Home buyers face another challenging shopping season to navigate, as Zillow®'s latest monthly report1 reveals record-breaking low inventory and unprecedented price growth. The Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) rose 1.5% from December to January to $325,677, up 19.9% from a year ago. The annual growth rate represents an all-time high over the last 20 years, and the monthly pace … [More]
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Stressed Out Over Your Retirement Plan? How to Navigate in 2022
by Barry H. Spencer
For many people, saving enough money for retirement is not an easy process, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made the task even more challenging the past two years. Some who lost their jobs halted their retirement contributions and tapped into their savings. Others, feeling financially stretched, reduced the percentage of money they put toward retirement, and some retired … [More]
Boost Productivity Through Office Design
by Dala Al-Fuwaires
Business owners need to find ways to boost employee productivity from time to time. Redesigning the office is a great way to do this. Creating a stylish and accessible office keeps employees focused and motivated. Here are a few of the most impactful design elements to freshen up an old office space. Design multiple workspaces. Employees have different working styles. Some … [More]
Empower Your Brand With Enchantment: 6 Characteristics of an Enchanted Brand
by Jane Cavalier Lucas
When people face a world that is too complex to understand, constantly changing in unexpected ways and unclear, they put up barriers of distrust and caution. This environment creates debilitating distress, and most people don’t have the tools or training to deal with it. This affects decision making and can lead to irrational choices driven by fear. Sound familiar? From the … [More]
The 5 C’s of Credit to Help a Small Business Grow
by Edgar R. Olivo
For a first-time business owner, applying for funding while gaining business experience can be a unique challenge to face when attempting to grow and scale. Running out of money is a small business's biggest risk and keeping the flow of cash organized is the ultimate juggling act. But too often, small business owners are unclear about how much money they generate and where … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: Las 5 C del crédito para ayudar a una pequeña empresa a crecer
por Edgar R. Olivo
Para un propietario de un negocio nuevo, solicitar financiamiento mientras adquiere experiencia comercial puede ser un desafío único que enfrentar cuando intenta crecer y escalar. Quedarse sin dinero es el mayor riesgo de una pequeña empresa y mantener el flujo de efectivo organizado es el último acto de malabarismo. Pero con demasiada frecuencia, los propietarios de pequeñas … [More]
Are You Reaching Today’s Customer? Keys to a Great Multichannel Marketing Strategy
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Getting customers in the door means first getting, and keeping, their attention. As consumers have moved more toward e-commerce, the challenges for digital marketers have become greater, but so have the opportunities. Marketing to a target audience is more complex today, but the evolution of technology has opened numerous doors to reach consumers effectively through … [More]
Is Your Future Leader Working in Your Company Now? How to Grow a CEO
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As companies face new challenges in a rapidly changing world, leadership has never been more important. Business owners and boards are looking for strong CEOs, but what’s the best way to find them? One study shows that CEOs hired from outside a company don’t perform as well, on average, as those who are internally promoted to the top spot. A benefit of grooming a CEO … [More]
Home Loan Delinquency Drops Below March 2020 Level, Says Report
CoreLogic
CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released its monthly Loan Performance Insights Report for November 2021. For the month of November, 3.6% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in some stage of delinquency (30 days or more past due, including those in foreclosure), representing a 2.3-percentage point decrease … [More]
Web Hosting 101
by Kelsey James
In the most basic terms, web hosting is the service that enables an individual or organization to publish a website on the Internet. While we may think of websites as something that only exists digitally, the truth is physical resources are also needed to power Internet content, mainly in the form of servers. A server is a powerful computer that holds all the files that … [More]
Taking the Mystery Out of AI: 4 Ways It Makes Life Easier
by Rajeev Ronanki
Artificial intelligence is significantly impacting the world, yet there’s still a great amount of mystery – and misconceptions – about it. The public’s imagination has been heavily shaped by science fiction, with the term AI evoking images of robots like WALL-E, C3PO from Star Wars, and David from Stephen Spielberg’s movie A.I. Scientists and technologists refer to this kind … [More]
3 Ways to Nurture Business Relationships through Online Meetings
by Phil Kelley Jr.
Did you fight to keep from nodding off during your company’s most recent video call? Or are you leading the meeting and half your group is hiding behind black screens, secretly nodding off to your presentation? Perhaps you strained to understand a speaker with a faulty microphone, or lost connection due to your own tech malfunctions? Video conferencing is your next best … [More]
Growth within Arizona’s Job Market and Economy
by Brianna Pacelli
Despite the highs and lows of the Arizona job market — mostly caused by the Great Resignation and a pandemic — officials say the state’s economy and workforce pipeline continue to flourish. “Job growth has been huge. We’ve attracted a number of different companies to the market and so job growth continues moving forward,” said Jennifer Mellor, chief innovation officer for … [More]
EN NEGOCIOS: Gestión responsable de oportunidades: una estrategia para que los emprendedores se mantengan enfocados en las oportunidades adecuadas
por Edgar R. Olivo
Para muchos nuevos empresarios, cada oportunidad parece emocionante porque cualquier oportunidad es mejor que ninguna. Pero, para muchos nuevos emprendedores que no han desarrollado las habilidades para apegarse a un camino estratégico, aprovechar la oportunidad equivocada puede alejarlos de alcanzar sus metas. Perder el enfoque en un negocio puede ser un error costoso y … [More]
Responsible Opportunity Management: A Strategy for Entrepreneurs to Stay Focused on the Right Opportunities
by Edgar R. Olivo
For many new entrepreneurs, every opportunity seems to be an exciting one because any opportunity is better than none. But, for many new entrepreneurs who have not developed the skills to stick to a strategic path, taking the wrong opportunity can take you away from achieving your goals. Losing focus in a business can be a costly mistake and managing opportunities responsibly … [More]
94% of Major U.S. Corporations Plan to Maintain or Heighten Their Charitable Giving in 2022
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Following two years of increased charitable giving, a new survey reveals the momentum will continue in 2022: 94 percent of major US corporations plan to maintain or increase their charitable giving this year. This sustained increase in corporate giving is being driven by companies’ efforts to address COVID-19 and advance racial equity, according to the survey by The Conference … [More]
Three Reasons Why Hiring Salespeople ‘Just Doesn’t Work Like That’
by Sara Wesche
Finding talent right now is hard, and those difficulties are well documented. But when it comes to hiring sellers, some companies are making it even harder on themselves. The problem? Hiring sellers is simply a completely different — and unique — challenge from any other position in your organization. There are three obstacles that exist only in the selling role that get in … [More]
How to Select the Right Social Media Tools for Your Business
by Christena Garduno
When selecting a tool for your brand, there are many excellent alternatives and so many incredible, time-saving capabilities that it's challenging to determine which one is best for you. Each tool has its advantages, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Therefore, how can you choose which one is the most appropriate match for you? Here are a few helpful … [More]
