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How to Motivate My Employees When They Return from Vacation
Employees Returning from Vacation? Here are 6 Tactics to Keep Them Motivated at Work. The end of summer can have a sad ring to it. For many business owners, it means time to get back to work and finish the year strong. It’s also is a time when your employees are returning from their vacations…
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From Temp to Perm? How and When to Do it Right?
Should You Bring Your Temporary Employee on Full-Time? Hiring temporary employees is a natural course for many small businesses during the busier seasons. Temporary employees come in many shapes, sizes, and with different expertise. The most common reasons to bring on a temporary employee include: college interns on summer break, to have an extra hand…
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Balancing Online and In-Person Sales
Tips for Balancing Between Online and In-Person Sales An Interview with Parth Sharma, Brand Breeders I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to sit down with Parth Sharma, the owner and founder Brand Breeders. Launched in 2011, Parth’s company helps consumer goods brands launch and scale their business. Part manufacturing, part consulting, Parth spends his days…
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Steps to Get Back to Work and End the Year Strong
In August, the slow, quiet, feeling of summer fills the air in many offices around the world. Each week a different team member is on vacation, some offices have “Summer Fridays,” and motivation seems lacking. In many parts of the country, it’s HOT, which makes most people sluggish and want to be anywhere but inside…
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Evalutate These Metrics for Small Business Success
Evaluate These Metrics for Your Small Business Growth In July, our blog focused a lot of on attention on different areas and metrics small business owners can use to measure their business. At OnDeck, to say we’re metrics obsessed is an understatement. This applies to how we approach our business in general as well as…
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Working Capital Financing in a Nutshell
What is “working capital”? And how can it help my small business? These are just a couple of questions we get every day, here at OnDeck, so I thought it would be prudent to do a little review. Cash flow is the heartbeat of a small business. For many business owners, it makes sense to…
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Increase Your Bottom Line: Evaluate Your Online Presence
Evaluate Your Business’ Online Presence to Grow Your Profits Each year, as more of your customers spend more time online, your business’ online presence becomes increasingly important. The hardest part about building your online presence is the ever-changing rules and best practices of the digital world. The best practices that worked last year, let alone…
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A Guide to Managing Your Cash Flow…From A Dentist
Managing Your Cash Flow is Critical to Success: Even A Dentist Agrees When you visit your dentist (twice a year) you might not think about how they run their business. Neither did we, but we learned that it’s not as easy as finishing dental school and putting out an “open for business” sign. Dino and…
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5 Tips to Evaluating Your Small Business Social Media Marketing
5 Tips to Evaluating Your Small Business Social Media Marketing When was the last time you evaluated your small business’s social media marketing strategy? With 2017 halfway through, it’s a good a time as any to take a look back, assess, and see where you can make some improvements to end the year on a…
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Your Complete Guide to the Remote Workforce in 2017
The Ultimate Work/Life Balance Goal: Your Employee and Employer Guide to the Remote Workforce. Telecommuting and the remote workforce has been growing since technology has begun to transform our lives. Along with transformations in technology, we’ve seen the adoption of the remote workforce by mainstream employers with a mountain of stats and information that back up…
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5 Tips to Improve Your OnDeck Renewal Experience
5 Tips to Improve Your OnDeck Renewal Experience If you have an OnDeck Term Loan and think you may need more funds down the road, you may be asking: “What can I do now to maximize my renewal opportunities with OnDeck?” We understand that small businesses face ongoing financing needs, whether it’s to fuel growth with a…
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Running a Seasonal Business: BuddhaLicious
Living the Dream, Running a Successful Seasonal Business An Interview with Todd Bryant, Owner of BuddhaLicious Todd Bryant has had a more exciting life than most. He spent his childhood and early adulthood traveling around the US and internationally. His passion has always been food, and he’s been cooking since he was a little kid.…
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Delegation: Your Key to Working Smarter
What Can Small Business Owners Do to Work Smarter, Not Harder? Delegate. As a small business advocate, I always try to find interesting topics or issues to write about that appeal to as many business owners as possible. One area I consistently see small business owners struggle with is delegation. Learning to delegate is possibly the…
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Why Business Owners Should Take a Break & How to Do It
Give Yourself a Break! It’s Just Good Business. According to this OnDeck study, only 57% of small business owners take a vacation during the year. If there is one thing in this world that I am certain of it is that business owners never truly turn off. You may look like you’re “taking a break” or…
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How to Manage a Better Work-Life Balance this Summer
Rev Up Your Work-Life Balance! Get Yourself & Your Business Ready for Summer. For small businesses, the summer months can be the busiest and most profitable. As demand during the peak summer season increases, you probably find yourself struggling to find a good balance between managing your business and making time to enjoy summer nights with…