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Seasonal Workers – How & Who to Hire

From an original article by Dona DeZube, Monster.com

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By “focusing on the mindset of today’s Millennial workers” you can boost your business ahead in the competition for summer workers. Monster.com (the global online employment solution for people seeking jobs and the employers who need them) shares 5 cost-effective strategies to attract the best candidates for seasonal help:

1. Research competitors’ pay
2. Look for ways to make the job fun
3. Offer a flexible schedule and make it easy to come back 4. Tell applicants what’s in it for them
5. Differentiate your organization from the competition

Read the full article to get the detailed strategies for hiring seasonal workers.

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Top Productivity Tips from Small Business Owners

From an original article by Erin Myers, Outbound EngineToDo

 

 

 

 

 

As a business owner, you know that quality trumps quantity when it comes to your products and your people. But it can be easy to forget that the statement applies to you and your time, as well. Once you’re up and running it’s crucial to reign in your workweek. Below, small business owners share their top tips for time management and productivity:

  1. Recognize and schedule around your “Personal Productivity Fluctuations”
  2. Find creative ways to limit distractions
  3. Limit your priorities
  4. Learn the art of delegation by automation
  5. Stop the judgment

Read the full article to learn how to make these business owner productivity tips work for you.

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Grow Your Small Business with These Tech Tips

From an original article by Steven Scheck, Small Business Trends

Just when we’d gotten the hang of all the wires and plugs and switches, it changed again. If wireless technology has left your business at loose ends, now is the time to zero in. Understanding these four technologies can help you plan better, reach more customers, and reduce your daily to-dos.

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Here are 4 tech tips to help your business grow:

  • Utilize the Power of the Cloud
    “ … the cloud not only eases the workload but also increases productivity and coordination, facilitates mobility and reduces expenditure … [and can] reduce the chances of loss of important data significantly.”
  • Harness the Potential of Social Media
    “The number of active social media users has been found to be a whopping 2.307 billion. … On social media you can promote your services and products, enable buying options directly from social media platforms [and] gather customer feedback.”
  • Leverage the Scope of WiFi
    “Providing free WiFi to your customers opens up the opportunity to build quality networks and accumulate valuable data regarding your clients’ online behavior.”
  • Track of Your Progress
    “Numerous technology tools can help boost the performance by identifying what doesn’t work and providing the right reinforcement to keep things up and running.”

Want more? Read the full article and learn how to take advantage of the four technologies that help grow small businesses.

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Security Tips To Keep Your Business Safe While It Grows

Small businesses are at an increased threat of having valuable information or property stolen as criminals are getting more sophisticated at breaking down larger and more complicated security systems. Here are four steps you can take to protect your small business. 

1. Update and Upgrade Your Physical Security Measures. 

  • Change the locks and bolts on your physical location.
  • Invest in a fully monitored alarm system with a team who responds immediately.
  • Install security cameras that can be monitored remotely. The same technology that allows you to check in on your dogs while you’re away can also catch and record a perpetrator breaking into your business. 

Sometimes, installing these kinds of systems is enough to discourage break-ins. 

2. Perform proper security checks on vendors. 

How well do you know your vendors, especially the ones who need to enter your building? You may be diligent about running security checks on your own employees, but how do you know your vendors do the same? To be safe, you should run the following checks:

  • Security checks on any vendor personnel with access to your business
  • Vendor credit history 
  • Vendor BBB rating 
  • To get an idea of what it is like to work with the vendor, look at their online reviews. 

3. Protect Your Data 

Protecting your data doesn’t have to be a hassle. All you need to secure your information is a cybersecurity system that makes it a hassle for a hacker to gain access. There are plenty of small businesses out there who do nothing to protect their data. A hacker is much more interested in breaking into their nonexistent security system than yours, which will take up too much of their time.

If your business transfers sensitive information from the company’s server to a remote server, then you also need to look into using a VPN to secure data transmitted online. This ensures a secure connection between you, the sender, and the recipient. 

4. Shred it! 

It’s important to shred (and recycle) relevant physical documents, but did you know that you now can ‘shred’ digital data? You can! Software now exists that allows you to shred digital information, ensuring that the ‘shredded’ data is erased and irrecoverable. 

As criminals get savvier, businesses must stay one step ahead. Update your security measures by following the above steps and sleep easier at night knowing your businesses information is safe. 

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Discover the Benefits of Our CashFlow LEASE® Program

In a continuing effort to help drive the success of our business customers, we are pleased to offer an in- house equipment leasing option. Adding CashFlow LEASE® to our catalog of commercial loan products means you get the benefits of traditional financing plus the ability to customize terms to the needs of your business.

CashFlow LEASE® helps reduce the risk of acquiring equipment. With this program you can lease as they grow to upgrade equipment as needed and cut back on up-front costs.

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Choosing CashFlow LEASE® provides several benefits to you and your business:

Maintain liquidity
Possible tax and accounting benefits (consult your CPA)
Protection against equipment obsolescence
Upgrade capabilities

At Pinnacle Bank, we want to be part of the solution for all your business financing needs. Download the brochure to learn more about our CashFlow LEASE® Program or call 877.759.7939 if you need help with immediate equipment financing.logo