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Being Productive By Cutting Out The Unnecessary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are living in an extremely productive time. No longer do we need to beat around the bush to get stuff done. This spans across almost everything – from work to personal life and all the way back again. Machines do everything apart from think for us, and in some instances they even stretch that far. So why aren\u2019t we using this to our advantage in the business world?<\/p>\n

Cut Out The Need For Face-to-Face<\/b><\/h2>\n

Whether you are a freelancer working alone or operating a business, verifying the identity of who you are dealing with can be tricky business. Alarm bells can ring at the smallest of things – from a customer being unwilling to provide formal ID to those who say that they don\u2019t have any and never have done. However, in some cases, this can ring true – most consumers nowadays are becoming increasingly irate with having to prove who they are, and it\u2019s not for fraudulent reasons.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s more so the fact that they are constantly having to do it. An easy solution is that you can now scan ID documents to verify customers\u2019 identities<\/a> – it\u2019s something that a lot of industries such as banks and betting sites are now having to do due to a) the influx of new users to their websites and b) an initial loss of customer base.<\/p>\n

People don\u2019t like faffing. They don\u2019t like having to get up from where they\u2019re sat to go out and prove who they are. Stuff needs to happen now at the very least, yesterday as a preference – we don\u2019t like to wait anymore. So cut out what is making everybody grumble and make it simpler for both them and you.<\/p>\n

\"Reach<\/a>
Reach Further With Less<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reach Further With Less<\/b><\/h2>\n

Less is more. We\u2019re constantly told this, and it\u2019s one of the fundamentals of advertising<\/a> Our customers like stuff simplified – the brain processes it quicker, we\u2019re able to understand it more and, generally speaking, it just looks nicer. So why are we still insisting on clogging up our websites, blogs and feeds with links to sites which aren\u2019t worth the click?<\/p>\n

There are seven main social media<\/a> platforms that we should be looking to reach. We want our consumer base to grow with virality; we are desperate for the shares and the likes. Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook are, in reality, all that you need to get stuff going. These are the most commonly used of the platforms and the ones that will see your content going viral – if it\u2019s good and relevant.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t try linking to every single platform that you can think of. There are some where it will take off, and some where it won\u2019t. It\u2019s very much trial and error, but as long as you are certain of your content and learn about the basics of what the users of each site are looking for, you\u2019ll be onto a winner.<\/p>\n

Look For The Passive<\/b><\/h2>\n

…not the active. If there is something online which can do the job for you, let it do it. There are so many free apps that we are not taking advantage of. For example, instead of proofreading something yourself, you can get the Grammarly app<\/a> to do it for you. We have advanced so much that we needn\u2019t rely on ourselves anymore. At least not for the easy stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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