61 million workers will enter the workforce this year from Generation Z. Next to millennials, this is one of the largest generations to begin working. And yet, fewer people over 60 are retiring as well. We’re looking at a diverse office space and a full-on headache for HR departments across the country. Most upper-level management still remains in the control …
If you’re not taking your passion and turning it into a blog, if you’re just blogging to start a business, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Some people feel they need to be passionate about their blog before they can get started. That’s complete B.S. A blog can be a passion project. But unless you start treating it like a …
We see self-help being made fun of all the time in film and TV. But we all desire betterment and improvement. Perhaps the reason self-help is such comedy gold is because we all recognize how stinking hard it is to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. We often feel trapped by our own habits. We feel weak compared to our …
Predictive analytics is a broad field. Almost any industry could take advantage of predictive analytics. In fact, Lenovo once reduced warranty costs by 10-15 percent by using predictive analytics to better understand claims. Marketing can be an extremely inefficient field. You might be constantly worried that you’re sinking thousands of dollars into a leaky cauldron. Instead of worrying whether you’re …
“You’ve got mail!” said my parents’ brand new Macintosh Performa as I turned it on for the first time. Six-year-old me had no idea what e-mail was and I ran down to the mailbox to check. Nothing. It wasn’t till a few years later that I’d learn what e-mail was and that it was full of the fake meat SPAM …
Your business should be an ever-expanding venture. But only 53% of small businesses said they planned to grow in the year 2018. Why are so many businesses either stale or even failing? The answer to that is most likely multifactorial. But the number one factor is fear. Fear of failure, fear of trying new things, and fear of taking risks. …
Search results are no longer exclusively text links. Depending on what you search for, you’ll receive a mixed bag of visuals, text, video links and possibly maps. If you’re a written blog, you’re competing directly with video at times. It doesn’t seem fair, but it’s the way the internet is moving and you have to move with it. Your SERPs depend …
Did you know that 71% of people who use the internet look and confirm the location of a business before heading to it for the first time? Think of the last time you did? You might have been looking for the time a business opens or closes. Local search is now as integral to our lives as toilet paper. We …
If you’re feeling restless, demotivated, and sleepless, you might want to look at your screen habits. Patient.info recently did a survey of over 2,000 people. They found that people who binge-watch tv are three times more likely to feel depressed, anxious, sleepless and empty. This was especially true of the 18-24-year-old crowd. But highly successful people will not be among …
The word organic has always had a Cronenberg-esque quality in my mind. I imagine the intersection of machine and biology. And really, when talking about the internet, the word “organic” is apt. Psychology and biology influence every aspect of our lives including how we interact with content online. We’re not machines. And while largely, we follow specific patterns, it’s still hard …
