Insights for Boosting Both Productivity and Success This Year Insights for Boosting Both Productivity and Success This Year Especially for small biz folk! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 18, 2022 0 2595 Article rating: 3.0 It’s common for a small business owner to do three different jobs, but you are still only one person. Read on for some tips on improving your productivity. Read more
Leverage Customer Experience As Your Small Biz Differentiator Leverage Customer Experience As Your Small Biz Differentiator Here's where you can shine! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, December 21, 2021 0 1957 Article rating: 4.0 Yes, great customer service is important to your business, but have you thought about the customer experience you are delivering? Read more
Holiday Checklist: 5 Quick Social Media Updates To Make Now Holiday Checklist: 5 Quick Social Media Updates To Make Now Just a few minutes each! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, November 23, 2021 0 1545 Article rating: 3.0 Finding it hard to focus during the holidays? Here is a list of no-brainer updates you can make on your social media platforms so you keep in touch with your customers and clients. Read more
9 Easy-But-Important Tips for Writing the Best Blog Posts 9 Easy-But-Important Tips for Writing the Best Blog Posts The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, October 26, 2021 0 1892 Article rating: 4.0 Content is still king, as they say, so it’s essential to put effort into your blogging. Fortunately, the basic guidelines in this article can simplify your work. Read more
Create Your Own Eye-Catching Infographics for Easy Sharing Create Your Own Eye-Catching Infographics for Easy Sharing Yes, you can! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, July 6, 2021 1 2206 Article rating: 4.0 While the craze for infographics peaked a few years ago, their appeal is still strong enough that you should consider creating your own. Here are a few tools to help you get started: Read more
3 Networking Tricks that Don't Depend on Shaking Hands 3 Networking Tricks that Don't Depend on Shaking Hands Less stressful ways to connect with people The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, April 13, 2021 0 1894 Article rating: 3.0 Networking is vitally important to the growth and success of our businesses. But since not everyone is comfortable networking or has a flair for it, here are three ways to “fake it till you make it.” Read more
Stressed at Work? Tips to Handle the Strain BEFORE You Explode Stressed at Work? Tips to Handle the Strain BEFORE You Explode Save yourself and your colleagues! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, March 16, 2021 0 2394 Article rating: 3.0 Seven years ago we wrote an article about handling stress in the work place. After an entire year of COVID-19 living, it’s amusing to think how innocent we were in 2013 and how the need to handle business stress is more important than ever. Read more
5 Signs That You Should Hand Off the Management of Your Social Media 5 Signs That You Should Hand Off the Management of Your Social Media And sooner rather than later! The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, February 16, 2021 0 2592 Article rating: 4.0 Whether we like it or not, social media is here to stay. Small business owners should definitely make use of this opportunity for promotion and yet they aren’t able to do it on their own. If any of these signs sound familiar, then it’s time to get help: Read more
Facebook Is Re-Focusing on #Hashtags – So Should You, Too? Facebook Is Re-Focusing on #Hashtags – So Should You, Too? A trend to watch for in 2021 The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 0 2588 Article rating: 4.5 3 minute reading time In the second half of 2020, you may have noticed that Facebook was promoting the use of hashtags on posts by offering predictive text suggestions. Are you watching to see if it will take and wondering how to do it right for your business? Read more
Weigh Social Media Platforms for Best Business Boosting Weigh Social Media Platforms for Best Business Boosting The Sprocket Team / Tuesday, December 22, 2020 0 2806 Article rating: 4.0 Social Media for businesses has been around long enough to become an obvious marketing tool. We have written about it for years, but the platforms keep changing and overworked business owners are still wondering how to do it right. Read more