The philosopher Aristotle theorized in the fourth century that humans experience 14 primary emotions.



While modern research has since found the spectrum of human emotion is far broader than the Greek philosopher once thought, I’m convinced entrepre...

9 best cloud storage apps




BoxDropboxGoogle DriveiCloudMEGAMicrosoft OneDrivepCloudSyncTresorit





It’s not an exaggeration to say that cloud storage apps have transformed the way we store and access files. Being able to access files anywhere, o...

Steps to review a scholarship application




Create a simple online applicationAutomate submissions of supporting documentsCreate a systematic review processCreate a scoring rubricSet guidelines for evaluating applications





Reviewing scholarship...

Whether you’re scheduling vaccines, inking an intricate tattoo over several sessions, or anything in between, JotForm’s Form Builder includes an Appointment field that makes it easy to create appointments and send reminders. This tool is completely fr...

Tips to start a subscription box company




Create the box conceptProduce a sample boxArrange packaging and shipping optionsBuild subscription formsDevelop a promotional planBegin accepting subscriptions





Repeat customers, assured income, and mo...

Steps for incident reporting




Build a databaseDefine your operations in totalAdmit what you don’t knowTrack your issuesCreate detailed reportsClean up the mess





As you brainstorm and design your business operations, you’re probably thinking ab...

Best 6 field service apps




JotFormHouseCall ProJobberRazorSyncService FusionTasker





Mobile field service apps are essential for any business with employees who work remotely on job sites or in customers’ homes.



These apps offer businesses a...

Performance management and performance appraisal might sound like interchangeable HR jargon, but the two terms refer to two distinct ways to assess and improve employee performance.



Performance appraisal which many people considered progressive wh...

Nonprofits often host fundraising events to generate awareness for their campaigns, and it helps to use some of today’s digital tools to set them up.



These tools can help you create an efficient, low-cost event planning process and a memorable expe...

How to refer a patient to another doctor




Inform the patient
Share information with the receiving doctor
Document patient referrals
Manage the patient referral process





Patient referral is a common and important medical practice. Sometimes, a ...

Best data collection tools




Zonka Feedback
FastField
Fulcrum
Magpi
JotForm





In the current paradigm of big tech, e-commerce, and digital marketing, data has emerged as one of the most valuable assets in the world. Though collecting and analyzi...

What to consider when pricing a cake




SizeIngredientsSkill levelTime frameCharging for additional services





If you’re a baker, chances are you got into the industry to share your love of sweet treats and the joy they bring to others. The added...

As common as they are in our lives, smartphones are still a fairly new invention. And everything that came after them in the business world has revolutionized the way payments are processed, gathered, and requested.



Two of the giants in this world ...

Surveys are an important part of getting the customer feedback that’s critical to long-term business success which is why so many businesses send them out. With so many surveys flooding user inboxes, it’s important that yours is one people actually w...

If you’re starting a new job or have recently changed positions, your employer may ask you to fill out a W-4 form. This form identifies your tax withholdings, which will factor into whether you receive a tax refund or owe taxes at the end of each tax ...

Documents of all types sales proposals, contracts, order forms, memos, and more are fundamental to doing business, no matter the industry. But because the creation of new documents consumes about 50 percent of a knowledge worker’s day, documentation...

One warm spring day in 1955, Emma Gatewood put on her Keds tennis shoes, stuffed a change of clothes and a few other things into a homemade denim backpack and told her children and grandchildren that she was going for a walk. The next time her family ...

Steps to identify vaccination eligibility




Understand the tiered system for vaccine distributionCommunicate with patientsUse automated formsSystematize vaccine screening & appointment bookingUse a HIPAA-compliant solution for COVID-19 vaccines



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Steps to creating an effective buyer persona




Identify a few key buyersGather quantitative and qualitative dataFind a format you likeTrain your sales and marketing team to use personas





Running a business effectively means reaching the people ...

What to consider when observing a teacher




General knowledgeLesson planDelivery of informationResponse to studentsTeaching environment





Educators likely stress at the mere thought of someone observing their teaching, but it’s an important part...

4 stages of marketing funnel




AwarenessConsiderationDecisionRetention





Marketers have long used the marketing funnel to describe the journey prospects take as they move from browsers to customers and hopefully repeat customers. The funnel enc...

Make no mistake, the Dutch are a force to be reckoned with.



From its golden age in the 17th century to more recent times, the Netherlands has been a key financial, trading, and cultural hub in Europe.



While it may be dwarfed literally and figur...

Steps to add a privacy policy to a website




Take proper measures to protect dataDouble up your securityThink about your blind spotsEmbed in your websiteReduce your exposureSecure information





When you open a checking or savings account, you ex...

When it comes to preserving history and learning from it, we can’t rely solely on statistics, public records, diaries, and other written sources if we want to get a full picture of a specific time period. Oral history can often fill in the gaps left b...

If you work as an independent contractor or freelancer, you need to fill out a W-9 form for each of your clients for tax filing purposes. Printing and scanning each form can get a little cumbersome, but filling out the form online can save you time.

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Performance appraisal is a corporate procedure with a long history and a reputation as a process neither employers nor employees look forward to. But it’s an indispensable tool, as employers have both the right and the responsibility to assess their ...

In theory, a large enterprise should have well-oiled processes in place for every kind of workflow, work itself should be segmented and easy to navigate, and collaboration between individuals and teams should be second nature.



Too often, though, th...

Steps to improve patient experience




Clearly communicate the advantages of patient surveysFocus on the whole and not the individual.Use technology to make patient experiences seamlessMake analog tools digitalShow empathy





Improving the patient...

Best 5 data analysis tools




TIBCOSisenseTableauDatabricksThoughtSpot





Data analysis is the process of curating, organizing, and presenting data in a meaningful way. Today’s businesses collect several terabytes of data each year if not each da...

Making a sale is a long game that requires many steps over many days, weeks, or months sometimes even years. To make the sales process as efficient as possible, it’s important to have a system in place that organizes all of your information.



Lead ...

For years people the world over have been using spreadsheets to keep track of projects and manage budgets, and as an overall reference point for team workflow. While spreadsheets are excellent at helping us manage numerical data at scale, they often f...

One of my most cherished summer traditions is taking off from my company, JotForm, and spending a week outdoors picking olives on my family’s farm in Turkey. I consider this time away from screens and spreadsheets critically important to my wellbeing,...

The pandemic has turned the business world upside down. But surprisingly, one aspect that hasn’t seemed to change is hiring it’s still challenging to find the right candidates.



Before the pandemic, the economic boom made it difficult to find avail...

8 tools for positive remote culture




SlackZoomNectarJotFormFondThe Go GameBlinkLet’s Roam





The COVID-19 pandemic has made remote work both more necessary and more popular. In fact, you may find yourself managing a fully remote team for the fir...

In the healthcare field, informed consent is many things: It’s a legal doctrine, an ethical obligation, and a standard of care. According to oral maxillofacial surgeon Mughda Patwardhan, D.D.S., M.D., informed consent is a practice more than anything....

If you’re a small business owner or solopreneur who doesn’t feel 100-percent confident writing a marketing plan, you may have decided to skip that step altogether and jump right into implementation. You try to do all the marketing you can to get tract...

4 stages of the document life cycle




Document creationDocument storageDocument sharing and deliveryDocument archival or deletion





With enterprises constantly creating new documents, tracking and organizing them all can be a struggle. Eighty-tw...

Salesforce is one of the most popular customer relationship management (CRM) platforms available today. It’s popular because it boasts a wide range of useful features. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to identify any gaps in functionality in Salesforce’...

I was having an uneventful afternoon, so, like I often do, I reached for my phone. After 20 minutes on Twitter and a few more reading the news, I wasn’t bored anymore  but I didn’t exactly feel good, either.



It was like someone had hijacked my body...

6 best internal communication tools




SlackJotFormZoomZendeskAsanaGoogle Suite





If your team is struggling to communicate effectively, the tools you’re using might be to blame. In a 2018 survey on internal communication, 54 percent of responden...

Businesses are always looking for ways to make things a little easier. And as the economy continues to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners and company executives are also looking to cut down on operating costs in any way they ca...

Tips to improve customer satisfaction and retention




Always over deliverFocus on customer successKeep track of customer satisfaction metrics





Customer satisfaction and retention are closely connected business terms that have a significant impa...

Every trip to the grocery store brings with it a need to pick up some essentials. You wouldn’t want to leave without buying everything you need for the week ahead. Otherwise, you might find yourself scrounging for meals and frantically having to make ...

Spending your time creating an online survey that ends up getting few to no responses isn’t fun. That’s why it’s a good idea to have an introduction or welcome message at the beginning of your survey.



A survey introduction is your opportunity to ma...

We’ve all heard the saying “time is money.” However, when it comes to doctors, their time has a greater impact than the money they bring in.



The amount of time physicians devote to patient care directly impacts the quality of care they provide. Aft...

People have an average of 70,000 thoughts a day. Some of these thoughts will naturally be about the businesses, products, and services they use. For business owners, finding out what their customers are thinking is vital to improving performance and b...

Can’t go to the clinic because of COVID-19? There may be an app for that. In fact, in 2017, consumers had access to more than 318,000 healthcare apps. With a global pandemic changing the way patients receive care, healthcare apps are quickly filling i...

Good communication is the foundation of a strong care coordination, but there are plenty of pressures and structural issues within the healthcare system that can make it difficult to communicate effectively with patients.



Insurance companies have s...

When you think of word processors, what’s the first one that comes to mind? Microsoft Word, the longtime standby that’s been around decades, is probably what pops into your head. Word is the old guard, the place where papers, projects, and outlines ar...

If an alien descended to Earth and found herself, somehow, in the self-help section of a bookstore, she might deduce that we’ve clearly got an obsession with happiness.



Among the titles that might catch her eye: The Art of Happiness. The Happiness ...

6 actionable website design ideas




Simplify your menusAdd breadcrumbsOptimize your imagesUse Scalable Vector GraphicsSharpen your calls to actionAdd recommendations





An organization’s website is usually the first, and most important, way that ...

Tips to grow your presence on Clubhouse




Define your goalsCurate who you followLeverage your following on other platformsOptimize your bioHost a roomGet onstageApply to start a club





Did you know that Clubhouse has 2 million weekly average use...

Steps to run a successful open house




Advertise across multiple channelsPlan an optimum timePrepare the home for the open houseUse technology to collect, track, and qualifyFollow best practices during the open houseEncourage visitors to stay awhil...

For many of us, working in a physical office is a distant memory. Without coworkers surrounding us each day, we’ve turned to new ways to stay connected. Virtual meeting rooms, digital collaboration software, messaging apps, and employee monitoring sof...

Steps to start an online fitness business




Identify your target demographicIdentify your unique selling propositionSet up your fitness websiteIntegrate forms into your websiteBuild an email listEstablish a social media presenceCreate quality fitne...

Are you just starting your career as a photographer, or have you been doing it for a while? No matter what stage you’re at in your career, it’s always good to have an additional source of income, especially if it’s from doing something you love. Some ...

The day is cool and sunny in Rio de Janeiro as Miguel Durán mounts his swimming block in the Summer Olympics men’s 400m freestyle heat. He slaps his thighs twice to loosen up as he bends over, placing his feet and hands on their marks. As the announce...

What do Nike, Tesla, your hairdresser, and your local grocery store have in common?



They all use vendors. That’s right: Whether a global enterprise or a one-person show, every business relies on vendors to get the job done. 



From your inter...

If you work for an organization that measures customer success or happiness, you’ve likely heard of the customer satisfaction (CSAT) and net promoter score (NPS) metrics. Both can provide valuable insights into how your customers feel about your compa...

Top summer camp registration software




CampSiteSawyer ToolsJotFormSecure TelehealthACTIVEWorksCampMinder





Whether you’re an experienced summer camp director or just starting out in the industry, it takes a lot of work to manage all of the resp...

When you’re growing your business, people are your most valuable resource. If all goes well, the number of people you bring into your business as contacts, clients, or customers will grow exponentially. A healthy business is one that constantly seek...

Are you passionate about helping other people with health and wellness? If you find fulfillment in supporting clients through nutrition and holistic remedies, then you might want to consider becoming a holistic health coach.



People are frustrated b...

PDF files are super handy. Short for portable document format, PDFs are one of the most popular file types because they can be shared across multiple platforms.



But it becomes more difficult to share them the larger they are. So if your file contai...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA, established rules governing healthcare in the United States. Congress enacted HIPAA in 1996 when people still referred to the internet as the World Wide Web and Amazon ...

If you’ve been researching document automation, you’ve probably come across the term document assembly. People often use these two terms interchangeably. However, there’s a growing difference between them and the types of software they describe.



In...