How are SMBs that have managed to survive the first few months of the COVID-19 crisis faring today? Check out SMB Group’s new eBook to find out! SMB Group fielded our new SMB Group Survey, SMBs: Navigating a Path Forward, in July to help answer this question. Sponsored by Dell Technologies, Mitel, Sage Intacct, Workday, […]
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First Look: SMB Group’s SMBs: Navigating a Path Forward July Survey Results
COVID-19 has disrupted any notion of business as usual. To understand the immediate impact on SMBs, SMB Group fielded our first survey study on this topic in March: Impact of COVID-19 on Small and Medium Businesses. Our new, follow up survey study,
Xero Fast Forward: Time to Ditch the Old Accountant Stereotype
What image comes to mind when you think of an accountant? The old stereotype of an accountant as a bean counter in a green visor may be the first one that pops into your head. But this perception is no longer a reality. The role that accountants play is expanding. Modern accountants are business advisors, teaming up with clients to provide guidance and insights ...
Overcoming Business Challenges with Microsoft Dynamics
I recently contributed to Nigel Frank’s new white paper, Overcoming Business Continuity Challenges with Microsoft Dynamics, which has over 65 pages of advice and best practices from Microsoft Dynamics experts and MVPs. Nobody could have predicted how...
The Softer Side: 10 Tips for Selecting a Cloud Financials Solution Provider You Can Trust
Strong financial planning has always been essential for business survival and growth. Businesses need clear visibility into operating costs, revenues, and profitability to measure progress and make better decisions to succeed long-term. Innovative financial solutions make it possible for you to execute on these goals. The right solution can help your business to...
We’re All in the Video Business Now: Pro Tips That Everyone Can Use
In the age of COVID-19, video conferencing has taken off. Companies that lacked or never used the video element of web conferencing started to do so. People who used to turn their cameras off for online meetings started turning them on. Zooming became a verb as more and more people are starring in, supporting, or playing bit roles in online meetings, classes, and e...
Mobilizing Technology for Effective Remote Working Environments
The practice of working from home has skyrocketed in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, as companies told their employees to stay home to comply with the widespread quarantine and social-distancing requirements. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) have had to coordinate a sudden and massive migration to work from home (WFH) for almost all of their employees, using collaboration tools in ways that ...
How is Your Business Navigating to the Next Normal? Take this New SMB Group Survey
In the past three months, COVID-19 has disrupted any notion of business as usual. SMB Group felt that it was critical to provide immediate data to understand its impact on small and medium businesses (SMBs), and the steps they took at the outset to weather the storm.
Building a Collaboration Strategy for The Evolving Workplace
There’s no question that COVID-19 has forever changed the way small and medium businesses (SMBs) think about the “workplace”, shifting the concept from the physical world to a virtual one. Recently, Mona Abou-Sayed, Mitel’s VP of Collaboration and Applications, and I discussed this in a LinkedIn Live session, Building Cultur...
What Does an SMB Work-from-Home Laptop Look Like?
The practice of working from home has skyrocketed in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, as companies told their employees to stay home to comply with the widespread quarantine and social-distancing requirements. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) have had to coordinate a sudden and massive migration to work from home (WFH) for almost all of their employees, using collaboration tools in ways that ...