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Referral Groups are networks of people that have built bonds based on trust, commitment and referral. The ideal referral group contains a wide range of committed members who regularly meet to forge trusting, professional business relationships, as well as to pass on quality business leads and referrals. Referral groups owe their success to the power of a unified team of people affiliated through trust and common goals. Sociologists use the term social capital to describe the collective benefit to a group of people when they cooperate through social networks. They explain that social networks generate value that is based on group bonds. The referral group is the ideal way to generate social and financial capital for your business. 

Most people believe that co-located staff have a more unified company culture and therefore sync better together as a team. This does not have to be the case. For any company, whether co-located or remote, there is no easy route to building company culture. It does not just happen overnight, even if everyone is in the same building. Every business has to work on it. Obviously, when teams are remotely located, different measures will need to be implemented to build company culture. With a distributed team, if you put in an effort you can build a company culture even when employees are located thousands of miles away from one another. Here is how.

When your team is under pressure, it is vital to provide them with the support they need to push through to the end. Businesses are bursting with bosses who demotivate their teams, when their staff needs to be inspired. Most are unaware that their approach is a hindrance, not a help. Frequently bosses become tyrannical, thinking that by playing tough that staff will then do whatever it takes to make it to that finishing line. Research suggests that increasing stress is the worst approach you could take to motivating your team. Employees consequently suffer from unnecessarily high levels of stress, and increased stress means less productivity not more. This article will guide you on the right way of motivating staff, to ensure that they work with maximum productivity and creativity. This will benefit your business and get your entire team through those difficult days. 

Companies are increasingly hiring virtual assistants for the plethora of services and skills they offer. Virtual assistants, aside from providing aid during busy times, can also enable your business to launch, establish itself, and grow. But you may wonder  “what exactly can a virtual assistant do for me?” The ways in which a virtual assistant can help you and your business are manifold, they are as diverse and distinctive as the individual virtual assistants are themselves. However there are some clear cut ways in which a virtual assistant can aid you to acquire a professional face. Here is how. 

The right self-branding can turn a small business into an empire. With the correct self-branding any entrepreneur can boost their business, their reputation, their wealth and much more. By becoming an authority in their field,  a charismatic persona and even a public figure they can build new connections, attract partners and customers and generate even more business. People like Elon Musk and Oprah Winfrey have developed powerful brands that are based on magnetism, personal vision and a captivating personality rather than the image of their business enterprise. As an entrepreneur, you can't just focus on your corporate identity, you need to promote your own personal brand. Here's how to self-brand yourself successfully.