July, 2024

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Removing Obstacles That Prevent Small Firms From Seizing Global Opportunities

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/AndreyPopov The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed its SME Export task force – a transformative blueprint designed to remove the obstacles that prevent small firms from seizing global opportunities. Despite their agility, only 10 percent of small firms trade internationally. Imagine economic growth if we could double that figure.

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Outsourcing Can Transform Your Finances

Redial

Outsourcing can offer numerous financial benefits for businesses. Here are some key advantages: Cost Savings: Labor Costs: Outsourcing to countries with lower labor costs can significantly reduce expenses related to wages, benefits, and payroll taxes. Operational Costs: Lower costs for office space, utilities, and equipment in outsourced locations can further reduce expenses.

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Salesforce Service Cloud: The Ultimate Guide

31 West

Happy clients are the backbone of business success. They are more likely to return for future purchases and advise your products or services to others. The big question here is how to delight customers and keep them coming back. The answer lies in delivering unparalleled customer service. Whether managed by your team or a customer service outsourcing agency , excellent support is key to winning clients back.

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The Curse of Perfection – Toil and Trouble

Perficient Digital Transformation

“Double, double toil and trouble,” is a line repeated by the witches in Macbeth as they lay out the ominous prophecies of greatness and dire consequences for the titular character. Macbeth’s ambition envisions a perfect ending though desperate actions and moral weakness ruin it. So too are the misguided actions in pursuit of perfection which can set expectations and pressure that lead to unwanted results.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Top 10 Global Risks in 2024

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/the-lightwriter The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024 says the biggest short-term risk stems from misinformation and disinformation. In the longer term, climate-related threats dominate the top 10 risks global populations will face. Two-thirds of global experts anticipate a multipolar or fragmented order to take shape over the next decade.

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The Ultimate Guide to Navigating the Bug Life Cycle in Software Development

Groove Technology

Introduction In software development , bugs are an inevitable part of the process. Managing these bugs efficiently can be the difference between a successful project and a failed one. Understanding the bug life cycle is crucial for developers, testers, and project managers. This guide delves into each stage of the bug life cycle, offering insights and best practices for effective bug management.

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The UK Experience – Events and Summits

Redial

Just returned from my first trip to London and my first-ever conference! Elder and I had the opportunity to attend the CX Retail Conference last week. The purpose of our trip was to introduce Redial BPO at the CX Retail meetup and to the UK market. After two days of networking, we were thrilled to meet industry leaders interested in learning more about Redial BPO and how we are helping our current clients succeed.

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Top Customer Service Tools To Level Up Your Customer Support Experience

31 West

We’re in such a technologically advanced landscape in the business world, that providing a good level of customer service is more important than ever before. Customers are used to receiving excellent service because luxury providers and high-touch services are the norm – meaning that customer expectations are bigger than in the past. Digital communication has been a factor in the increase in customers’ expectations of businesses – and that is due to the fact that AI and other digital technologie

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How to Configure ServiceNow Knowledge Articles for Microsoft Graph Connector

Perficient Digital Transformation

If you use ServiceNow as your knowledge management platform, you might want to make your knowledge articles searchable and accessible from Microsoft Search. Microsoft Search is a unified search experience that helps you find what you need across your organization, including files, sites, people, and more. By connecting your ServiceNow knowledge articles to Microsoft Search, you can enable your users to find and request them directly from the Microsoft 365 apps.

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wegginar® 7/10/24 with Missy Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of CatTongue Grips

The Global Small Business Blog

©Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. Join free of charge 7/10/24 at 11 AM CT thanks to generous sponsors as noted in the graphic. To learn more and to register, visit, " Scaling Globally: Insights and Inspiration from a Global Leader in Innovation." Missy Kelly, the presenter, is co-founder and CEO of CatTongue Grips. Learn about innovation.

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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The Ultimate Guide to Navigating the Bug Life Cycle in Software Development

Groove Technology

Introduction In software development , bugs are an inevitable part of the process. Managing these bugs efficiently can be the difference between a successful project and a failed one. Understanding the bug life cycle is crucial for developers, testers, and project managers. This guide delves into each stage of the bug life cycle, offering insights and best practices for effective bug management.

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Cloud Migration Role in Digital Transformation: The Strategic Roadmap

Amzur

Imagine, you are on the F1 track with your junky car and competing against the latest Ferrari. What is your winning probability? That’s what using outdated legacy applications feels like in today’s business world. In today’s business world, staying competitive means being nimble and innovative. Just like switching to a high-performance car, cloud migration offers flexibility to adapt to changing needs, scalability to grow effortlessly, and the ability to leverage cutting-edge t

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Amplify Your Competitive Edge with Onshoring, Offshoring, Nearshoring, Smartshoring, or Outsourcing

SEBPO

BLOG Amplify Your Competitive Edge with Onshoring, Offshoring, Nearshoring, Smartshoring, or Outsourcing July 17, 2024 Onshoring | Offshoring | Nearshoring | Smartshoring | Outsourcing Companies want every advantage possible to surpass their competition, prompting them to explore alternative business strategies that bolster year-over-year growth. Resource strategies such as onshoring, offshoring, nearshoring, smartshoring, and outsourcing can significantly impact budgets, production, service, de

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Effective Strategies For Improving E-commerce Customer Service

31 West

In the ever-evolving landscape of e-commerce, providing exceptional customer service is not just a nicety but a necessity. Businesses are constantly searching for ways to enhance the customer experience, streamline operations, and build lasting relationships with their clientele. One effective solution that has gained traction is the implementation of advanced technologies like Bluedot AI, which can improve customer service through chatbots and automated support systems, recording and summarizin

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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Supercharge Customer Journeys with Salesforce OmniStudio

Perficient Digital Transformation

In today’s digital landscape, delivering exceptional customer experiences is paramount. Salesforce OmniStudio empowers you to create engaging, personalized, and brand-consistent interactions across all touchpoints. This blog post delves into OmniStudio, exploring its capabilities, benefits, and how you can leverage it to elevate your customer journeys.

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The Cars We Drive

The Global Small Business Blog

©2024 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. "The cars we drive say a lot about us.

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Generative AI Adoption Maturity Among Digital Workplace Services Providers | Market Insights™

Everest Group

In this report, we provide an overview of the digital workplace market, highlighting key business objectives and challenges, and gen AI’s impact on addressing these issues.

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5 Cutting-Edge Cloud Migration Strategies You Need to Know in 2024

Amzur

Remember those days when businesses were shackled to their on-premise data centers, struggling with maintenance, scalability, and security? That’s ancient history. Today, organizations are eagerly transitioning their legacy systems to the cloud to unlock new opportunities for innovation, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Take, for example, a retail giant struggling with Black Friday / Xmas traffic surges.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Balancing Privacy and Progress: Leveraging Synthetic Data for Business Success

3Pillar Global

As ChatGPT becomes a household topic and AI integrates into nearly every industry, organizations are looking to maximize the benefits of one of the greatest technological innovations of the millennium. They aim to avoid missing out on any benefits while mitigating risks and managing obstacles. Data is critical for AI models and applications but real-world data may not always be accessible, feasible, or prudent depending on the use case.

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Empathy In Customer Service: Importance + How To Improve

31 West

Let’s talk about empathy — not the touchy-feely, warm-and-fuzzy stuff, but the real, practical, bottom-line-boosting kind of empathy. Your customers are frustrated. They feel unheard. And guess what? That’s costing you. Big time. Empathy isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have. Let’s say a customer calls in, angry and confused. Your rep listens, really listens.

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Jessie Rees Foundation and The Foundation for Excellence Both Receive $5,000 Perficient Global Grant

Perficient Digital Transformation

Perficient’s Giving Employee Resource Group (ERG) recently introduced the Perficient Gives Global Grants Program , which gives colleagues the opportunity to nominate charitable organizations from around the world to receive a $5,000 donation from Perficient. After carefully evaluating each nomination, Perficient’s Giving ERG leadership team selected the first five organizations to receive a donation.

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wegg® showcase Issue 2, July, 2024 with Coni Lefferts

The Global Small Business Blog

©2024 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All right reserved. Bob Marovich, Chief Operating Officer of Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, interviews Coni Lefferts, President, Creative Packaging Solutions for the wegg® showcase Issue 2 , July, 2024: Global growth is in the bag.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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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Repeat Customers: 7 Factors That Can Help Improve Customer Retention

Mattsen Kumar

For a customer-centric organization, aiming to attain maximum customer satisfaction and improving the customer retention score are a few of the top priorities. Regardless of the number of new customers acquired by their business daily, they must stay focused on keeping their existing customers intact, which may help them grow and prosper shortly. Moreover, sheer resource waste is an inability to keep their customers happy and invest their time and other resources to attract a new customer base.

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The Impact of Low-Code and AI in Healthcare: Transforming Patient Education

Amzur

In today’s rapidly advancing healthcare landscape, effective patient education stands as a cornerstone for improving health outcomes and empowering individuals to manage their well-being proactively. Despite this importance, a significant number of patients—ranging from 50% to 70%—leave medical consultations without fully comprehending their health conditions.

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How Synthetic Data Can Solve for Some of the Privacy Pitfalls of AI

3Pillar Global

As ChatGPT becomes a household topic and AI integrates into nearly every industry, organizations are looking to maximize the benefits of one of the greatest technological innovations of the millennium. They aim to avoid missing out on any benefits while mitigating risks and managing obstacles. Data is critical for AI models and applications but real-world data may not always be accessible, feasible, or prudent depending on the use case.

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Ready-Made CRM vs. Custom-Built: Which To Choose?

31 West

Creating a website suggests numerous steps, in which you have to make a decision in favor of this or that direction and strategies. Choosing a hosting solution, for example, determines the qualities of hardware your website will run on, the amount of resources you’ll have, the services you’ll have at your disposal (like managed hosting or after hours support ), etc.

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

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.

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The True Cost of Neglecting Quality Assurance: Lessons from Recent Tech Failures

Perficient Digital Transformation

The Importance of Quality Assurance in Software Development The pressure to deliver software quickly and cost-effectively is among the highest priorities of business leaders. However, recent high-profile tech failures serve as stark reminders of the critical importance of robust Quality Assurance (QA) practices. As a leader in digital consulting, we recognize that cutting corners on testing can lead to far-reaching consequences that extend well beyond temporary service disruptions.

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Happy 4th of July from the Global Small Business Blog

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/RomoloTavani "America is another name for opportunity.

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Wirtek Acquires Pragmasoft Accelerating Growth in Clean Energy

Wirtek

We are excited to announce that Wirtek has signed a binding contract regarding the acquisition of Pragmasoft, a software solutions company located in Porto, Portugal. After a thorough and successful due diligence process over the last few months, this acquisition is now finalized. The acquisition process, initially announced on 18 April 2024 ( company announcement 06/2024 ), concludes with the effective date set for 1 August 2024.

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Crowdstrike Outage: Importance of Rigorous Testing in Cloud Environments

Amzur

The recent global IT outage triggered by a faulty Crowdstrike update serves as a stark reminder of the interconnectedness and fragility of modern IT infrastructure. The incident exposed vulnerabilities in two critical areas: vendor reliance and the risks associated with untested software updates. Businesses have become increasingly dependent on a limited number of technology providers for critical functions.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

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HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?