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        1. IoT and Personalization: A Marriage Made in Heaven
          Who doesn’t want insane traffic and qualified leads for their business? If you want a sure-shot tip to engage customers on your website, here it is: Understand the customer’s journey. Everything kicks off in the right direction if you understand the intention of the customer. The customer of today is intelligent regard
        2. Your Business Needs a Succession Plan: Here Are the Basics
          In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series on selling your business, we’ve examined the questions facing owners who entered 2020 ready to make their move, breaking down how the COVID-19 pandemic changes the situation and how to increase a business’s value if you decide to delay bringing it to market. There’s another way forwa
        3. Risk of Identity Theft is a Costly Proposition for SMBs
          Much like individuals, businesses can be victims of identity theft. However, unlike personal identity theft, it is often unclear how a Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB) can recover from the financial and reputational impact. Business identity theft occurs when criminals impersonate a company to target its funds, fi
        4. Q&A: How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams
          Elie Hawa thinks about phishing scams every day. As an Information Security Operations Engineer at First Midwest, his job is to keep the bank safe from cyber attacks and other online scams. Much of his work involves helping his colleagues avoid scams – any system is only as strong as its weakest link. We asked Elie how
        5. A Solid Emergency Fund Could Be Your Ticket to a Strong Retirement Nest Egg. Here's Why
          You'll often hear that it's important to save money for retirement if you want to live comfortably during your senior years.
        6. Achieving Financial Independence Isn't a Solo Sport: Here's Why You Need a Team to Build Wealth
          Being financially independent doesn't mean you have to figure out everything on your own. It's about taking ownership of your financial future.
        7. It's a chaotic world right now. Here's why that makes it the ideal time to start a business.
          With recession chatter and general market uncertainty, is 2025 a good time to start a business?
        8. The 3 smartest ways to cut costs and grow your savings during a pandemic, according to a personal finance guru
          Ramit Sethi is an entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of personal finance website I Will Teach You To Be Rich. During the pandemic, he recommends people find new ways to cut down on their highest expenses, which are typically rent, eating out, and discretionary spending on material items. Sethi also strongly advises
        9. The True Cost of Owning a Second Home: What to Consider Before You Buy A Vacation Home
          The cost of buying and owning a second home can be higher that you might think. This article lays out expenses you should consider before investing your time and money
        10. For the first time in US history, a decade will pass without the country falling into a recession
          In every decade since the period immediately before the Civil War, the US economy could be relied on to do one thing: tumble into recession. But the American economy is on pace to defy that trend for the first time in nearly 170 years as it enters the 2020s. The 2010s would be first time a decade has come and gone with