Month: June 2022

Top 11 Best Business Formation Services – 2022 Review

Our recommendation for most people is ZenBusiness because it’s an easy and affordable business formation service. Complete the paperwork in less than 10 minutes with ZenBusiness.

There are a few legal documents you need to file to start a business. Any mistakes in this process can cause delays, rejections, and issues down the line.

Whether you’re forming an LLC, partnership, corporation, or nonprofit organization, a business formation service can handle everything on your behalf.

The Top 11 Best Business Formation Services

How to choose the best business formation service. Quicksprout.com's methodology for reviewing business formation services.How to choose the best business formation service. Quicksprout.com's methodology for reviewing business formation services.

Below you’ll find the features, benefits, and pricing information for each of our top-recommended business formation services.

ZenBusiness – Best for Overall Value

  • Prepare and File LLC
  • No-obligation Accounting Assessment
  • Phone and Email Support
  • Rush Filing Service

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ZenBusiness is a fast and easy way for anyone to start a business. Select your state, and the company will walk you step-by-step to complete the process.

It only takes about 10 minutes to get set up–and then you know all of your business formation paperwork is filed the right way, the first time.

ZenBusiness provides LLC services, incorporation services, and registered agent services. The company also helps with DBA (doing business as) names, EIN services, business name reservation, and much more.

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While ZenBusiness has a wide range of offerings, the LLC services are definitely the most popular.

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5 Simple Intentions to Lift Your Leadership in 5 Days

5 Simple Intentions to Lift Your Leadership in 5 Days

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Dan Millman

Intentions create focus.

Focus defines success.

You go where you look.

Intentions create focus. Focus defines success. Image of a dart flying at a dartboard. Intentions create focus. Focus defines success. Image of a dart flying at a dartboard.

5 intentions to lift your leadership:

#1. Grow your leadership on Monday.

What’s one thing you can do to improve your leadership today? Think of something you aren’t currently doing.

  1. Shift the way you begin 1:1s.
  2. Bring up difficult topics with curiosity.
  3. Fuel positive trajectory in meetings you lead.

#2. Ask two open-ended questions before making one statement today on Tuesday.

Open-ended questions begin with what, how, or why.

Avoid questions that begin with, “Don’t you …,” “Do you …,” or, Isn’t it….”

Yes or no questions don’t challenge thought.

Yes or no questions create brief encounters and weak connections.

3 curious questions anyone can ask anytime:

  1. What should I be asking?
  2. What’s important to you about this?
  3. What am I missing?

Focus on what you want, not what you don't want. Image of a cat licking its lips.Focus on what you want, not what you don't want. Image of a cat licking its lips.

#3. Notice people’s energy on Wednesday:

When people light up, ask, “You just lit up, what’s happening for you?”

When energy fades, ask, “I just noticed your shoulders dropping, what’s bringing you down?”

#4. End meetings 10 minutes early today on Thursday:

  1. Announce your intention to end meetings 10 minutes early.
  2. Begin ending the meeting 20 minutes early.

#5. Express gratitude at the end of every meaningful conversation on Friday.

Be thankful for things people have done. Thank people for things they have done.

Be thankful to people for character traits and behaviors. “I’m delighted you’re on our team. I can always count on you.” “You’re really good at….”

3 Tips:

  1. Choose intentions before you show up for work.
  2. Use different intentions for each day of the week.
  3. Cycle back through your 5 intentions for 6 or 8 weeks.

What intentions would lift your leadership?

Still curious:

Did You Know that Good Intentions can Defeat You

4 Steps to Clarify Your Leadership Intent

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The Mindset That Helps You Deal With Procrastination

The researchers used some neat tricks to change people’s perception of the task.

People start a task sooner when they believe it is part of their present, research finds.

So, the key to avoiding procrastination is moving a task from feeling like part of the future to feeling like part of the present.

In the study, the researchers used some neat tricks to make people think a task was part of the present or part of the future.

In one, they gave some participants an assignment on the 24th of April, giving them five days to complete it.

Other participants were given the same five days to complete it, but were not given it until the 28th of April — so that the deadline fell in May.

People in the first group had the feeling the task was part of their present and so they were more likely to begin it.

Those in the second group felt it was part of May so were less likely to begin.

Remember, both groups had the same time — five days — so it was just the perception that caused some people to drag their feet.

Dr Yanping Tu, the study’s first author, said:

“The key step in getting things done is getting started.

If you never get started, you can’t possibly finish.

But that urgency, that need to actually work on a task, happens when that task is seen as part of a person’s present.”

The trick with starting any new project is to choose the easiest and/or most enjoyable part of it and do that.

Any way you can sucker yourself into starting will drag the task into your present and kick start your motivation.

The study was published in the Journal of Consumer Research (Tu & Soman et al., 2014).

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Top 8 Best Video Conferencing Services – 2022 Review

Want to jump straight to the answer? The best video conferencing service for most people is GoToMeeting or RingCentral.

Video conferencing software has to work perfectly, or it doesn’t really work at all. If there’s any lag in the video, it’s nearly impossible to have a conversation. If someone doesn’t get the invite, you may have to reschedule.

Below you’ll find my top picks for video conferencing services. These are affordable, reliable, secure options your business can depend on.

The 8 Best Video Conferencing Services

  • GoToMeeting — Best video conferencing service for small businesses
  • RingCentral — Best video conferencing service with VoIP business phone plans.
  • ClickMeeting — Best video conferencing software for webinars.
  • Zoho Meeting — Affordable video conferencing service with basic features.
  • Microsoft Teams — Best video conferencing software for internal communication.
  • Zoom — Best video conferencing service for scalability.
  • Join.me — Annual contract video conferencing plans for small meetings.
  • Webex — Best video conferencing software for cloud collaboration.

How to choose a video conferencing service. Quicksprout.com's methodology for reviewing video conferencing services.How to choose a video conferencing service. Quicksprout.com's methodology for reviewing video conferencing services.

These video conferencing services are not ranked— all have pros and cons. Use the in-depth reviews below to compare them, and find the one that works best for your needs.

GoToMeeting – Best Video Conferencing Service For Small Businesses

  • Free 14-day trial
  • HD video conferencing
  • No time limits for meetings
  • Mobile app and Slack integration

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GoToMeeting makes it easy for you to turn any video conference into a highly collaborative workspace.

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What does “Choose How You Show Up” Really Mean and Who Cares

What does “Choose How You Show Up” Really Mean and Who Cares

The average leader begins the day stressed. Heart attacks are more likely in the morning and may be connected to adrenaline.

Thinking about the next thing while you do this thing means you’ve lost yourself. You aren’t mindful. You can’t connect. Current action isn’t fulfilling.

The hardest part of getting things done is doing one thing at a time.

Choose how you show up – before you show up.

Choose how you show up before you show up. Image of a person looking across a bridge.Choose how you show up before you show up. Image of a person looking across a bridge.

Choosing how you show up is:

  1. Influencing environments.
  2. Active authenticity.
  3. Living with intention and direction.
  4. Controlling things within your control.
  5. Moving beyond passive response to active engagement.

You might say, “I just want to be me.” But sometimes the real you isn’t pretty.

Show up as your best self.

Show up as your aspirational self.

Show up to connect. Image of a flock of birds standing around.Show up to connect. Image of a flock of birds standing around.

When you don’t choose how you show up you:

  1. Feel like a puppet with someone’s hand rammed up your back.
  2. Go places you don’t want to go.
  3. Drift through opportunities.
  4. Consider circumstances and people enemies instead of opportunities.

How to choose how you show up:

#1. Choose at the beginning.

Rushing to get stuff done obliterates mindful leadership. Take a few minutes at the beginning of your day to center yourself.

#2. Reflect on values.

  1. What’s important to you?
  2. How will your values show up in behaviors?
  3. How will you contribute today?

You might say,”I want to show up in ways that express my passion to get stuff done.” What attitudes, emotions, and actions best serve your passion to get stuff done?

#3. Seek feedback.

You look at yourself through a distorted lens of assumptions and biases.

Feedback provides perspective.

Imagine you choose to show up to fuel energy in others. Ask two questions.

  1. What am I doing that gives you energy?
  2. How might I improve my ability to bring energy to you?

You always have opportunity if you show up to serve. Image of a dark stairway.You always have opportunity if you show up to serve. Image of a dark stairway.

What prevents leaders from choosing how they show up?

How might you choose how you show up?

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Episode 1784 Scott Adams PART1: The Wokeness Pendulum Is About To Turn Around. That Changes Everything

Episode 1784 Scott Adams PART1: The Wokeness Pendulum Is About To Turn Around. That Changes Everything

Content:

  • What I learned from the J6 committee
  • Wokeness vs Title IX
  • Is Dad doing his job in America today?
  • Brad Raffensperger thinks numbers don’t lie?
  • DOJ disagrees with Supreme Court ruling?
  • My talented nemesis, Chen Weihua
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Who is “Lake Dad Daryl?” Customer Avatar Canvas with Scott Cunningham [VIDEO]

Scott Cunningham

Scott is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Merchant Mastery, an 8-week intensive training and coaching program dedicated to helping Shopify store owners master advertising, email marketing, and conversions to grow their ecommerce empire. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of Social Lite Communications, a full-stack digital marketing and design agency with expertise planning and executing lead generation campaigns for a wide span of industries in B2B and B2C sectors.

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The Complete Guide to Google Voice Conference Calling

You can use Google Voice for conference calls. It’s a very straightforward solution, though there are some important limitations to be aware of.

In this guide, I’ll cover how to get set up Google Voice conference calling, how much it costs, popular alternatives, and more.

  • Starting at $11.95 per month
  • Affordable to upgrade
  • Unlimited calls
  • Free local & toll-free number

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Top Rated Conference Call Services to Make Reliable Conference Calls

If you want to make a reliable conference call for your business, you’ll need a conference call service. Here’s the best options.

You can read our full reviews of each conference call service here.

Quicksprout.com's complete beginner's guide to Google Voice conference calling.Quicksprout.com's complete beginner's guide to Google Voice conference calling.

In this guide, though, I focus on an excellent cloud-based phone solution called Google Voice.

Read on as I walk you through you how to set up Google Voice conference calls for professional and personal use.

What is Google Voice Conference Calling?

A conference call is an audio or video call involving multiple participants. You can hold and attend conference calls on Google Voice.

People can join the meeting by dialing a number, which will connect them to a conference bridge. This bridge consists of virtual rooms where multiple people can host or join meetings.

Google Voice uses Google Hangouts to complete conference calls, though it doesn’t require you to have a separate, dedicated conference line in either app to host or join the calls. So when you make a conference call via Google Voice, you’ll have a dedicated space within your account with anytime-anywhere access to host a conference call.

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