Bill Mulholland

May 4th, 2022

Nine Ways To Make Your Website Appealing To A Diverse Audience

One of the first things a business owner might do when starting their business is determine their target audience. Even after narrowing down your target audience, however, you'll still find a lot of diversity in your customer base. Whether they’re of various ages, genders, careers, cultures or needs, there are many different types of people who may be interested in and find value in your product or service. In order to appeal to them all, then, you’ll need to design your website thoughtfully.

March 16th, 2022

New to SEO? 10 Rules to Follow as You Get Started

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council share the rules they think all entrepreneurs new to SEO should know.

February 4th, 2022

Are You Ready To Start Your Next Business? Nine Clear Signs It's Time

While some entrepreneurs are content with one business under their belts, there are many others who run two, three or even several businesses all at once. Some business owners are simply brimming with ideas and, at some point, they may find themselves itching to launch their next venture. Others see success in their first business and want to replicate it.

January 26th, 2022

Ask Your Employees These Eight Important Questions At The Start Of Each Year

At the beginning of the year, companies and employees alike are setting resolutions for the months ahead. As employees set their sights on new goals, there are a few questions leaders should be asking them at the start.

January 25th, 2022

Starting a Company? 9 Essential Tech Skills All Founders Should Have.

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council list the tech skills company founders need to get their businesses off the ground.

January 21st, 2022

Nine Effective Ways To Track Your Departmental Goals In 2022

January is a time when many professionals and businesses set goals and company resolutions for the year ahead. However, even the most well-intentioned may lose sight of their goals as the year goes on.

January 5th, 2022

Nine Tips For Crushing Your Career Goals In 2022

With 2021 now at a close, it's the perfect time of year to start looking forward to the year ahead and setting goals for success. As you set your personal resolutions, don't forget to focus on your career aspirations for the coming year too.

November 3rd, 2021

Eight Key Steps For New Businesses Looking To Build A Social Media Following

When you start a new business, one of the first things you need to do is create your social media pages and start building an online presence. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of expecting to have thousands of followers the moment they set up their page only to get discouraged when they have a hard time getting recognition.

September 8th, 2021

Eight Ways Business Leaders Can Retain More Employees By Helping Managers Succeed

A strong manager can inspire loyalty and guide their team toward reaching their goals, helping the company reach new heights. Conversely, a manager who is ineffective or difficult to deal with can drive away talented employees, leading to high turnover rates and the subsequent loss of time and capital.

August 13th, 2021

How To Use Augmented Or Virtual Reality To Enhance Your Website’s User Experience

Now more than ever, people are skeptical about the products and services they want to purchase. Prospects will spend a lot of time researching everything there is to know about a brand before they commit.

August 4th, 2021

Eight Ways Companies Can Turn A Negative Customer Experience Into A Positive One

Turning a poor customer experience around continues to be one of the main struggles customer service professionals face daily. When the service experience goes poorly, a company can risk losing that customer forever.

July 20th, 2021

Looking For Work? Don't Follow These 10 Overrated Job Search Tips

Searching for a new job can be a huge challenge. Modern recruiters have an influx of applications to sift through and judge, and it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd.

April 28th, 2021

Eight Tips To Bounce Back After Making A Mistake At Work

For many professionals, making a mistake at work can be a big hit to their self-confidence. The scenario can weigh on your mind and cause you to feel like you’re bad at your job or that you’re not cut out for your particular profession. Recovering your self-confidence after a mistake takes some time, but it can be done, and the faster you do so, the more effective you'll be in the future.

April 8th, 2021

Eight Top Personal Brands And The ‘X’ Factors That Make Them Stand Out

When you think about outstanding personal branding, at least one person comes to mind. This person displays all the elements of what a personal brand should be, but they also have a little something more—an “X” factor.

March 24th, 2021

Nine Tips All Entrepreneurs Need To Hear When Starting A Business

If you're looking for business advice, there are a lot of different places you could go. There are countless books and seminars that promise you success with your business, but many of them are built on the achievements of their creators. No two entrepreneurs or businesses are precisely the same, and because of this, their advice may not apply or resonate with you.

February 9th, 2021

IN A FUNK AT WORK? 13 SIGNS IT’S TIME FOR A CAREER CHANGE.

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss how you’ll know when it’s time to consider a career switch.

February 4th, 2021

Nine Techniques For Structuring A More Productive Workday

Entrepreneurs typically have long, nonstandard workdays, with some even working more than 15 hours at a time. Yet even though they may be spending all this time working on their business, there's no guarantee that their days are truly as productive as they could be.

January 20th, 2021

12 Factors to Consider Before Becoming an Entrepreneur

Being an entrepreneur and owning your own business is an end goal for most people. It's a thrilling end result -- the fact that you're your own boss, you set your own hours, and remain accountable only to yourself can be a heady mix. Yet, the benefits of the position usually overshadow the more pertinent considerations that would-be entrepreneurs overlook. Although there are significant benefits to being a business owner, there's also a considerable amount of background work that rarely gets highlighted but needs to be done.

December 30th, 2020

Eight Ways Employees Can Show Their Appreciation To Great Leaders

The backbone of a company is its employees, but the brain of a business is its leadership. The best leaders inspire and encourage the employees working under them, but even these leaders need positive reinforcement from time to time. While a lot of this reinforcement comes from those above them in the hierarchy, it has special meaning when the employees under them reach out to show their appreciation.

December 30th, 2020

12 Promising Industries to Start a Business in Today

December 8th, 2020

Avoid a Boring Branded Giveaway With These 13 Creative Ideas

November 25th, 2020

10 Out-Of-The-Box Marketing Promotions To Jump-Start Your Early-Stage Business

Trying to get people interested in your startup may seem like fighting a losing battle. The early stages of a startup have several challenges to getting customers involved in the business. Advertising to a large market can be expensive, and you have to figure out if your strategy will even work with your core audience. Standard marketing campaigns can be useful, but audience responses can be lackluster for something they've seen dozens of businesses try before.

November 17th, 2020

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November 13th, 2020

10 Ways To Stay In Touch With Your Growing Team About Their Performance

Keeping up with your employees on an individual level makes for good leadership. As you hire more and more people to your team, it can be difficult to maintain that one-on-one time with each employee. However, doing so is crucial to ensuring everyone is on the same page and performing their best.

November 2nd, 2020

Nine Essential Tools for Documenting Internal Business Processes

October 29th, 2020

UP YOUR UGC GAME WITH THESE 13 CONTENT STRATEGIES

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council share some creative ideas for tech companies that want to leverage more user-generated content.

October 5th, 2020

14 MAJOR TECH ISSUES OF 2020 (AND THE INNOVATIONS THAT WILL RESOLVE THEM)

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council discuss some of the past year's most pressing technology concerns and how we should address them.

October 1st, 2020

How To Maintain A Healthy Co-Founder Relationship: Nine Essential Tips

When you create a company with someone else, the initial stages require you to work closely together. Eventually, a bond forms, as it usually does when people work closely together. However, as a business grows, you and your co-founder may decide to work on separate parts of the business. Sometimes this may lead to disagreements between founding members -- whether caused by lack of communication or different views on how to expand the organization.

September 21st, 2020

Eight Elements Investors Should Look For In Startups

Startups have the potential to be massive earners for an investor. Getting in on the ground floor enables investors to make the most out of a startup's innovations. However, not all startups are successful. Quite a large number of them seem to have good ideas but fail to implement them properly.

August 20th, 2020

10 Smart Ways To Keep Up With Ever-Changing Social Media Functions

Social media is constantly evolving, as are the ways people use it. What was once primarily used for connecting with old friends and family has morphed into a platform for sharing perspectives and launching campaigns.

July 13th, 2020

15 Essential Steps for Creating a Business Exit Strategy

June 29th, 2020

13 Top Strategies to Up Your Twitter Game For the busy entrepreneurs looking for fast and effective ways to build a social media presence, connect with their peers and engage with their target audience in real time, Twitter is the ideal place. If used correctly, the platform can become a true goldmine of relevant industry information, valuable relationships and new customers. To help, here are several strategies busy entrepreneurs can use to up their Twitter game.

June 26th, 2020

14 Ways to Ensure Company Growth Doesn't Outstrip Business Communication

Businesses have seen a period of massive growth, especially those that deal solely with online sales and services. While this development is promising, it also opens up a business to another problem -- that of having their growth outscale their ability to communicate.

June 23rd, 2020

15 Smart Ways for Leaders to Thrive Under Stress

June 22nd, 2020

12 Key Elements Leaders Should Consider When Doing Live Video