Building A Better Business

• When Should You Require Surety Bonds Rather Than Security Deposits From Your Tenants?

  4 November 2016

  If you're the owner of an apartment building or single-family rental home, you may feel as though you're constantly straddling a balance between requiring enough of a rental deposit to pay your turnover costs and turning off potential tenants by charging high security deposits. However, a single incontinent pet or incorrigible child can cause thousands of dollars of damage to your rental unit, erasing any profits you may have pocketed so far.

• 3 Promotional Items To Promote Your Business With This Winter

  4 November 2016

  Promotional items are a great way to market your business, as they keep your brand's name in the mind of potential customers and clients. They're only effective, however, if they're used. A pencil, for example, isn't useful if it just sits in a pencil drawer. Customers will only remember your brand when they use the pencil. If you're looking for promotional items that customers will actually use this winter, here are some ideas.

• Send That Holiday Food Successfully With Proper Packaging

  4 November 2016

  Are you getting ready for holiday food season? If so, you may also be getting ready to mail a lot of food over the next couple of months. If you're new to sending food, don't worry -- it's actually rather easy to get everything to its destination in good shape if you take some protective steps. Tins or Cardboard? When you mail food, you need to use two boxes, an inner box and an outer box.

• Own A Business? 3 Steps To Protect Your Online Data

  3 November 2016

  If you own your own business, your data is the lifeblood of your operation. Unfortunately, one breach or glitch could wipe your data out faster than you can blink an eye. If you haven't taken measures to protect your data, a security breach could wipe out your entire business. Luckily, you don't have to leave your data security to chance. Here are four simple steps you can take to protect your data.

• Affordable Alternatives to the Traditional Burial

  2 November 2016

  The traditional burial process can easily add up to over $6000 once you consider all of the costs for preparing the body and purchasing a cemetery plot. There are a few alternatives that can help you to save money while still being a great send-off for your loved one.   Prompt Burial  Direct burial is when the body is buried, at most, a few days after death. This means that you can skip the embalming process and save money on that cost.