Making Your Business and You Stand Out
For businesses to succeed, they need to stand out. Whether companies are courting investors or customers, years of hard work mean nothing without a good first impression. Below are a few easy ways that business owners can illuminate their brands. Choose a Good Story Over Listing Facts Telling a story is one of…
New Social Security Rules Changes
Recent major changes made to the rules of Social Security come as a big surprise to much of the industry. President Obama signed into law a new budget bill that included restrictions on the file and suspend and spousal only strategies. What makes this bill unique is it came through with no public…
Why Smart Money is Not Worried About Market Drops
A lot of people have watched the recent fluctuations in the market and began having flashbacks of the great recession. Have no fear, if you are invested in long term, stay put. The current chaos is driven by short term gains and fear. Banks are still lending, houses are still being bought, and credit markets…
Telephone Phishing Scam Hits Michigan
The Michigan Department of Treasury has a warning for tax payers. Fraudulent phone phishing is targeting residents this tax season. Tax payers are called from a number that registers as the Department of Treasury and are informed that they have committed tax fraud. The impersonators then threaten that if the resident does not pay the…
Tips 2016: Easy Steps to Master Content Promotion
This year, like previous years, businesses face the challenge of staying on top of new trends, being present in the minds of consumers, increasing leads and intensifying brand recognition efforts. Businesses exist on a constantly changing plain where there is no one-best-way to build a marketing strategy. People who have years of experience can still…
Encourage Millennials to be Innovative
Millennial employees have the potential to be great sources of new ideas and innovation for your company. All it takes is a little guidance to help get their creative juices flowing. Here are a few ways to encourage this workforce demographic to get creative: Simplify it. Can the voices of your employees be heard? In…
Background Check Services
Different types of businesses have different needs when preforming employee background checks. Because of this, we thought it was a good idea to investigate which vendors have the best services to suite diverse business needs. Based on a number of factors like cost, ease of use, type of criminal search conducted, and timeliness among other…
Time and Attendance Systems
There are as many types of businesses as there are time-and-attendance systems. While different businesses have different needs for tracking time-and-attendance, we thought it would be helpful to put together a list of systems that might work best for a variety of business types. In order to determine the best of the best, we interviewed…