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COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Services
Focus on what you can do. Not what you can’t. Small steps turn into miles. – Zig Ziglar A main target for cost savings is usually the biggest bills. At Silverback, we generally use that as a starting point when working with new clients. However, you shouldn’t dismiss...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Insurance
Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances – Thomas Jefferson While insurance is a broad term, it only means it has many ways to find savings. Our advice here will be focused on savings for our...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Shipping
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. - Alice Walker One place you have power to find savings is in shipping. I will admit that these tips are not specific to reduced workforce and income. They are common recommendations of...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Waste
So the pie isn’t perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic – Martha Stewart While telecom is a bill we all pay as business owners, there is another bill that we all have: waste. There are a few variables that influence the cost of waste: how often...
COVID-19: Focus on what you can control: Telecom
Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options. – Simon Sinek As business leaders, we are constantly looking to improve our profits and take care of our employees, without whom our...
Cost-Reduction Analysis: A Parking Space to Avoid
In another piece dedicated to the new decade, Inc. published an article about setting meaningful goals, and the first question to help you set goals is “What are the tempting parking spaces to avoid?” While the question is meant to be broader, one “parking space” that...