In the past, many small business leaders relied on their experience, intuition, and observations to guide their business decisions. While these factors continue to play an important role in running a company, business intelligence (BI) allows today’s executives to leverage concrete data and make more informed decisions about their organization. If taking your company to […]
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Building Leaders A successful organization requires an inspiring and shared mission at its core, something that we have always held paramount at Frontier. With a strong company culture securely in place, capable leadership follows suit, which goes on to positively impact our employees by creating a supportive environment where they can leverage their talents […]
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New Year’s resolutions are great motivators to refresh in terms of self-improvement, and to positively set the tone for your upcoming year. They do not always need to be extravagant, nor wholly life-changing. Sometimes simple, viable resolutions can have a ripple effect, naturally leading to larger-scale improvements and an overall sense of betterment. One of […]
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Entrepreneurship matters. It is crucial to fostering innovation and has been key to fueling economic growth in the United States. Seen as symbolic of the American Dream, entrepreneurship inspires a sense of optimism among Americans. While there have been dramatic increases in startup activity across the country, women made up only 36.8% of all new […]
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Small-business owners: you may be cheating yourself out of hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars in tax deductions because of lazy accounting. Every year, businesses overpay their taxes because they’ve overlooked valuable deductions. These small businesses either aren’t aware of available deductions, don’t keep detailed records, or simply don’t want to do the […]
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As a small-business owner working from home, there will come a time when you will have to ask yourself whether you should stay in your home office or make the move to a commercial space. The benefits of working from home are vast — the low overhead and cost of transportation, for example, are top […]
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In the digital age, a business’s online presence is just as important as their physical presence — if not more so. Restaurants live and die by their Yelp ratings. Earlier this year, Amazon’s online expansion brought its net worth above that of Wal-Mart. Before consumers make purchases, they tend to do a lot of online […]
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Many new companies and small-business owners struggle to keep overhead low while still tackling the essential tasks they need to perform in order to be successful. Outsourcing certain jobs can increase productivity and reduce overhead by allowing you to free up resources to complete other, more crucial tasks without sacrificing any necessities. But when you’re […]
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Business owners face plenty of problems on a daily basis, but the most difficult issues typically involve company finances. Getting a business — and especially a small business — to survive in an already struggling economy means learning to pinch pennies wherever possible. Fortunately, you don’t need to hire a financial consultant to reign in […]
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Small-business owners need to maximize every resource — including their websites. When someone makes it to your landing page, your goal is to get them to take a specific action, whether it’s signing up for your newsletter, asking for a quote, or purchasing goods or services. If you’re not seeing the conversions you need from […]
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