Synchronous communication is a type of communication where two or more parties are connected in real-time, typically in face to face meetings, via video conferencing or VoIP. This type of communication is often used in business meetings or conferences, as it allows all participants to see and hear each other in real-time. This can be...
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How to make a good first impression?
"We judge other people in a nanosecond." After an first impression is formed, it is “very, very hard to change it.”
6 Best Ways to Get Your First 100 Customers
Now that you have a plan in mind and have started your business, you must be anxious for customers to start pouring in. Getting customers is not as simple as just having the right product or service that fills a gap in the market, it is vital to get your message to the people you are targeting.
How To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes Made By New Entrepreneurs
Today, it’s easier than ever for virtually anybody to start an online business. Whether we’re talking about knowledge-based industries and online courses, eCommerce stores or affiliate websites, even those without prior coding skills and technical knowledge can easily design and build a website and launch an online business. However, just because it’s easy to start...
The Polite Way To Ask Friends And Family For Help Funding Your Business Idea
So you’ve got a million-dollar business idea? That’s great! But there’s still a whole lot of hard work to be done before your initial business concept will indeed start coming to life. A lot of that hard work will be during the initial startup phase of your business, which is when many entrepreneurs struggle to...
Facebook’s Outage shows how Businesses depend on it
Tomiwa Ibukunle is a 21-year old entrepreneur from Lagos, Nigeria. She started her clothing and accessories company two months ago. Her WhatsApp account is used to promote her products and receive orders from customers. She typically receives 20 orders per day. When WhatsApp experienced an outage globally for eight hours on October 5th, her orders...
9 out of 10 hate to install an app for a service or a product
Most people hate the idea of being forced to install apps to access services. However, installing an app is often a key element of many products. Companies love it. Installing an app is often the first step of a smart connected products’ setup. Heady.io’s recent survey results shows even if 91% dislike being forced to...
How Your Favorite Web Apps Become Desktop Apps
We do the majority of our computing via web browsers, as you may have noticed. Websites and webapps can handle everything from checking emails to watching movies to building spreadsheets. When you think of the desktop applications you use frequently, you’ll find that many people only use an image editor, web browser and maybe an...
Your online business won’t skyrocket. Nope. But there is hope.
If you build it, they will come. If you’re running an online business or sell digital services this doesn’t sound like how your business is doing. There won’t be a breakthrough moment when suddenly customers pour in and you’ll have so much requests that you have to decline them. No, sir. The reality is different....
Now Is the Time for Main Street Shops to Go Digital | WIRED
Now Is the Time for Main Street Shops to Go Digital. The heading says it all. If COVID19 has taught us anything, it’s that businesses need a digital channel to stay in touch with their customers. And, if their services allow it, deliver their services through a digital channel. This starts with a simple website,...
