1) Your print costs are higher than they should be.
2) It doesn’t have the latest security features built-in (authentication, print encryption, password protected scanning).
3) It can’t help you improve your workflows or boost your productivity.
4) It’s not mobile and cloud ready.
5) It doesn’t translate.
6) It hasn’t grown with your business.
7) You’re making too many calls to service or IT.
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With most companies enforcing some form of working from home during the pandemic, it is expected that this trend will become a new business norm in the future. Here are some tips, from CEO that contributed to Forbes, to consider to ensure you stay productive as possible and increase your vitality while working from home.
1) Invest in a standing desk.
2)Take walking meetings when you can.
3)Meal and snack prep.
4)Apply the ROWE (results-only work environment) mindset.
5)Remember it is ok to mix work and life.
6)Select and set up your technology strategically.
7)Have fun with your colleagues.
8)Transfer your commute time into intentional rest time.
9)Remove distractions and set a schedule for these distractions.
10)Try a zero-based calendar.
If you want more information about what these tips are and how they maximize your time check out the link below.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347479
According to a survey conducted by "Small Business Trends Magazine" 92% of businesses changed their model to adapt to the current environment of the pandemic in some way.
The top five business models small businesses transitioned to are as follows.
1)New online delivery channel
2)New virtual service
3)New offline delivery channel
4)New product
5)New customers
To find out more details about these models and how to transition to them best check out the article in the link below.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/07/small-business-reinventing-during-pandemic.html
More than half (57%) of small business owners say their financial position is the same as or better than the pre-pandemic period, according to a new survey by Capital One.
The survey findings highlight the optimism among small businesses in the wake of an unprecedented economic instability brought about by COVID-19.
Check out the link below to get more information.
https://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/capital-one-small-business-confidence-survey.html
Small businesses that took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic will be able to draw a second Paycheck Protection Program loan. But the same isn’t true for another popular Covid-era funding source for entrepreneurs.
To learn more information check the article below.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/15/small-businesses-can-get-a-second-ppp-but-not-a-second-eidl-loan.html
U.S. economic growth will lose momentum this quarter and next but expand faster than previously thought after that, according to a Reuters poll of economists, a firm majority of whom now expect the economy to reach pre-COVID-19 levels within a year.
To learn more about the specifics they are projecting check out the article below.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-poll/u-s-economy-to-slow-in-first-quarter-but-reach-pre-covid-19-levels-in-a-year-reuters-poll-idUSKBN28K00A
U.S. economic growth will lose momentum this quarter and next but expand faster than previously thought after that, according to a Reuters poll of economists, a firm majority of whom now expect the economy to reach pre-COVID-19 levels within a year.
To check out the details of what they are predicting check out the article below.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-poll/u-s-economy-to-slow-in-first-quarter-but-reach-pre-covid-19-levels-in-a-year-reuters-poll-idUSKBN28K00A
On Wednesday, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle circulated a summary of their $908 billion emergency Covid relief package.
The proposal sets aside $300 billion for the Small Business Administration, the federal agency responsible for overseeing the Paycheck Protection Program – a forgivable loan that was created through the CARES Act.
The measure, known as the Bipartisan Emergency COVID Relief Act of 2020, also would provide $300 in weekly supplemental unemployment payments, as well as an extension of student loan forbearance through the end of April 2021.
To find out more about how this Covid relief package can affect your business check out the article below.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/bipartisan-covid-proposal-has-more-ppp-for-small-businesses-and-tax-breaks.html
Economist Mathew Fienup, executive director of the Thousand Oaks-based school’s Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, said that Ventura County is "on the road to economic recovery."
Read more about the road to recovery that Ventura County is on and Ventura County's economic history leading into the pandemic by clicking the link below.
https://www.sfvbj.com/news/2020/nov/05/ventura-county-economy-faces-slow-recovery/
