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How to Work From Home (5 Tips from Remote Work Experts)

Covid-19 changed the landscape of the American workforce. More employees work from home now and for many, the shift is permanent, while other workers enjoy a hybrid home/office arrangement. This new stay-at-home, work-at-home reality certainly has its pluses. Small...

The Worst 3 Reasons for Starting a New Business (Don’t Quit Your Job Yet)

You should understand the most important reason for starting a business and avoid the worst three reasons for starting a new business

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How To Find Employees In a Gig Economy

How To Find Employees In a Gig Economy

Would you like Taco Bell delivered to you? Could your dog Fido use a midday walk while you’re at work? Maybe enjoy your Saturday morning and let someone else shop for and deliver your groceries? Just about any service you need to free up time and make your life easier...

Picking the Right Compensation Plan for Your Employees

Picking the Right Compensation Plan for Your Employees

It's fantasy football season and leagues all around the country have held their drafts. In one type of draft each fantasy team starts out with a budget and bids on NFL players to build the best team with limited resources. This fantasy game parallels the real life...

Workflow Intelligence for Your Supervisors

Workflow Intelligence for Your Supervisors

Is your service-based business built to handle the workflow load you put on your supervisors and management team? In 2 back to back days I saw 2 tractor-trailer trucks stuck at the same intersection. It wasn't a coincidence. Their normal routes on a wide state highway...

10 Tips To Maximize Your Phone’s Battery Life

10 Tips To Maximize Your Phone’s Battery Life

The Short Life Of Simon You probably don't know Simon. His life was brief, yet exciting, with an appearance in the movie, 'The Net' in his bio. But Simon's impact on the world was life-changing. If still around today Simon would be 25 years old. Simon was the world's...

Have a Great 4th!

Have a Great 4th!

“Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.” Moshe Dayan We would like to wish everyone a happy 4th of July and thank those who fight for and defend our freedoms. The United States of America is a wonderful country and a blessed place to live where we can breathe in freedom...

Set Your Sights On A Corporate Vision

Set Your Sights On A Corporate Vision

Do you remember why you started your business? What is the purpose of your company? Maybe a more important question is, do your employees know this purpose? Are they included and made part of this corporate vision or are they just a means to an end? It's been said...

Tracking Time + Attendance For Student Externships

Tracking Time + Attendance For Student Externships

The semester may be about over for students, but the life of a college admin never slows down, right? You are probably already planning for the Fall. Have you considered a more efficient way to track the time and attendance of your externships? Our clock in, clock out...

Arm Your Security Guard Company With Chronotek

Arm Your Security Guard Company With Chronotek

You protect your customers with the strictest standards of accountability, but does your security guard company safeguard itself? The enemy may be within your own gates. If so, it erodes and destroys the very thing that keeps your business viable to protect your...

Employee Accountability for Pool Management Companies

Employee Accountability for Pool Management Companies

Many businesses have a seasonal rush - that one window in which they have to pull in most of their profits for the entire year. For a fireworks store it's the 4th of July. The season is upon us now for pool management companies-Memorial Day to Labor Day. We have...

We Help Janitorial Companies Succeed

We Help Janitorial Companies Succeed

Business success doesn't come easy. Every business owner faces hurdles and challenges to survive for the long term. This is especially true of companies, like janitorial businesses, that manage remote employees. Brandon, the founder and CEO of Chronotek, learned this...

The Best Apps On My Phone Right Now

The Best Apps On My Phone Right Now

Yes, there's a mobile app for everything. Just the other day I installed a new app which prompted my dog to fetch me a beer. He hasn't learned to pop the top yet, but he's working on it. Ok, that is fake news, yet there is probably an app designer working on it....

Jumpstart Your Business Life With a Road Trip

Jumpstart Your Business Life With a Road Trip

What do you think of when I say ‘Road Trip’? Kansas City, MO was our destination and Charlotte, NC was our launch point for the road trip I recently did with a friend. The Chiefs were playing at home against the Colts in the divisional round playoff game. The allure...

Cut Payroll Costs with Effective Timetracking

Cut Payroll Costs with Effective Timetracking

As a business owner, do you sometimes feel that you're doing all you can, but still can't catch a break and barely squeaking by? In a silly way, I can relate. I had the top-scoring team in our fantasy football league but ended the season with a losing record. It's...

How To Implement An Online Time Clock System

How To Implement An Online Time Clock System

Would you drive across town to save 10 cents a gallon on gas? Not me. It's a waste of time and more gas. I stopped for gas the other day, and my son said he and my wife got gas for 33 cents a gallon cheaper on the other side of town. That made me emotional for someone...

Our 8 Top Blog Posts To Ignite Your 2019 Business Goals

Our 8 Top Blog Posts To Ignite Your 2019 Business Goals

You're going to lose 10 pounds, go to the gym every day, start saving for a rainy day and visit your mother-in-law more often. All great goals and resolutions for 2019, but what about the goals for your business? Do you begin each year with a set of initiatives to...

5 Awesome Christmas Gifts Not On Your Shopping List

5 Awesome Christmas Gifts Not On Your Shopping List

Is it beginning to feel a lot like Christmas to you? Meaning you are starting to panic because time is drawing nigh and your Christmas gift list is still longer than Santa's beard? Here's a short list of Christmas gifts if you're still trying to think of that perfect...

End of the Year Business Tips and Helps

End of the Year Business Tips and Helps

My daughter recently gave me a tip that saved my pride. I was routinely getting thrashed at Words With Friends by my 12 year old son. She asked if I used the helps. Helps? What are you talking about? I learned that WWF has helps you buy with virtual coins you earn as...

Understanding Independent Contractor v. Employee Classification

Understanding Independent Contractor v. Employee Classification

Don't let this happen to you. In June 2015, FedEx settled with workers in California for $228 million who sued the company for misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees. Workers in many other states have also filed suits against FedEx for...