Good Afternoon! Today I wanted to share with you all some insight into how traditional strategies are dead and how a new social era has emerged in the way businesses operate. Currently, we instantly combine the word “social” with “media” and although the two are intertwined, social can mean much more than media. If we [...]
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Good Afternoon! Today’s Wednesday so it’s time for another SkedX Tip! Today’s tip is all about using productivity reports to ensure the schedule is effective and fair! With SkedX Productivity Reports, you can see how many hours that you have scheduled an employee for in comparison to how many they’re available to work. With this [...]
Good Morning! Today I wanted to share with you all a feature article on some new insights that have been revealed on today’s trends in online shopping. With the introduction of online shopping a long time ago, the retail experience and the way consumers shop has drastically changed. At first it was tech savvy teens [...]
Good Afternoon!! Today I wanted to share with you all 28 studies proving the value of engaged employees! If you’re a regular reader here at the SkedCast, you know employee engagement is our favourite topic here and that we truly believe engaged employees are more than just happy and can do more than just increase [...]
Good Afternoon! Today I wanted to share with you all the idea of feedforwarding coaching compared to giving performance based feedback. Traditional feedback entails annual performance reviews, success models, and compensations that are based off of criticism. The problem with traditional feedback methods is that they don’t encourage engagement among your employees. By quantifying your [...]
Good Morning! It’s time for another SkedX tip! Today’s tip is all about using the Time Clock! With SkedX, you can turn any desktop, laptop, tablet, and more into a check in and check out station. With the time clock feature, your employees check in and out at the beginning and end of their shifts allowing you to [...]
Good Afternoon! Today I wanted to discuss with you all how big box retailers are finding it difficult to compete with the online market. Consumers have now taken on a “showroom” approach to shopping where they go in store to physically feel and see the products they want, only to then compare prices and make [...]
Good Morning! Today I wanted to share with you all some insight into how being mobile with your marketing efforts is far more effective than simply marketing to mobile phones. The mobile world is one that’s currently exploding with many different companies looking to tap into this profitable market, but few understand the benefit of [...]
Today, we will finish up the Community aspect of the Slingshot Differentiator with Customer Communities. The Customer Communities you will find, have a very similar core structure to that of the Employee Communities. Why is that? It is because when talking about communities, everyone involved needs to believe in what the organization is representing. In [...]
It seems like everyday there is some new type of way to connect with your clients and get new ones. Twitter and Facebook are the most popular, but sites like Pinterest are quickly rising stars. All of these options often leave many small business owners confused and feeling like they cannot be wasting their time [...]
