Small Business
Great Communication for Business Owners
When you own a small business, it can feel like you’re constantly repeating yourself. Owners burden the full risk and responsibility of their business, so everything holds a higher stake for them than their employees. Employees in a small business are constantly looking to their owners and leaders to set the direction and lead the…
Human Resources
How Digital Signage Supports HR
Digital Signage can typically seem like a marketing or even an IT solution. Unless you’re already using digital signage in your company, you may be missing opportunities to unify your messaging to your employees in an efficient, effective way that saves you time and money. We live in an age where everyone has infinite…
Marketing
Reclaim the Wait
Let’s just say it: waiting is the worst. No one, at any age, enjoys a wait. Waiting can feel frustrating, and that frustration is an unwelcome brand message regardless of who’s being asked to wait, be it employees or customers. What if waiting didn’t feel like waiting? What if our wait time felt like an…
Human Resources
Developing a Culture of Gratitude
Amid the daily hustle and bustle, it can be easy to overlook opportunities to show your team how critical they are to your business. As we settle into the holiday season, however, it’s increasingly critical to remind your team that they’re important and valued by both the customers and the company’s leadership. Expressing gratitude to…
Digital Signage
Does Your Digital Signage…?
When we created Retriever, we did it with our customers in mind. In fact, we did it because we saw the need among our existing customers, so every aspect of our Retriever system was made with the user in mind. While we’re certainly not the only digital signage solution on the market, we believe we’re…
Communication
Three Signs Your Communication is Ineffective
You’re not alone. Everyone struggles with communication challenges. In an age where everyone is connected and every friend, relative and brand is competing for attention, it can be nearly impossible to cut through the noise unless what you’re saying is sensational or controversial. In fact, most people think they’re doing a great job of communicating,…
Retail
Increase Communication, Increase Sales
If you’re a B2C company with a storefront, it’s never been harder to grab the attention of your customers. Customers come into your store having already researched your products, sales, and promotions as well as your competitors. While they peruse, they’re price checking on their phones at best, and skimming social media at worst. Engaging…
Retriever Users
Refer Retriever!
When we created Retriever, it’s because our clients had a need, and we were primed to help. Our company has been an expert in communication for more than three decades, and we had clients who wanted a more dynamic way to communicate with their employees and customers than their bulletin boards and static signage could…
Human Resources
Onboard well!
Onboarding a new employee is one of the most important steps to building a successful team. More often than not “bad hires” are actually good employees who started on the wrong foot. During employee onboarding, you have the opportunity to give a new employee a sense of belonging as a part of your team, as well as…
Human Resources
Increase Your Employee Retention with These Three Tips
There is way more at play than money, when it comes to employee retention. We all know it’s hard to keep our best people, and it costs a lot more to hire a new employee than it does to retain a good one. But, when our employees begin to disengage, they take their first steps…