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Small businesses should create employee handbooks to ensure all employees are aligned on the company's mission, vision and procedures.

The Importance of Employee Handbooks: Keeping Businesses Informed and Compliant

Businesses are constantly adapting to the changing needs and expectations of employees, as well as ever-changing rules and regulations. What was acceptable just a few years…
Founders and entrepreneurs, is it time to file a trademark? If you're not sure or you don't know how to start, this article is for you.

Trademark 101: Answering Small Business Owners’ Pressing Questions

One of the things that sets successful businesses apart is their unique brand; the most noteworthy companies have an unmistakable identity that resonates with their market. …
A person wearing a green checkered apron demonstrates employee theft, discreetly moving a 50-dollar bill from a cash drawer into their pocket.

4 Preventative Steps Against Employee Theft

Like it or not, employee theft happens. Here’s how to curb it.
If small businesses want to optimize their email marketing investments, they need to ensure their database is accurate and up to date.

3 Keys to Optimizing Your Email Database

While text and social media are increasingly central to digital marketing, email marketing should still play a key role in small businesses’ efforts. After all, 55%…
With consumer sentiment compelling a more thoughtful, critical look at labor and power structures, small businesses are prioritizing DEI.

How to Create a More Diverse and Inclusive Workplace

The U.S. runs on small business power. Employing nearly half the private-sector U.S. workforce (46%), small businesses with fewer than 100 employees accounted for 98% of…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new rule that would restore and extend overtime protections to 3.6 million salaried workers.

Department of Labor Proposes New Overtime Protections for 3.6M Salaried Workers

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new rule that would restore and extend overtime protections to 3.6 million salaried workers, guaranteeing overtime pay…
More than three out of every five (61%) small and mid-sized businesses were victims of a successful cyberattack within the past year, according to recent research by cybersecurity company BlackFog.

One-Third of SMBs Lost Customers Due to Cyberattacks

More than three out of every five (61%) small and mid-sized businesses were victims of a successful cyberattack within the past year, according to recent research…