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6 types of data to improve efficiencyTuesday September 8th, 2020
How to be seen in a competitive tourism marketTuesday August 25th, 2020
Tips for supporting your employees during difficult timesWednesday July 29th, 2020
How to keep employees motivated during quiet timesMonday February 17th, 2020
Tips for setting up a referral or affiliate scheme for your small business
Tuesday February 4th, 2020
Online scheduling for shipping, logistics and transportation companiesMonday January 20th, 2020
Which is the right social media platform for your small business?Tuesday January 14th, 2020
Small business trends you should know about for 2020Friday January 3rd, 2020
How to get your business ready for Christmas & New YearMonday December 2nd, 2019
Online scheduling for the entertainment industry
Monday November 25th, 2019
Employee skills managers should look for in the customer service industrySaturday November 16th, 2019
How to improve your small business' financial health
Monday November 4th, 2019
Online shift scheduling for emergency workers
Sunday October 20th, 2019

The small business guide to working with influencers and bloggers

Tuesday October 8th, 2019
Employee skills managers should look for in the hospitality industryMonday September 16th, 2019
The key benefits of a time clock system
Sunday September 1st, 2019
Understanding marketing collateral for small businessesWednesday August 21st, 2019
The best automation ideas for small businesses
Tuesday August 6th, 2019
How online scheduling software can save small businesses lots of time and moneyWednesday July 3rd, 2019
Employee skills managers need to look for in the retail sectorWednesday June 19th, 2019
The alternative people management skills every manager needsWednesday June 5th, 2019
What are the best opening hours for your small business?Wednesday May 8th, 2019
Tips for researching your small business’ competitionFriday April 26th, 2019
How to define your ideal buyer personaThursday April 11th, 2019
Best ways you can reduce your employees' stress levels at workTuesday March 12th, 2019
Tips for writing an employee expenses policyFriday March 1st, 2019
How to identify your business' USP (unique selling point)Wednesday February 20th, 2019
How to support employees with family commitmentsMonday February 11th, 2019
Tips for encouraging teamwork in your small businessFriday February 1st, 2019
Small business marketing ideas customers will loveWednesday January 23rd, 2019
Tips for finding and hiring the best student employeesMonday January 14th, 2019

Choosing the best employee benefits for your small business

Wednesday January 2nd, 2019
How to promote cross-selling and upselling in your small businessMonday December 17th, 2018
The best way to define your small business' brand identityWednesday December 5th, 2018
Tips for improving your response rate and sales from cold emailsFriday November 30th, 2018
How to create and enforce an employee time and attendance policyWednesday November 21st, 2018
Tips for conducting an end of year review for your small businessMonday November 12th, 2018
How to prepare your small business for big sales eventsThursday November 1st, 2018
The benefits of promoting within your small businessMonday October 22nd, 2018
Online employee scheduling for retail stores, shops and supermarketsMonday October 15th, 2018
How to find a business mentor for your small businessTuesday October 2nd, 2018
How to know when your employees are ready for promotionThursday September 27th, 2018
How to implement flexible working practices in your small businessTuesday September 11th, 2018
How to set up and run a mentoring scheme in your small businessMonday September 3rd, 2018
How a mentoring scheme can benefit your small businessesWednesday August 22nd, 2018
Online employee scheduling for call centresWednesday August 15th, 2018
How to predict and prepare for busy peak timesWednesday August 1st, 2018
How to avoid unconscious bias as a managerMonday July 23rd, 2018
Employee scheduling for hospitals, health centres, and medical facilitiesTuesday July 17th, 2018
Your small business is expanding…but is your team ready?Monday July 9th, 2018
Four signs your small business is ready to expandTuesday June 26th, 2018
Tips for making performance reviews more productive and beneficialMonday June 18th, 2018
The best ways to market your small business offlineMonday June 11th, 2018
The benefits of cloud-based solutions for small businessesThursday June 7th, 2018
How to tell a customer their order is lateFriday June 1st, 2018
How to recognise and nurture management potential in your employeesWednesday May 23rd, 2018
Tips for managing problem-free night shiftsWednesday May 16th, 2018
How to improve employee retention in your small businessTuesday May 8th, 2018
The best podcasts for small business managersWednesday May 2nd, 2018
How to make your small business more energy efficientThursday April 26th, 2018
Easy ways to improve customer service in your small businessWednesday April 18th, 2018
Clocking in tips and best practicesThursday April 12th, 2018
How to nurture talent with effective employee development plansWednesday April 4th, 2018
How to best manage annual leave and vacation requestsTuesday March 27th, 2018
Should your business give away free products?Monday March 19th, 2018
Simple ways to make employee scheduling easierMonday March 12th, 2018
Tips for improving employee punctualityThursday March 1st, 2018
The best job interview questions for any roleTuesday February 20th, 2018
Find out why your customers are leaving youMonday February 12th, 2018
The right way to handle employee resignationsTuesday February 6th, 2018
How to deal with conflict in the workplaceThursday February 1st, 2018
How to eliminate time-wasting activities at workWednesday January 24th, 2018
New EU GDPR data protection laws: What does it mean for your Findmyshift account?Tuesday January 16th, 2018
How to grow your business presence on social media - Part Five: YouTubeTuesday January 9th, 2018
How to grow your business presence on social media - Part Four: LinkedInWednesday January 3rd, 2018
New Year's resolutions you should make for your employeesThursday December 21st, 2017
How to bring festive fun to the workplace... and stay productive!Monday December 11th, 2017
Tips for small businesses to deal with challenges during the holiday seasonWednesday December 6th, 2017
How to use the holiday season for marketing your small businessTuesday November 28th, 2017
Alternative seasonal gift ideas for small businessesMonday November 20th, 2017
How to grow your business presence on social media - Part Three: InstagramWednesday November 15th, 2017
How to grow your business through social media - Part Two: TwitterMonday November 6th, 2017
Tips for boosting your small business' salesWednesday November 1st, 2017
How to grow your business presence on social media - Part One: FacebookWednesday October 25th, 2017
Ways to improve the content on your small business websiteMonday October 16th, 2017
The role of feedback in nurturing new startersMonday October 9th, 2017
What employees really want from managersTuesday October 3rd, 2017
Kickstarter for Small Businesses: Part Two - Building and launching your campaignWednesday September 27th, 2017
Kickstarter for Small Businesses: Part One - Finding the right fitThursday September 21st, 2017
How to look after your employees' mental healthWednesday September 13th, 2017
How to create and manage a successful employee onboarding programmeTuesday September 5th, 2017
PR for Small Businesses - Part Two: Pitching the mediaFriday August 25th, 2017
PR for Small Businesses - Part One: Where to startFriday August 18th, 2017
Amazon Alexa integrationMonday August 14th, 2017
Help your staff enjoy a healthy work-life balanceWednesday August 2nd, 2017
Tips for managing staff breaksMonday July 24th, 2017
Twitter tips for small businessesTuesday July 18th, 2017
Easy and affordable ways to train your staffTuesday July 11th, 2017
Facebook tips for small businessesFriday June 23rd, 2017
Easy ways to boost employees' productivityThursday June 15th, 2017
Tips for improving communication between managers and their employeesThursday June 1st, 2017
Which social media platform is best for your business?Friday May 26th, 2017
Easy ways to improve customer loyaltyFriday May 19th, 2017
How to stay healthy when working at a desk all dayTuesday April 18th, 2017
How to improve employee engagementWednesday March 29th, 2017
How to manage employee use of social media at workWednesday March 22nd, 2017
What is employee engagement?Wednesday March 15th, 2017
Best practices for hiring new employeesThursday March 9th, 2017
Why you should let your employees use social media at workThursday February 16th, 2017
Creative and interesting interview questions to help you find the right employeeWednesday February 8th, 2017
Using filters to save more time schedulingMonday January 30th, 2017
Great resolutions for great leadersThursday January 19th, 2017
Cloud-based SaaS Software: Pros and ConsFriday January 13th, 2017
Motivate your staff in JanuaryWednesday December 28th, 2016
Online scheduling for gyms, personal trainers and fitness centresThursday December 15th, 2016
Easy ways to thank customers at the end of the yearWednesday December 7th, 2016
Ideas for an affordable Christmas partyTuesday November 29th, 2016
Tips for improving staff meetingsThursday November 17th, 2016
Ideas for free employee wellness initiativesThursday November 3rd, 2016
Tips for managing weekend staffMonday October 24th, 2016
Easy and affordable ways to motivate your employeesFriday October 14th, 2016
How to take productive breaks at workThursday October 6th, 2016
Tips for managing teenage employeesMonday September 12th, 2016
Easy ways you can make your customers happyFriday September 2nd, 2016
Best practices for managing temporary employeesWednesday August 24th, 2016
Advice for safely handling employee dataMonday August 1st, 2016
New iOS and Android app available!Wednesday July 27th, 2016
Tips for managing extrovertsMonday July 18th, 2016
Team building ideas you'll actually enjoyFriday July 8th, 2016
Common scheduling problems and how to solve themMonday June 27th, 2016
Tips for managing millennialsMonday June 20th, 2016
Online scheduling for restaurants: Part 2Monday May 30th, 2016
Online scheduling for restaurants: Part 1Monday May 23rd, 2016
Apply pay rates based on the age of your employeesMonday May 16th, 2016
Tips for managing introvertsMonday May 9th, 2016
Prepare your business for summerMonday May 2nd, 2016
Creative ways to manage volunteersMonday April 11th, 2016
Successful one-on-ones with your employeesMonday April 4th, 2016
Indoor plants that will survive any workplaceTuesday March 22nd, 2016
Instant insights with your reporting dashboardWednesday March 9th, 2016
The Worst Bosses in FilmThursday December 24th, 2015
Holiday working hours in a 'Round the Clock World'Monday November 2nd, 2015
The best metrics for getting started with employee engagementMonday August 31st, 2015
Ten Real Jobs You Didn't Know ExistedMonday July 27th, 2015
HRM Software as a ServiceMonday July 20th, 2015
18 Inspiring & Successful Female EntrepreneursMonday July 13th, 2015
Employee performance reviews: productive or destructive?Monday June 1st, 2015
The world's oldest employeesFriday April 24th, 2015
The Weirdest Jobs in the WorldTuesday February 24th, 2015
Free employee scheduling for small businessesFriday January 16th, 2015
Bitcoin for businessWednesday December 3rd, 2014
Productivity tips for small business ownersMonday November 24th, 2014
Customer story: Austin Health Emergency DepartmentMonday November 10th, 2014
What's motivating your employees?Monday November 3rd, 2014
Free Excel template for your employee scheduleFriday October 24th, 2014
Art makes employees happyMonday October 20th, 2014
Is this the coolest way to spend your coffee break?Monday October 13th, 2014
Customer story: Picturehouse CinemasFriday September 5th, 2014
Customise your data to schedule smarterMonday August 11th, 2014
Using Findmyshift to manage your payrollThursday July 24th, 2014
Five free apps to help you manage social mediaTuesday July 1st, 2014
Auto-complete now available with filtersWednesday June 25th, 2014
Six different management stylesMonday June 16th, 2014
Six free tools to help your websiteMonday June 9th, 2014
Life in the fast lane!Wednesday June 4th, 2014
Monitoring your staffing costsFriday May 30th, 2014
Cool workspaces on Office SnapshotsWednesday May 21st, 2014
How to back up and restore your dataFriday April 18th, 2014
Secret ingredients for happy employeesFriday April 11th, 2014
Schedule employees with your voiceTuesday April 1st, 2014
How to export data from your schedulesTuesday March 25th, 2014
Saving time with templatesTuesday March 18th, 2014
Setting up push notificationsFriday February 28th, 2014
Ten Inspiring Books for Small Business LeadersThursday February 6th, 2014
Ten best workplace TV showsWednesday February 5th, 2014
Timesheets and time clockingWednesday January 29th, 2014
Copy & paste editing on FindmyshiftWednesday January 22nd, 2014
Five things small businesses should know about in 2014Friday January 17th, 2014
We're now accepting bitcoin!Monday January 13th, 2014
Five great websites for small and medium businessesTuesday December 17th, 2013
Twelve Christmas gift ideas for coworkersMonday December 2nd, 2013
Efficient employee scheduling during the holidaysWednesday November 27th, 2013
Getting started with our drag & drop editorWednesday November 13th, 2013
Unlimited means unlimitedFriday October 25th, 2013
Supporting charities and non-profitsFriday October 18th, 2013
10 ways to save time when staff scheduling with FindmyshiftFriday October 11th, 2013
10 great life hacks for the workplaceFriday October 4th, 2013
Findmyshift in the news - September 2013Monday September 30th, 2013
The new vertical viewWednesday July 3rd, 2013
Thinking of going paperless?Friday March 8th, 2013
Zapier links Findmyshift to 100+ popular web appsWednesday August 1st, 2012
More keyboard shortcuts!Saturday March 24th, 2012
How to track time off quickly and accuratelyTuesday November 29th, 2011
Five free texts each month!Saturday October 22nd, 2011
Import and export your employees with CSV and Excel filesWednesday September 14th, 2011
How to move your shifts to the topSunday August 7th, 2011
Select and edit multiple cells at the same timeSunday July 3rd, 2011
Findmyshift's now available on the Chrome Web StoreTuesday December 7th, 2010
Using the Bradford Factor to measure absenteeismSaturday August 21st, 2010
Keeping track of your employee's sick leaveSaturday August 7th, 2010
Happy birthday to you... and you, and you, and you.Wednesday July 21st, 2010
Rate exceptions: Alternate employee pay ratesWednesday July 7th, 2010
Faster scheduling with quick keyboard shortcutsThursday September 10th, 2009
How to manage overtime pay ratesThursday September 3rd, 2009
How to include breaks in your staff pay reportsFriday August 28th, 2009
How to add attachments to the notice boardMonday June 15th, 2009
Findmyshift is featured on the Great Website GuideThursday May 28th, 2009