Despite the widespread availability of web conferencing software and other tools that help facilitate remote work, the debate over whether remote working negatively affects productivity and innovation has raged on against a backdrop of major companies in the tech sector and beyond changing their workplace policies. But exactly how many jobs can be done from home, and will that number just get bigger and bigger? And if the lack of enthusiasm to return to the office is permanent and prolonged, how will affect society and the economy?...

At Relativity Fest in Chicago, Dan and Chip Heath, brothers and coauthors of the New York Times best-selling book Made to Stick, Switch, and Decisive, engaged a massive audience about the power of moments and the value of experiences. In doing so, they addressed a pressing issue in the business world: a lack of attention to employee experience within a company. As the Heaths put it, the key to quality employee experience at work is to manifest moments that resonate with them....

FlexJobs has long been an advocate of remote work, citing benefits like lower costs, higher productivity, and higher retention rates. Since 2007, they have been connecting workers interested in remote or flexible jobs with companies progressive enough to hire them. But simply hiring remote workers isn’t enough. A distributed workforce comes with special challenges, from communication challenges to a diluted company culture to employee loneliness. Remote.co is the next step, where companies and workers already committed to the remote philosophy can learn how to put it into practice....

Unless you’re an eCommerce website, most of the optimization tactics you will employ will not produce direct ROI. If you’ve done your job correctly, you’re measuring correctly, you’re lucky, and all your pixels fall into to the right places then you will receive indirect ROI at best. However, the following optimization strategies are different because they directly affect a website’s monetization strategy. One of the most popular methods to monetize is through Google AdSense....

Pledgeling Pledgeling is an app that makes giving a breeze. The app understands that users are accustomed to purchasing items in a few easy clicks. Think about it, from buying music to buying household items – it can all be done with the click of a mouse. The company has made an app that allows users to keep track of all their donations in one place. This is especially useful at tax time....

Thankfully, you don’t have to commit the same amount of investment in those tools to remain competitive. For boostrapped startups, here are some of the tools you should use to gain traction: Time-Tracking Tool: Timely First and foremost, you should invest in making sure your team is productive. You can use a time-tracking tool like Timely to create schedules for each of your employees. You can break down their workload by specifying one task at a time and manage everyone’s workweek all in one place....

As a self-confessed workaholic, I won’t comment on the work life balance part. But I’d be happy to share a few of the helpful programming tools that I’ve used along the way as a full-time entrepreneur. GitHub GitHub is one of the best programming tools for collaboration between development teams. As changes are made, you can choose whether or not to have the code updated across your platform based on your desire to tweak and test every component of your web platform....

We take a look at five innovative and creative ways that you can use direct mail marketing as a valuable tool for boosting brand awareness and generating a response from consumers in 2016 below: Augmented Reality Needless to say, direct mail is one of the oldest forms of marketing on the market but there are plenty of ways it is embracing technology and chief amongst these is that of augmented reality....

Think about turning an iOS app into an Android one. How do you do that? The ideal mobile application framework will actually help developers take a mobile application from one ecosystem and transform it into a mobile app for another ecosystem. True, deploying an app is complex and the mobile application framework is only part of the picture, but the truth is that it makes the entire experience much more flexible and easy....

The only problem is that many website owners assume that SEO is nothing more than keyword placement within the content on their site. The truth is, there is a lot more involved in SEO and its place in online marketing, as outlined in Neil Patel’s piece on SEO basics. Failing to incorporate all aspects of search engine optimization can lead to poor and ineffective results. If you’ve recently incorporated SEO strategies on your company’s website and social media platforms but haven’t seen any improvements in your visibility or web traffic, you could be committing any of the following common mistakes:...

You have to let go the fact that procrastination is always intentional. To help you reduce procrastination in your project teams, we present you these essential tips. Take a look. Reduce Constant Interruptions Distractions are annoying, especially when you have to meet deadlines on a large project. If your team members are bombarded with ad hoc requirements or emails all the time, getting off track is no surprise. Sometimes, the workload is too much and your team members end up procrastinating; leading to loss of productive hours....

Showcase What Is Going On at Your Company We use them as proof that Aligned Signs is nothing but great quality in services and products. It also helps us figure out what features people are wanting and which are less desired. We share the feedback on our Facebook page and continually ask customers what is it that they love about us, showcasing that we are on the right track. We also love to incorporate testimonials in our newsletters....

In their Best CEOs 2017 report, the online compensation data platform ranked the 50 best CEOs of large companies in the world. And thanks to plenty of data and a lot of anticipation, they believe they can safely say that Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, is the best CEO of 2017. As for the rest of the list, it reads as a veritable who’s-who of reputable companies and CEOs....

Singh is confident that Kellerman will be able to elevate the Disruption and CTF teams to a new level of performance as they push forward in their ventures. He’ll definitely be a major asset, and all of us at Tech Cocktail wish Kellerman the best of luck in his new role alongside Singh. Tech Cocktail CEO Frank Gruber and COO Jen Consalvo are investors in Disruption Corporation through the angel group NextGenAngels....

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1. Google Alerts Good old Google Alerts may look unassuming, but it is still one of the best tools for tracing the mentions of your or your competitor’s brand name. RSS may not be as popular as it has been several years ago, but it is nonetheless a simple, reliable and completely free way of keeping track of developments in your industry, and with careful choice of keywords you can gain a lot of insights from this simple tool....

Undoubtedly, one issue for companies with out-of-office employees, especially among fledgling startups, is the notion of team building and morale. It is easy for an employee to feel a sense of loneliness, a lack of team identity, and a loss of morale. Maintaining morale and happiness among a workforce of people without an office is tricky. You can lose efficiency, dedication, and ultimately loyalty without a way of connecting with employees....

Because these tech positions are so difficult to fill, it can be a challenge for recruiters to come up with new methods of hiring. Here are seven ways for recruiters to satisfy hard-to-fill tech positions in your company: 1. Hire recent graduates. Selecting from the pool of recent graduates allows for a wide range of talent. Recent grads can develop their skills on the job. Young developers often have new ideas....

Designed by Amateur If you are startup business, you want to look professional. While most business owners will spend money on office equipment and business coaching, they often believe they can do the branding and marketing themselves. Therefore, the logo looks like it is done by a novice. Amateurs rely heavily on trends and don’t take into account what the look or brand of the company should be to the public....

Learn to Ignore What Doesn’t Matter Startups and venture funds are sexy. Everyone wants the “founder” epithet on rounded edge business cards. However, it’s important to realize that you don’t need to buy into this scene to run a successful company. Educate Yourself Find good mentors who have built companies you admire or that are similar to yours, and find out how they did it. Find people that will tell you what it’s really like — people who talk about failure and sacrifice....