When you’re working to grow a new business, a successful team can make a huge impact. Building such a team requires recruiting, onboarding, training, and providing the right resources for them to be successful. Get insights for all of those areas and more from members of the online small business community below.
Build a Superstar Workforce for Your Startup
The quality of your team can dramatically impact your startup’s chances of success. So how can you ensure that you hire and onboard a superstar team? Read this Noobpreneur post by Ivan Widjaya for tips.
Consider the Important Qualities to Offer When Hiring Remote Game Developers
Every specialty has its own important qualities. If you’re thinking of hiring remote game developers for your business, there are some specific things you should look for that may not be consistent across other specialties. Read a guide to hiring remote developers in this 300Mind post by Asha Rajput.
Rethink Employee Onboarding and Retention
Hiring is only one element of building a stellar team. The methods that you use to onboard and retain top talent can also make a huge impact. Oliver Peterson shares a Process Street blog post and podcast episode on the subject here.
Improve Your Training Course Design
Whether you’re creating an online course or improving training for your team, you need a quality course design plan. In this Small Biz Tipster post, Lisa Sicard offers tips for improving your training courses.
Build Links for Better Ranking and Higher Topical Authority
Whether you hire someone for content creation or handle it yourself, link-building is an important element of this marketing strategy. Learn more about building links in this Smarty Marketing Post by Ann Smarty. BizSugar members also shared thoughts on the post here.
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Learn How to Navigate Business Partnerships
Forming a partnership can be a powerful way to start a business. But your partners can impact everything, from how you hire to what types of marketing strategies you utilize. Learn more about navigating these partnerships in this Crowdspring post by Ross Kimbarovsky.
Recognize the Biggest Customer Service Problems Facing Small Businesses
When you know what customer service issues your business is likely to face, you’ll be more likely to allocate the team members and resources necessary. Harry and Sally, Vaishnav of Small Biz Viewpoints, go over several common problems in this post.
Find a Niche for Your Business
When you’re just starting to build your business, you need to determine a niche or specialty to set your offerings apart. So what’s the best way to do this? Check out this Blogging Wizard post by Lyn Wildwood for insights. Then, visit the BizSugar community to see what members are saying.
Learn the Expectations of Investors Who Risk Their Own Money
Seeking outside investors can help you quickly grow your team or kickstart your business growth. However, it’s important to understand what investors expect in order to pitch successfully and create a supportive working relationship. Marty Zwilling details several common expectations in this Startup Professionals Musings post.
Learn About the Future of Content Creation from Forbes Top Creators
Forbes recently unveiled its list of top creators for 2023. Though your brand may not be on the list, there are plenty of insights to glean from those who are. Laney Goff discusses the list and various content lessons in this Strella Social Media post. You can also see what BizSugar members are saying about the post here.
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