by Business Glu | Feb 27, 2023 | Push Notifications, Scheduled Pushes, Team Communication
Too many of any one thing is too much – the same goes for pushes. Sending push notifications to your team or clients is an ideal way to get their attention, but if you send too many of them, the opposite will happen. They will stop paying attention to...
by Business Glu | Feb 15, 2023 | Team Management, Virtual Leadership
Thanks to leaps in technology, the best practices for becoming a better boss nowadays have a different list of bullet points. Because the details have changed for those on your virtual team, a boss nowadays must adapt to those differences. Consequently, details that...
by Business Glu | Jan 12, 2023 | Email Marketing, Prospecting, Sales
Building your client base is often the most challenging part of running a business. You’ve got everything set up, but now you just need customers. Think back. When was the last time a new person joined your team? Is your customer base growing? ...
by Business Glu | Jan 6, 2023 | Motivation, Push Notifications, Virtual Communication
Here’s a popular cheer for your team: Rah, Rah! Sis-Boom-Bah! Across the country, cheerleading squads and coaches do what they can so their teams remain motivated, no matter what the scoreboard says. It’s unlikely that your team members wear helmets and knee pads,...
by Business Glu | Oct 19, 2022 | Push Notifications, Team Communication
Keeping in touch with your team is as simple as sending a push. Unlike this young man and the effort he must make to push the lawnmower, you merely need to create the team message, arrange to send it, and keep your fingers crossed that your team will read...
by Business Glu | Sep 21, 2022 | Motivation, Productivity, Virtual Training
Nowadays we don’t need to meet face-to-face to provide training content to our team. If we’ve got a virtual platform, we have a choice. Do we deliver training at a specific time and day? Or do we keep the training smorgasbord-style, allowing our team...
by Business Glu | Aug 31, 2022 | Social Media, Training, Virtual Communication
Leaders and teams realize now that social media is not an ideal way to train or even to communicate with a virtual team. Maybe one of the biggest drawbacks is that people are on social media for personal reasons. Everyone seems to be on Facebook, Twitter, and...
by Business Glu | Aug 17, 2022 | Scheduled Pushes, Team Management
You don’t need to be in front of your computer to communicate with your team. Instead, you can put your messages on auto-pilot and send them even though you might not be anywhere near a computer screen. Write your messages in advance and send them when you...
by Business Glu | Jul 11, 2022 | Accountability, Motivation, Training
Leaders and teams are just now finding out about Business Glu, a leading edge mobile and web app. They’ve been searching for a way to keep their people trained, accountable, and in the know. For years they’ve struggled with the arbitrary changes when using...
by Business Glu | Jun 7, 2022 | Video, Virtual Training
You’ve got an idea, a vision, for a video you want to create for your team or your clients. It seems as though everyone is making videos nowadays, so what’s the big deal, right? Well, maybe you don’t want to take such a casual approach to creating this...
by Business Glu | Jun 3, 2022 | Accountability, Teamwork, Virtual Leadership
It’s obvious. The members of successful teams join together their strengths and talents to meet end goals. What is perhaps not so obvious is that your team needs accountability in order for it to be stronger than its weakest member. Unfortunately,...
by Business Glu | May 4, 2022 | Organizing Materials, Productivity, Training
The creation of virtual training modules takes time to plan, prepare, and organize. Once you’ve created them, you’ll want to know where each one is, so that you’ll have easy access to them. When you’re training your team, you certainly don’t want to waste time...
by Business Glu | Apr 27, 2022 | Dynamic Links, Team Management, Virtual Leadership
Dynamic links connect us to all sorts of things and take us around the world with just a click. In this case, though, what do dynamic links have to do with Business Glu? Let’s take a look at their form and function first, and then focus on how the Business...
by Business Glu | Apr 14, 2022 | Team Management, Virtual Communication
Sending a push to your team is smart; using push templates to do that is even smarter. Let’s face it, you will often send similar messages to your team. Perhaps you’ll send a reminder to tell your folks that the virtual meeting starts in 5 minutes. Or you might want...
by Business Glu | Mar 10, 2022 | Motivation, Training, Virtual Training
You’re in a hurry, your team’s all over the map, but you need to get the word out. You can train on the go. Actually that may be your only option right now. Your plan, though, is to produce excellent remote training sessions for your team – even when you all are on...
by Business Glu | Feb 21, 2022 | Marketing, Push Notifications, Virtual Communication
Sending pushes is a relatively new way businesses have to reach out. Quite a few people are unfamiliar with the ins and outs of pushes, so let’s take on the role of a journalist in order to learn about pushes. Traditionally, newspaper correspondents used...
by Business Glu | Jan 5, 2022 | Marketing, Push Notifications, Sales
Reaching out to others is more simple than this. The concept is the same, though, but push notifications do not involve a hike up a hill. They’ve been around since 2008, thanks to Matias Duarte and his team, but it’s the crew at Apple who brought this...
by Business Glu | Dec 16, 2021 | Business Success, Productivity, Virtual Communication
Successful communication sure has changed – especially for a virtual business. These kids had the general idea. You’ve got something to say, so you reach out for whatever is handy to make your statement heard. These two, though, were right next to...
by Business Glu | Dec 9, 2021 | Business Success, Productivity, Team Management
The numbers prove the shift from working in an office to being on a virtual team. In the U.S, alone, nearly 5 million employees now work remotely several days a week, with 30% of them working that way full-time. Often these folks are spread out across the...
by Business Glu | Dec 2, 2021 | Business Success, Marketing, Prospecting, Writing Blogs
A blog goes beyond being just mere words on a page or a screen. In fact, a published blog may be one of the most important products or services your business offers clients and potential customers. As a result, when you allow your blog to morph into...
by Business Glu | Nov 23, 2021 | Business Success, Push Notifications, Sales, Training, Using Your Phone
Success in business takes using your smarts . . . but in this case, “smarts” means using your smartphone. Whether your company focuses on products or services, you can use your phone to run your business. What are the advantages of doing so? Are...
by Business Glu | Nov 16, 2021 | Business Success, Motivation, Team Management, Virtual Leadership
Nearly everything has changed with virtual leadership. Before the Pandemic, you could listen to your team around a conference table presenting reports, discussing issues, and providing status updates. As the leader, you had instant access to answers to...
by Business Glu | Oct 25, 2021 | Motivation, Teamwork, Uncategorized, Virtual Training
Those on a virtual team need accountability even more than those sharing office space. Nowadays, 64% of organizations surveyed say that, thanks to the coronavirus crisis, their teams are now virtual (Meluso et al., 2020). How does that impact team leaders?...
by Business Glu | Oct 6, 2021 | Business Success, Marketing, Push Notifications
Want to boost your business? Want higher numbers from your sales campaigns? Are the results of sales efforts lagging? Maybe you’d like to reach a bigger audience? The bottom line is still the bottom line: we all want to make more money, or we...
by Business Glu | Sep 21, 2021 | Marketing, Push Notifications
Want to get the word out to your team? Have you got an important message for your customers or your prospects? You want to get their attention right now. So, perhaps you’ll reach for your keyboard and start typing out an email message. Not so...
by Business Glu | Aug 31, 2021 | Video, Virtual Training
Virtual training has become more the norm, thanks to the Pandemic. Fortunately, with the tools you have at your fingertips, this form of training has benefits and conveniences for both the business owner and the team. Use this checklist of tips based on...
by Business Glu | Jul 29, 2021 | Business Success, Motivation, Training
Sid Peddinti wants to get the word out. In fact, he’s keen on reaching millions of people. His message is simple: “If I can do it, so can you!” A rare combination of talents and skills, he’s a business attorney, an entrepreneurial success, and an...
by Business Glu | Jul 17, 2020 | Business Success, Sales
Instagram. It’s a place where people poke around. People connect with family and friends. They share what they’re doing with their days – and their nights. They look to see what’s going on in the world around them. Instagram advertises that it...
by Business Glu | Jul 2, 2020 | Business Success, SEO
Blogs are more than just 500 words about a topic. They are a way for your customers to find you on the Internet. If you add new copy to your website on a routine basis, then blogs are a way to encourage people to keep coming back. One equation for online...
by Business Glu | Jun 22, 2020 | Business Success, Motivation
A random act of kindness can certainly boost one’s spirits. You’ve heard about the pay-it-forward cup of coffee. What if that happened to you? You’re in the drive-thru line. You’re lost in your thoughts. Maybe you’re even worried about...
by Business Glu | Jun 10, 2020 | Business Success
The new norm has taken its toll on business as we know it. The pandemic has caused sweeping changes within every industry we have from aerospace to the Worldwide web. Companies worldwide have scrambled to stay afloat by rearranging people, procedures, and...
by Business Glu | May 29, 2020 | Marketing, Motivation, Teamwork
You got mail! Push notifications are much more than a virtual version of “You got mail!” Better than email, these pushes alert your clients or audience or team with important news. Even more, the recipients don’t even need to be logged into the app...
by Business Glu | May 20, 2020 | Motivation, Teamwork
Motivating your team is an essential part of managing it. Because of the pandemic, teams have suddenly begun working remotely. Face-to-face encounters that were once taken for granted are currently not part of the business as usual. Some of your team...
by Business Glu | May 6, 2020 | Teamwork, Training
A remote team needs efficient and effective training just as much or even more than a team working at the same location. By definition, a team needs to work together, combining their efforts to reach a goal. That refers to any team – from a sales team to a...
by Business Glu | Apr 23, 2020 | Marketing
Marketing = Content. Content = Marketing. Either way you turn the phrase, whichever words and graphics you use in your marketing campaigns become your marketing campaign. Not only must you be strong in your marketing content, but you must also be...
by Business Glu | Apr 2, 2020 | Performance Metrics, Teamwork
Performance metrics. Keeping track of your team has a new twist now, courtesy of the Coronavirus. COVID-19 has made it so many must work away from the office in order to uphold social distancing. It’s challenging enough to measure performance...
by Business Glu | Mar 11, 2020 | Teamwork, Training
A key element to performing your best is remembering the details to retain training. Actually, retaining the training is really what matters. Meanwhile, the trouble is that the facts weigh against that. Why? Tests prove that we can only remember seven...
by Business Glu | Feb 28, 2020 | Teamwork, Training
Connecting with a remote team has become a 21st century concern. In fact, Dale Carnegie’s renowned book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, has been revised to add In the Digital Age to the title. When a team works together in an office, you’re in the same...
by Business Glu | Feb 18, 2020 | Marketing, Sales
Push notifications may be the most significant change in marketing in the 21st century. Digital advertising allows us to contact others with subtle messages sent to their phones. Those “nudges” are gentle reminders to potential or current customers about...
by Business Glu | Feb 13, 2020 | Facebook, Marketing
So, you’ve got your team set up in your own private space on Business Glu, and they have access to your training and other documents for your business. Now it’s up to you to find leads for them. One of your colleagues suggests that ad targeting in Facebook might...
by Business Glu | Feb 10, 2020 | Teamwork, Training
You may need to move your team training to your own private space. Why? Because where you conduct team training makes a big difference. For example, the most effective venue is one without distractions and interruptions. In the middle of a live...
by Business Glu | Jan 27, 2020 | Marketing, Video
Video marketing is your best bet for boosting your business. People nowadays read less and less. So, if your marketing plan includes paragraphs of details, your leads may not linger long enough to wade through all of those words to be converted to customers. You...
by Business Glu | Jan 23, 2020 | Marketing, Prospecting
Facebook has been repurposed. That may be a problem for multilevel marketing. When something is repurposed, a transformation takes place and a new use for an idea or a product emerges. Platforms can also be transformed, and that’s what has happened....
by Business Glu | Jan 20, 2020 | Training
Just look at this messy desk! Albert Einstein had one, too, and in defense of it, he asked a pointed question: “If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Even so, when people have too many...
by Business Glu | Dec 18, 2019 | Training
It doesn’t matter whether you are training a team to dive under the ocean or to duplicate sales with your direct sales company. You need to have a consistent and stable way to connect with each one of your team members. Many people use Facebook. Perhaps...
