twitter: @talkduringmovie
Instagram: @talkingduringmovies

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Dan Hill, the Co-Founder of Rise Festival, a holistic lantern lighting event joins Enterprise Radio to discuss  this yearly event with the next being October 5th and 6th.

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Dan Hill discuss the following:

1. Tell Us About RiSE Festival. What is is? Tell us what is happening in Vegas on October 5th and 6th and why it is a MUST attend event for our listeners?
2. RiSE Festival is a bit different from the other events you’ve founded. What were those, and where did you get the idea and why did you want to start a lantern festival?
3. What advice would you give someone that hopes to thrive in your field?
4. Your events have all been very successful. RiSE is now the largest lantern event in the world. What do you think makes your approach to owning and producing events unique?
5. Can you tell us of a challenge or failure you encountered during the early stages of RiSE festival and how you grew from that challenge?
6. How does one attend RISE Festival?

As CEO of Awake and founder of RiSE, Electric Run, and the Ragnar Relay series, Dan Hill has spent his career building unique and original experiences. The events he has created span more than 50 domestic markets, 20 countries and include over 600,000 participants worldwide. He created brands and events that bring people together, sparking human connections that inspire. His approach to life fosters that belief and helps people actively engage on a higher level. Dan believes that passion and experience are the currency of a well-lived life, and it drives everything he does. He has also been featured in Utah’s Top 40 Under 40.

Website: RiseFestival.com

Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/riselanternfestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/therisefestival

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Keeping all electronic devices used to access a company’s data safe and secure must be a top priority. Once, all company data was stored on paper files that could be accessed by any employee that needed it for a project or any other business-related reason. After this era came computers which provided a much neater and efficient way to store files. Of course, this also meant that company data could only be used in the office on company computers. Then technology started getting upgrades and it became possible for data to be used across multiple different devices. At this point, many companies began providing mobile devices such as laptops and later smartphones, to some employees so that they could access data from home. Now, it is quite common for companies to allow employees to use their own personal devices to access company data. With this change, comes a fresh wave of security challenges. This means that there has to be a way to manage security and keep all company data secure at all times. Thankfully, there is a new technology that allows the control and security that is needed. This technology is called enterprise mobility management (emm) and is what will be discussed here. Listed here is details about what exactly enterprise mobility management is and how to get started.

First, to truly understand anything, it is best, to begin with, the definition. So, to learn about emm look at the enterprise mobility management definition. Begin by looking at each individual word before attempting to look at the whole. The term is comprised of three words, each one describes an aspect of the entire process. The first word, the enterprise simply refers to the business aspect. Mobility means all of the mobile ways that the internet can be accessed through. Finally, you have the word management which is fair. It refers specifically to managing all enterprise-related mobile devices. Now you can look at the entire concept with a total understanding of the various aspects that make up the whole. Enterprise mobility management often revolves around emm software that can be used to control the security of mobile devices and the private company data that they contain. On a broader spectrum, the term includes all of the people, technology, people and various processes that go into managing all things mobile on a business scale.

Now, after understanding what the term enterprise mobility management itself means, it is time to look at what it means to utilize this method. There are several parts to successful enterprise mobility management, each one every bit as important as the last. Without any step, the entire management plan will fail. Because of this, it is vital that you do not skip a single step. Every type of software and every company is a bit different and as such will need to customize the exact specifications to individual needs.

Before going any further, it is important to discuss the first step to take in BYOD (bring your own device) situations. The vast majority of smartphones have an option to set up a “work profile”. This creates a separate section within the phone that is designed to hold any and all work-related apps and files. The first thing that must be done is to have each person set up this profile. Once the profile is satisfactory in it’s set up, certain apps will need to downloaded and programmed. Special codes and passwords will need to be established. Settings will need to be altered and turned on or off.

The first step is to set up network management. If the company is providing the device, everything can be programmed beforehand. The process will be a bit different if the employee is providing their device. As a matter of fact, the process for every step will be a bit different if employees are providing their own personal devices. Network management gives an IT manager the ability to control what types of connections company information can be transmitted through. The majority of personal smartphones spend most of the time they are connected to WIFI, connected to an open source. This has the potential to let vital data end up in the wrong hands.

Next, app management needs to be established. What this does is provide a way for the IT manager to control how company apps and data interact with personal apps and data. The purpose of setting up the work profile on the device is to keep company data separate; however, there is inevitably some overlap remaining. Simply by the nature of the two profiles existing within the same device, there will inevitably be some overlapping of files, logins, and app usage. Having control over all of this will go a very long way towards protecting the company as well as the individual.

The next step is content management. This is exactly what it sounds like. It gives the manager a way to keep track of all content pertaining to the company. Another bonus of content management is also a way to keep track of demographics and provide user accountability. This is a method of monitoring all company related content.

Finally, the last step is email management. This is a management tool that allows all company related emails and email accounts to be appropriately monitored. Email is a very big part of any business and as such, it is incredibly important to keep all emails and accounts safe and secure.

The use of enterprise mobility management software is frowned upon in some areas because some people feel that it is a violation of privacy. For anyone who is concerned, rest assured that your private information will not be privy to the IT manager. This software is designed to only monitor information and activities related to the company. It is completely safe and will not violate privacy. The IT manager will be able to detail what settings need to be changed and why, what each app’s purpose is, and how to activate the work profile on your device. Remember that utilizing the work profile will go a step farther in keep private information private.

Whether you have your own business or you are wondering to start a new one, you need a robust marketing strategy. Since we all are living in a digital era, still people think that it’s a risky investment. But they might not realize that they are losing a large number of their consumers since they are not advertising on such platforms where their audience is spending the maximum time.

In the current online world, digital marketing has overrun the traditional marketing. Websites such as Digital Marketing Services are dominating. Thus, if you have an online presence in the form of a website or you are soon going to have one, you seriously need to invest in digital marketing.

Here are the top reasons why you should invest in digital marketing:

• Internet will keep on growing with immense opportunities

An average user spends at least six hours a day on the internet which is increasing every year. The aim of using traditional marketing is to generate visibility and reach, but with the internet, you can do that in a better way. Even it is more effective and persuasive. Users can easily review the product or service by knowing other’s opinions on it. The Internet is the first place where people look for anything or everything they want.

• Easy to reach the targeted audience

Traditional marketing has a less impact on the consumers as compared to the digital marketing. There are various digital tools available by which you can easily find out your ideal targeted audience to focus on. By doing so, you can get better results. These tools mainly analyze various factors such as demographics, geographic location, interests, etc. so that you can focus on those who will be really interested in your business, product or service.

• You get unlimited reach

A few years back, the distance and size of the audience used to be a real problem for advertising. Geographic location was a great hindrance to the sale of any product or service, and it was tough to reach the audiences that were out native. But with the help of the internet, that barrier has been crossed; it’s easier for businesses to reach both national and international audience. But to keep it like that you have to put extra efforts too, like update the content regularly, post useful and relevant information and provide your user with a great experience.  

If you can capture your audience attention, you have successfully crossed the first step, and the person than itself will promote your business by word-of-mouth promotion.

• It boosts your creativity

It is a significant advantage of using digital marketing since you have so many options and tools to help you, you can make your ideas into reality. You will be able to design and make ideas which you won’t even think of earlier. No need of following the monotonous or boring rules just to get the results. You can be as innovative and creative as you want to create an impact on your audience.

The reasons to opt for digital marketing are immense; you just have to grab the opportunity.

When starting out with a new business venture, entrepreneurs are conscious of every cent they spend. Luxuries and extravagances are shunned in favour of making the best products, providing the best service and growing the business. However, it is also important to present your business in the best possible light, showing your clients that you are here for the long haul and can provide what they need. Building trust is hard to do if your business is perceived as low-quality, without the capital to create a workplace that gives the right impression and doesn’t look like it will be around in a few months. 

Quality office furniture is as important as finding the right people

Just as you’d work hard to find cost-effective ways to create your products and services, your marketing plan and find the best people, it is also important to do so when creating a workplace. It is important to consider more than just the monetary cost too. Employee comfort and safety are key elements to creating a workplace that promotes productivity, satisfaction and makes your staff want to come to work. Legally, a business is required to ensure that their team is given desks and workstations that comply with Occupational Health and Safety guidelines. However, this doesn’t mean that employers have to spend huge amounts on luxury cushions and expensive lounge suites. 

Create a workplace that promotes productivity

People are all different shapes and sizes, which means that chairs and desks will have to be different to accommodate their needs. There are a few ways to approach this problem:

1 – Provide a set budget per employee to choose the right chair and desk to suit their ergonomic needs. Provide a few options within this budget range and allow them to choose the set up that is best for them.

2 – Have a selection of spare chairs to choose from. This may be an expensive option, however, offices will always need extra chairs for visitors and clients, so keeping a few unoccupied ones on hand shouldn’t be too inconvenient.

3 – Invest in a chair style that is adjustable and can suit a wide range of body types and work styles. An expensive chair might seem like an extravagance, but if an employee is expected to be productive for long periods at a work station, providing the right equipment is a small concession to make to ensure the best results. 

Tips for new starters

When a new person starts, setting them up for success is an important part of their induction into your company. Below are tips to help your new team members settle into their role, feel valued from the moment they arrive and give their best. 

1 – Have their workstation ready when they arrive. There is nothing less welcoming than turning up to a new job and waiting around awkwardly while someone hurriedly finds you a desk and a chair. 

2 – Make sure the equipment they receive is clean. Even if your business can’t afford to buy a new chair for every new starter, ensuring that their chair and desk have been given a clean shows that your business has standards and treats employees with respect. 

3 – In addition to clean, the scourge of broken chairs is something new employees frequently have to deal with. The chair that gets tried and rejected by the existing employees and left in the corner as broken, uncomfortable or dirty isn’t the one a new employee should be given. If you have broken chairs in your office then either fix or discard them. An office chair graveyard in your workplace doesn’t inspire confidence in any visiting clients either. 

Create an enviable atmosphere

Clients aren’t necessarily impressed by expensive furniture when they visit a workplace. Instead, focus on ensuring the comfort and hippieness of your staff to build a positive, productive atmosphere. A pricy lounge suite might seem like a good way to show off your business success, but the positivity of your team will leave a longer lasting impression. 

Like most businesses, odds are yours is creating lots of videos and using them as content. That is almost a given nowadays, but the real question is: Are you reusing any of your business videos?

Reusing and spinning off business videos can be very beneficial and will give you the opportunity to freshen up older videos, tailor the video for a different platform, or target a different demographic. However it is easier said than done, which is why you should always keep the following tips in mind:

• Outline your goal before getting started

The first thing that you should do before trying to reuse or spin off business videos is to outline your goal for the new video you’re going to be creating. Is it going to be to update the information in the original video? Create a different version for a different social media platform? Extract clips for a highlight reel?

By outlining the goal from the get go, you’ll have a better idea of what you need to accomplish. That can be extremely useful as you start to go over your business videos and try to figure out how to actually reuse parts of them.

• Look into creating different types of content

Some of the more common ways in which business videos are reused is by shortening them into more tightly focused topics, creating highlight reels, condensing them, or redesigning some of its visuals. While that is all well and good – you shouldn’t limit yourself to reusing business videos as video content alone.

Instead you should look at other ways in which your business videos can be reused as content. For example you could transcribe a video, take a couple of screenshots, and turn it into an article. Or you could record the audio track from a business video you uploaded to Vevo and turn it into a podcast – converting Vevo to MP3 using Movavi Screen Recorder for example.

• Keep a record of the content of every business video you create

A lot of the time the most difficult part of reusing or spinning off business videos is having to go over them manually and curate their content. That can be a whole lot easier if you make it a policy to keep a record of the content of every business video.

Ideally that record should include a detailed description of the video and the scenes in it. Along with it you could attach a transcript of the video that will give you more ways to search for content later on.

See how these tips can make a world of difference when you start to reuse or spin off your business videos? At the end of the day there are so many ways to repurpose videos that you could explore, and each one of them represents an opportunity to create new content that could benefit your business.

As far as possible you shouldn’t let that opportunity go to waste – not when it could be a great source of content for your business.

Travis Jones, Founder of Result Based Training gyms in Australia who has since grown the business to a $10 million dollar empire, with locations spanning all across Australia and has his sights set on the USA with two locations here already joins Entrepreneurial Fit Radio!

Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Travis Jones discuss the following:

1. What were the biggest hurdles on your way to building a 10 million dollar company?
2. What is an out of the box tactic you have used in business to increase revenue?
3. What do you think the number 1 trait an entrepreneur needs for success?
4. How do you motivate staff?
5. What does success mean to you?
6. I heard you made 1 million in sales in 8 weeks, how did this happen?
7. What is life like being business partners with your wife?
8. How do you continue to scale your company in a saturated market place?
9. Do you ever have doubt or fear in business?

They say true success is born. Vibrant, energetic and infectious as a youngster Travis Jones, or “TJ” as his friends call him, was inevitably going to achieve big things.

After a decade of experience in the health and fitness industry, working for major companies from Fitness First, to stints internationally in Canada and the US, Travis Jones was obsessed with trail blazing through the industry and collecting as much experience and knowledge as he could before going out and launching his own business with no formal business qualifications.

At the age of 27, Travis founded Result Based Training, a specialist body transformation gym in South Melbourne. He began his entrepreneurial journey not unlike many other entrepreneurs – broke and living with his dog in the upstairs office of the warehouse in South Melbourne that housed his gym.

Three months in to starting his business, Travis faced the real possibility that he could lose it all – or what he did have left after selling everything and living in the gym to try to get the business off the ground. Travis then went on to take one of the next biggest risk of his business career, he needed an infrared sauna so started a Groupon campaign to sell vouchers to utilise the infrared sauna in his gym. The only problem with this was; he did not have the sauna, and didn’t have the money to buy the sauna or pay his next month of rent that was due on the building!

This risk was one of the most riskiest moves Travis admits to, but it paid off! Within 10 days, Travis sold 800 vouchers, generating the money he needed to buy the sauna and pay the month of rent that was almost due.

“In that moment, I knew in order to survive, I had to commit to always think outside the square, to lead, not follow.”

Known for being the man who has never written a business plan, Travis’ ‘do what it takes’ mantra and work ethic helped grow Result Based Training into an internationally recognised gym, launching six gyms across three states within the first 24 months. The last five years has seen the growth of Result Based Training from one gym in 2013 to 21 by February, 2018 and now has revenues in excess of $10 million dollars.

Together with wife, Liv Jones, the couple went on to establish their cutting-edge coaching business, Think Tank Australia (formerly the TJ Story), which was created to help guide and coach SME’s on how to grow their businesses into successful brands.

Travis Jones’ business smarts have seen him have a history of building businesses rapidly, with Think Tank Australia growing from $0 dollars, to having a $1.5 million turnover within its first year.

Travis puts it simple and easy, “Find your passion, reverse engineer the shit out of it, and go get it!”

If that wasn’t enough, in 2017, the couple founded Attain Digital Agency – a digital marketing agency that began producing over $500,000 of sales before they even launched their company website and manages over $1.5million dollars’ worth of client marketing campaigns in the first year and has over 8 full-time employees.

Apart from their corporate ventures, both Travis and Liv have also gone on to create their passion project, If Not Now Then When, a foundation established to change the lives of children all over the world.

Travis Jones is living proof of what it takes to become successful, “Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.”

Websites: www.travisjones.com.au | www.rbtgyms.com

Social Media Links:
Instagram: @travisjonesentepreneur
Facebook: www.facebook.com/travisjonesentrepreneur

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With the higher number of Stag Do parties taking place, it organising them on higher level for clients presents a viable business venture. You can feel the moment, take the opportunity and establish a Stag Do agency.

However, it is something that does not happen out of the blues. In order to build up an online presence for your agency, here is a few important things to take into consideration:

Be Unique

Currently, online marketing is full of competition. This competition is expected to intensify as time goes by. In order to put up with it, there is a need to come up with a unique blog. That should also be the case with your online stag company.

Create unique content in terms of the services you offer. This will attract more customers into asking for your services. With an increased number of customers visiting your website, it will generate more traffic.

Travel topics are great for lead generation and for example, you can always write about Madrid stag do activities or best places to stay in Prague for a stag do to interest your potential clients.

Guide your online reputation

Your online behavior might lead to your success or downfall. You have to be cautious with it. Regard yourself as a brand and focus more on your strength to build a positive online presence. This should run through your Stag company. Focus on writing good reviews about it. In the same faith, continue to improve the services you are offering. It will increase the number of customers visiting your website.

Networking

Networking can be the path to your success. You just need to benchmark from some of the best online agency. Get to know what they are doing differently and initiate these features into your online blog. You can make partnerships with them to benefit the growth of your online business.

Avoid going solo especially if you are a newbie in online marketing. You will need some inspiration and guideline in order to make a mark in this marketing world.

Capitalize on other social media platforms

Most people are using social media platforms to communicate. You can take advantage of this provision to market your Stag company. Share your website links on this platform. A good number of people will click on them out of curiosity.

The links will lead them to your company website and they will get to see some of the services you are offering. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat do offer a viable chance of creating an online presence for your online business.

Build a brand

Avoid confusing your customers by using different brand names for your business. For instance, when it comes to opening social media pages for your business, be consistent with the business name. This will make it easier for your customers to reach you.

In every marketing platform they visit, they simply have to key in your business name and it pops up. This will increase the number of clients in need of your services. As a result, you easily cope with the competition at hand.

Conclusion

Building your online stag company needs much discretion. Be aware of the fundamental requirements in order to have a booming online agency.

Trends, in whichever industry they may be, are ever as fickle as the winds that change direction without a moment’s notice. And the people, like the scattered leaves on a windy day in fall, must learn to ride these winds. On that note, it’s easy to tell that technology is always going to be as fickle as any other industry can be, if not more so.

With innovations and disruptive technologies springing up left and right like mushrooms in a rainforest, it’s easy to get lost in the thick of it all. Your strategies may work to your benefit for the first few months and then, later on, like a group of jealous senators, stab you in the back as you move to become the ruler of your empire later on.

Okay, so that may have been a bit of an exaggeration. But the fact of the matter stands. You’ve got to stay in the loop on trends if you’re planning on being competitive. And while some people would rather go the easy route and just leave all this to a company like this Philadelphia SEO company, the fact is that it’s still important to know what exactly you’re dealing with here. So, what exactly are the mid-2018 SEO trends that you should be using to your advantage?

Mobile-First Indexing

Now, it’s long been established that more and more people are accessing the internet via their mobile devices, particularly, smartphones. So, it only makes perfect sense to be able to optimize your website for viewing on a mobile device. This is because, in a similar fashion, your website is going to be ranked according to its mobile version.

So, the objective here is to ensure that your website looks just as good on a mobile device as it does on a desktop. Failure to do so means that you could not only potentially drop in rank, but your site might not even be indexed at all.

Optimization for Voice Searches

Artificial intelligence is all the craze these days. And along with it, the very concept of the smart home where the smart speaker is the central hub for all commands, including internet searches. So, that means that as the smart home becomes more mainstream, the way that internet searches are conducted is bound to evolve from being typed out to being voiced out.

Logic demands that you optimize your SEO strategies to match this trend. So, long-tail keywords paired with accurate syntax are going to be your best bet. Just put yourself in the shoes of whoever might be giving out voice commands.

Optimization for Purpose

Now, with artificial intelligence on the rise, it’s also only natural to roll with the waves it brings. AI will soon be able to analyze search patterns and determine what type of search results to display. For example when a person says “affordable Nike shoes”, the search engine is going to be able to detect that the person intends to make a purchase and thus, prioritizes eCommerce websites over all others.

In contrast, if the search query becomes “best Nike shoe of 2018”, the search engine AI will then prioritize review websites.

So, find your niche and a definite purpose for both your site and your content and stick with it.

The manufacturing and supply chain industry is lucrative, booming and fast-paced. Just a few years ago, The Economic Policy Institute researched that the manufacturing industry employed over 12 million new professionals, and even created an additional 17.1 additional jobs indirectly. But just like numerous industries in the last decade, it has experienced a lot of change and development with the onslaught of new technologies, processes and the digital age. In fact, the supply chain solutions market, including software and services, is expected to be valued at $32.9 billion in 2026 globally, according to an article released by Supply Chain Digital.

So whether you’re in the industry or just observing, it’s important to continually educate yourself about these changes. While podcasts have quite recently become popular, there is plenty of great audio content that is not only educational and valuable, but genuinely entertaining. Take a look.

1. MakingChips

The entertaining MakingChips podcast has been featured at many trade shows and organizations, including the International Manufacturing Technology Show, Machine Shop and Cutting Tool Engineering. They consider and discuss all different ideas in the manufacturing and supply chain industry, including creative aspects like design, marketing and social media. Most prominently, the group chats heavily about how professionals can grow in the industry and new developments to focus on, but they also enjoy chatting about other aspects like women in manufacturing.

2. Logistically Speaking

By focusing on actual professionals and thought leaders in the industry, Logistically Speaking is unique in its ability to provide real thought and answers from the inside. Hosted by Bringg, a delivery logistics platform, this prominent podcast has a weekly release and is a valuable resource to look at where people think the industry is going.

3. Supply Chain and Logistics Management

It may have a simple name, but it is no doubt a leader when it comes to podcasts in this arena. The Supply Chain and Logistics Management podcast was founded and created by the Cranfield School of Management in England, who have over 50 years of experience in the business. This podcast is completely free to audiences who are interested in new and different topics every week.

4. Advanced Manufacturing

As a biweekly podcast, Advanced Manufacturing focuses extensively on new and exciting developments in the industry and provides a detailed analysis of the industry’s recent achievements. Examples could include new 3-D printing companies or Apple Rubber’s new Viton fluorocarbon o-rings.

5. Supply Chain Insights

Hosted by the advisory and consulting firm of the same name, Supply Chain Insights is focused on improving the industry, and learning from professionals and consumers alike to see a real change in the processes. The major benefit of this podcast is that nearly every episode has a different executive or researcher within the industry, and from each person, we are able to see a unique perspective and understand unique recommendations.

6. The Art of Manufacturing

If you’re interested in manufacturing, but also love the business and entrepreneurial side of the industry, then The Art of Manufacturing podcast would be perfect for you. Released every Thursday, the host takes a deep dive into how entrepreneurs make it in the manufacturing industry, what moves they make and the steps involved from both the product and business side of things.

With an industry that is so expansive and constantly changing, it’s vital that you stay on top of new trends and interesting insights. Take a look through these suggestions of popular podcasts, and figure out what works best for your style.