Employee satisfaction surveys can be a useful tool for evaluating the pulse of your small business from the very people charged with carrying out the company’s mission: its staff. If written correctly and with the right intention, they can empower employees to feel they are being given a voice in the company. Conversely, if any aspect of the surveys run afoul, they can actually wreak havoc within an organization. Read more...

If you thought storing your small business’s data on the clouds ensured not only nearly constant access to it from anywhere in the world while also promising complete confidentiality, think again. As long as there are cyber-hackers capable of encroaching private information, there are risks associated with storing your company’s proprietary data on the clouds. Fortunately, however, steps can be taken to decrease the likelihood that your company’s cloud data will be hacked. Read more...

Time was when a credit card was used to make a purchase, the clerk used to have to make an imprint of the card using an unwieldy device that made a copy of it on carbon sheets. Sometimes, the ink from the carbon marked your fingertips, or the clerk’s, but it was the technology of the day and what we had. Furthermore, most purchases were made in-person, unless you were willing to shell out considerable fees for delivery. Read more...