The future is here now. We can expect revolutionary changes to affect business around the world. Companies who position themselves to meet the future will prosper. Those who stubbornly cling to traditional ways of doing business will go out of business. It’s that simple.
Expect business change to be as dramatic as the transition from analog TV to digital TV. If you remember, once the all-digital broadcasting system was switched on, the fuzzy TV reception problem disappeared forever.
Here are five mega trends that will transform the future:
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Uh oh! The office fridge can be a huge bone of contention – who is taking up the most shelf space? Who finished the last of the communal milk? And, who stole somebody’s lunch? The natural response to each of these issues? A comically passive aggressive note, of course! We’ve trawled the internet for the most hilarious office fridge notes around to provide you with some inspiration for any future office fridge dilemmas you might have!
It seems this attempt at a passive aggressive note may have back-fired on Dave a bit!…
So you have a structured settlement plan but want to use a lump sum amount for a vital project, like funding your education, paying off debt, starting a business, or repairing your home. All of these are good reasons to want more than the periodical payments you get from the settlement. At this stage, what you have to do is sell the settlement to a willing buyer, like MoneyUpFront.net. The process of selling your settlement is straightforward but you have to decide how much you want to sell and go before a judge to be able to access your cash.…
Any business that is growing brings in new needs that have to be accommodated. One of the biggest challenges of growing a company is to deal with the storage needs that are necessary. As you are scaling out, operations will require better and bigger systems to be used since storage becomes more complicated. Space has to be maximized.
In the event that you do not want to spoil or damage goods by putting them in an inappropriate place, you will want to utilize a correct storage system as the company grows.…
Getting your MBA is the first step toward a multitude of new career opportunities, perhaps some that you hadn’t even considered before. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is one such opportunity.
Described simply, SCM involves improving efficiencies and coordinating production, inventory, location and transportation among the participants in a supply chain, but there is a lot more to this rapidly growing sector.
Based on a new MHI report, the logistics/supply chain business will be looking to fill 1.4 million jobs, or roughly 270,000 jobs per year through 2018.…
It’s perhaps natural for smaller and even medium-sized businesses to assume that domestic customers should be the priority. It’s less hassle, and your product or service will appeal less to the foreign market, right? Actually, no.
Government’s Blessing
According to UK Trade & Investment’s report, exporting companies are more productive, have stronger financial performance and a greater chance of staying in business. Other benefits include increased confidence and higher efficiency rates.
Companies surveyed also reported that exporting was the catalyst to new product and service ideas.…
At a price of $4m for a 60 second slot, a Super Bowl half time advert is out of the reach of 99% of businesses’ advertising and marketing budgets – however, there are limitless branding opportunities for smaller companies with more modest means.
Eschewing some of the more traditional branding opportunities, it is possible to develop a refined, intricate brand identity for your company.
Be Personal and Relevant
Standard branded items such as pens have remained enduringly popular due to their affordability and almost universal relevance.…
While most of the population will view the New Year as a fresh start, for many businesses the pressure is on to save as much money as possible before the end of the 2014/15 financial year.
In general, the future’s looking bright for SMEs. There is a growing confidence in the economy as the demand for independent businesses increases. Government initiatives such as Small Business Saturday are backed to encourage consumers to shop locally, and have achieved lucrative results with hundreds of customers supporting SMEs all over the country.…
When it comes to link building, one of the easiest ways to land quality links is creating viral content. A viral piece of content is one that your audience will pick up and willingly share with their networks. It becomes viral when hundreds of people you are not directly connected to share and talk about it. Your viral content can be clever infographics, videos or blog posts, but how do you create them? Here is what you need to do.
The content should be entertaining
You may be waiting for one of your everyday pieces of content to quickly go viral, attracting thousands of old and new customers.…
When most people think of business conferences, they picture serious professionals in suits gathering in banquet halls, or ballrooms, to listen to hour upon hour of lectures and presentations; and only taking breaks to retire to a chain restaurant or hotel bar to talk shop until the next round of presentations.
On the one hand, it is understandable that people would have this image, since the main purpose of these conferences is to share as much information as possible. However, this doesn’t mean that conferences have to be bland or boring.…
