What Exactly is a D-U-N-S Number? Simply put, the D-U-N-S or Data Universal Numbering System is a unique nine-digit identifier for businesses. Created and copyrighted by Dun & Bradstreet in 1962, this nine-digit number can identify business entities based on their location. This number is mainly of importance because governments can use it to check the identity and legal entity…
When you start your cleaning business, you may feel that finding good clients is the biggest challenge in your industry. That is far from the truth. In a cleaning business, finding clients is easier; the difficult part is finding and growing a high-quality workforce. Let’s say you start a cleaning service, your company is up and running, you also…
Sooner or later, everyone thinks about choosing a future profession. It is good when interest and talent for certain things show up from childhood and, choosing education after school, the child clearly understands what area of expertise relates to him. But this is not always the case, so teenagers and their parents begin to analyze professions in terms of…
Entrepreneurs have some traits that set them apart. They are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. Most importantly, they are smart with their dollars. If you want to join the entrepreneurship bandwagon, you must know how to manage your money before anything else. Financial management is an art you have to master early, even before you start pursuing your startup…
If, from a businesses’ perspective, time is money, then is wasting time therefore wasting money? It’s no surprise that plenty of time is wasted at work, but what is truly the biggest culprit of said wasted time? Research would indicate that cell phone usage is atop the list of ways in which employees waste time in the office.…
An overarching professional theme across both individuals and organizations alike is accountability. Not only can this trait contribute to a professional’s longevity, it also plays an important role in determining the success of any given organization. A great sense of accountability is what separates a good employee from an outstanding employee. Accountable employees lead to increased productivity, which…
As displayed in the infographic coupled with this post, retailers have a much better chance of selling additional products to existing customers than selling these products to new customers. The difference is actually quite staggering. Within the range of a 60% to 70% chance of selling to an existing customer versus a range of 5% to 20% of selling…
Have you ever been worried about the quality of your cybersecurity efforts for your business? If your answer is yes, recent statistics might alarm you. Cybercrime, which consists of phishing, ransomware, identity theft and fraud, have seen a 600% frequency increase since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in December of 2019. Of the crimes listed above, web-based attacks and…
As a business owner or manager navigating through the tough times of the pandemic, it’s likely that you still have some employees working remotely full time. The same can be said for other organizations around the country as well. However, even before the pandemic struck the United States, full-time remote employees saw a huge jump. Between the years 2005…
John Ritenour has worked in the insurance industry for his entire professional career. Having been born and raised in Pennsylvania, Ritenour and his wife, Valli, started their own insurance agency in the mid-1980s. They made this decision after John experienced quick success in his first job as an insurance agent. The Ritenour family decided to leave Pennsylvania for Florida in…