Business Tips

In the flurry of a busy workday, we’re all guilty of occasionally producing gray materials. Here are three tips for adding color, clarity and purpose to communications.

About 124.5 billion business emails are sent and received daily. And that number is steadily growing with over a third…

Lee Iacocca, the auto industry titan who was the face of Ford, died July 2 at age 94. With an uncanny ability to connect with consumers, his career holds timeless lessons for anyone who works in communications.

If you’re a rising star in Pittsburgh, now’s the time to check out some valuable leadership development opportunities.

Long days in the office can be pretty monotonous. What differentiates a productive work environment from one that really doesn’t care about its employees? In short, food.

Being in a management position means being a valued and respected leader for other members of your team, but respect does not usually come simultaneously with the title. So, how can you earn it?

Between work, school, sporting activities and social activities, making sure that your family is where they need to be can be stressful.

It can be hard to receive negative feedback, especially in the workplace. It’s also difficult to give negative feedback in a manner where employees listen, understand and eventually grow from the experience. By using a few tactics, there are ways to improve the experience of criticism from both perspectives.

PRSA has some great advice:

Want to create stronger passwords to protect yourself against cybercriminals? Here’s our two cents:

Public demand for news, combined with its immediacy (viral videos, 24/7 news cycles), means having a prepared spokesperson for your business is critical.

The key to connecting with your target audience online is the creation of compelling content.

Developing the perfect pre-work routine can help maximize your daily productivity. Start this week by implementing the following routines:

Are your promotions going out to social media channels when customers are online? Don’t post and get lost in feed clutter. Research shows the best times and days to post on the various social platforms are:

Could you be benefitting from marketing your products and services on LinkedIn? Recently released reports from Microsoft suggest that you could be. The professional and business-based platform has shown increased levels of engagement recently.

Most of us have workplace moments we wish we could take back, have encountered a co-worker in a bad mood or worked in a group that doesn’t gel well. Left to linger, these issues might create the dreaded “toxic workplace.”

Saying sorry has become a habit these days, but over-apologizing at work can undermine your confidence and credibility. Here are fixes for three common scenarios:

We’ve got a new home here at WordWrite – your humble storytellers behind The Pittsburgh 100 – after moving to 611 William Penn Place, or the old Alcoa Building.

April is National Volunteer Month, but you don’t need to limit your time helping others to 30 days.

The U.S. Department of Labor proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would make approximately 1 million workers eligible for overtime pay.

Almost everyone likes a person with a good sense of humor. Studies even show humorous people are more successful and are more likely to be in positions of influence.

If you think that going green at work is difficult, think again.

Whether it’s a company presentation or a Sunday prayer, speaking to a crowd can be terrifying. Here are four helpful tools:

Whether you’re stuck with a difficult problem needing a creative solution or trying to pick the name for your podcast, we all get into creative ruts.

Conferences are great places to develop your business and skills. Here’s how to make the most of them.

If you want people to engage and talk with you, ask better questions. We all know that the answer to “How was your day?” will typically be “fine.” Ask a more open question.

Business email inboxes are noisier than ever, so avoiding “opt-out status” with your colleagues is crucial. Here are three tips for email etiquette:

Family businesses are vulnerable to special weaknesses that can sink the entire enterprise. Those that fail typically run into these common mistakes.

Career mentorship is an invaluable experience that can bring you to new professional heights that would be impossible to reach alone. Working with a mentor can also lead to personal growth.

Working from home is becoming the new norm in the U.S., with 5 percent – or more than 8 million – Americans working from home in 2017.