The Global Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

©iStock/Wachiwit What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: In addition to its most recent shopping features, TikTok has just launched TikTok Shop, where users can now make purchases directly through the app. Volkswagen hires Google exec to head global marketing. Quote of the week: "E-commerce is a powerful means to connect the unconnected to global trade." – Arancha Gonzalez Globalize your online sales.

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E-Commerce Sales Marketing 213

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The adult edtech sector is evolving as quickly as it is growing. Significant changes are taking place in M&A opportunities, geographic hotspots, user demands, and the enterprise market.

Marketing 120

Marketing 120

Velocity Global

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Choosing a PEO can grant your company access to top-tier benefits and increase your ability to hire and retain top talent. In this guide, we’ll cover what a PEO does and why they’re a great HR choice for companies with limited resources. We’ll also discuss questions you should ask when choosing a PEO and review frequently asked PEO questions. Table of Contents.

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Payroll Administrative Insurance Right-Sizing 98

Globalization Partners

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

January 2022 saw France create their 25th unicorn. Impressively, this number was reached a full three years ahead of the ambitious unicorn schedule set by President Emmanuel Macron in 2025. Macron’s broader goal is to achieve 100 French unicorns by 2030, including 25 green unicorns (companies focused on creating technology that will reduce human impact on the environment).

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Government Administrative Research Cybersecurity 98

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Working Solutions Outsourcing

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What is a BPO? BPO stands for Business Process Outsourcer If you are interested in taking your customer experience to another level, you may consider partnering with a Business Process Outsourcer (BPO). BPOs can handle various parts of a client’s operations to help improve functions like customer service and foster long-term brand loyalty. And most […].

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BPO Business Process Outsourcing Outsourcing Customer Service 98

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A new global survey finds that new-business building can boost growth and value. However, to meet revenue expectations in the future, companies must dramatically increase their efforts.

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McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

US Latinos are a driving force of the US economy and account for the fastest-growing portion of US GDP.

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Accounting 104

Perficient Digital Transformation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I recently connected with one of our colleagues in Latin America (LatAm) to discuss how she participates in global collaboration, and how that collaboration supports diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) in the healthcare industry. Laura Catalina Navarro Rodriguez, an account manager at Perficient, facilitates a culture of collaboration and strong communication across global teams.

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Collaborations Healthcare Insurance Right-Sizing 64

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Investor relations should always address business-critical headwinds and tailwinds. But which do companies refer to more—and how does that choice affect market performance?

Marketing 77

Marketing Finance 77

NoonDalton

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The end of The Great Resignation signals a more passive employment market. But that poses a fresh problem. The majority of candidates have settled, as opposed to too many of them resigning from too many seats. So in this new era, is recruitment outsourcing a necessity? . In the next six to twelve months, 77% of workers said they do not plan to change employment.

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Outsourcing Jobbing Marketing Time Savings 52

Advertiser: G-P

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

Global Hiring

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The new era of B2B sales is upon us and sales leaders are quickly making moves to adapt. We spoke with 50 global leaders to learn their game plan—and this is what we heard.

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Sales Marketing 76

comeMakeit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A lot has been said already on our other blogs that we love to practice Microservices architecture to build products. In the domain of software technology, trends change fast, and to keep up with the fast changes we tend to shrink our memories and move to the new stuff leaving behind the old ones. While some stay reasonably longer, no one calls any new technology perfect because we all know that something better will replace it one day.

Engineering 52

Engineering Software Service 52

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

US state and local jurisdictions have a rare opportunity to marshal federal funding to modernize their infrastructures to achieve key public-health objectives more efficiently and effectively.

Efficiency 58

Efficiency 58

Capgemini

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The role of self-service BI for business agility Myles Suer 9 Nov 2022. Facebook Twitter Linkedin The move to self-service BI is driven by an organization’s need for agility in support of a hybrid workforce. But this requires data accessibility for every worker. Let’s look at how to best deliver the potential of self-service BI, demonstrating how an innovative business-centric catalog puts data at the fingertips of decision makers.

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Service Collaborations Analytics Research 52

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Influx

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Help Scout is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that combines customer support software and a CRM platform in one central location. Because Help Scout is a SaaS platform, no hardware investments are required, just internet-connected devices with modern browsers. What are the main features of Help Scout? The automation of this cloud-based platform helps identify both customer needs and solutions by answering commonly asked questions with relevant content.

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Flexibility Customer Support Software Collaborations 52

Capgemini

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Turning pledges into action is a COP27 key focus, but it’s vital corporate targets are ambitious enough James Robey 14 Nov 2022. Facebook Twitter Linkedin 90% decarbonization is the only path to science-based net zero, so that’s the target Capgemini has set itself. Reflecting our commitment to doing what the international scientific community says is needed to address climate change, Capgemini aligned its net zero targets with the Science Based Target initiative’s (SBTi) Net-Zero Standard in 202

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Efficiency Collaborations Management Accounting 52

Offshore India Data Entry

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

There has been a vast growth in the e-commerce industry due to the availability of the internet. The internet has become more of a thriving marketplace for all kinds of products. When coming to Product Data Entry both the wholesalers and the retailers need to keep their e-commerce website up-to-date as it is vital for flourishing their business. Therefore, the significance of outsourcing product data entry cannot exaggerated.

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Data Entry E-Commerce Outsourcing Out-Tasking 52

SPD Load

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What budding entrepreneur doesn’t want to shield the business idea from major risks? Usually, to do this, businessmen conduct a long study.

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Advertiser: G-P

The benefits of expanding internationally are endless, especially if you approach it the right way. However, there are pitfalls along the way that can slow down progress. Global expansion brings many opportunities for companies —business growth, brand-building in new markets, and access to diverse talent pools worldwide. However, international growth can come with challenges.

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Forrester Digital Transformation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How to establish, govern, and scale a citizen developer strategy is the most common low-code inquiry topic from Forrester clients – and Forrester data shows that at least two thirds of firms currently have a citizen developer strategy or plan to have one in the next 12 months. In 2021, Forrester identified three common structures […].

Government 49

Government 49

The Hackett Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

After a slowdown of growth in days payables outstanding over the last two quarters, DPO fell by 1.1% in Q2, according to new research from The Hackett Group. This indicates a shift of leverage toward sellers, driven by supply chain bottlenecks, inflation pressures and geopolitical risks. The post Supply & Demand Chain Executive, “Inventory Management Issues Impact Working Capital,” appeared first on The Hackett Group.

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Inventory Management Management Research 40

Go4Customer

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Conflict management is a skill that everybody should learn. It is one of the intrinsic parts of one?s lifecycle. For leading a successful life - personal or professional, a person is bound to learn life skills, without which it would become quite difficult to manage things correctly. Conflict management skill comes at the top of the list of life skills.

Customer Support 40

Customer Support Management Service 40

Forrester Digital Transformation

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in digital teams poses some unique challenges: biased AI, harmful or inaccessible digital products and experiences, and challenges with recruiting and retaining digital talent. Drive DEI to tackle these challenges in a digital context.

Design 29

Design 29

Advertiser: ZoomInfo

Shifting to an account-based marketing (ABM) strategy can be both exciting and challenging. Well-implemented ABM motions build engagement with high-value accounts and drive impactful campaigns that resonate with your audience. But where do you begin, and how do you progress from crawling to running? Watch now as Demand Gen experts delve into the essentials of each stage of the ABM process.

Accounting

McKinsey and Company

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As demand for recycled content accelerates and the economics of recycling reaches a new level, there is an opportunity to bring challenging plastics into the recycling stream.

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Akorbi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Using gender-inclusive language means speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes. Given the key role of language in shaping cultural and social attitudes, using gender-inclusive language is a powerful way to promote gender equality and eradicate gender bias.

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Sourcing Administrative Government Flexibility 79