Communication and collaboration are the keys to success in any business. But, have you wondered how best to communication with your team? And what if your team is remote and you never meet face to face? Who is Ivy Slater? In an interview with Ramon Ray, Ivy Slater of Slater Success Coaching shared her...
Starting a new business is a big decision! Small and medium-sized business (SMB) expert Ramon Ray teamed up with Beautiful.AI to create a comprehensive how-to guide to get your business up and running. If you’re short on time, we picked out the highlights to give you a quick rundown of the 5 essentials to...
Do you ever feel like you are treading water and not making strides towards your small business goals? Maybe you’re struggling to narrow down your goals to begin with? Every small business owner wants to be profitable, but it’s not always smooth sailing to get to that point. Take a look at these 5...
Don’t Let These File Sharing Mistakes Hold Your Business Back! It’s no secret that file syncing and sharing is an easy and inexpensive way to take your business’s productivity to the next level. File sharing makes it easier and faster to collaborate than ever before, making it possible to hear from more people and rapidly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOXajBGReeg Key Takeaways: Whatever life throws at you, make lemonade out of lemons Consider businesses with low barriers to entry Product diversity is key especially in seasonal businesses There is no way around the hard work, you have to put the time in Allow your vision and purpose guide your business decisions I...
Hiring is an important, but very challenging experience for many companies, especially growing companies. In this interview Ramon Ray gets insights from executives at Hire (a Google app). I spoke with Meagan Hency, Product Marketing and Berit Hoffman, Product Lead. They shared 3 important tips related to hiring and careers and more. Have a career section...
Remember when the iPhone was introduced ten years ago? Over oohs and ahhs, Apple founder Steve Jobs promised us it would revolutionize the business world—and it has. Now it feels like a new technology comes out every day that promises to help companies improve efficiency, but how do you know it’s the right fit—and...
I had the privilege of hearing Seth Godin, author of 18 best-selling marketing books, including Purple Cow, Tribes, and Permission Marketing, speak at the annual “Smart Hustle Small Business Conference”. Produced by Ramon Ray, the conference was tremendously valuable, and I’d like to share what I found most useful. There were several presenters, but for...
Are you using Twitter to generate leads for your business? Many business owners and marketers overlook the power of Twitter as a social selling platform. By leveraging the internal search engine and other third-party tools, you can double or triple the number of high-quality, targeted leads you get. As with most things, you need to start...
Whether they mean to or not, the current crop of successful digital companies all have one thing in common: They’re also media companies. Video sells products, meaning that even if your brand doesn’t invest in TV commercials, it shouldn’t sleep on producing online videos. But here’s the key: It doesn’t matter to customers if the...
