Most Popular Blog Posts of 2022

When we publish content that informs and excites you, does it interest your industry peers too? Here we count down our most-read articles from 2022, along with the top 3 articles from our industry experts. We’ve summarized them below and linked them to the full articles, so give this post a share and get your team caught up on the hottest ECI articles of 2022!

Most popular articles in 2022:

#5. 30 ERP Facts and Statistics Every SMB Executive Should Know in 2022

We’ve gathered and analyzed many studies and surveys over the past year to bring you this collection of facts and statistics you should know about the state of enterprise resource planning today. In some cases, we have included data from different sources in the same category. Taken together, we provide a comprehensive overview with these facts about the ERP market, objectives and selection, finance and budget, components and features, adoption and use, implementation and change management, and project success or failure.

#4. Guest Post: Don’t Become a Statistic

There is an insidious quality to payment fraud. Your company's profitability is compromised, your brand is jeopardized, your personnel’s time is consumed with remediation rather than productive work, and your business is at risk of failure. An industry survey reveals that 71% of organizations reported having been victims of payments fraud activity in 2021. Soaring payment fraud poses too great a risk to businesses for leaders not to adopt the most vigilant stance possible. So where is the lion’s share of fraud-related financial losses coming from, and what can you do about it?

#3. Staffing Challenges and Solutions in a Post-Pandemic World

What happens to the employment market when the nation’s longest economic boom cycle runs straight into a global pandemic? Chaos and confusion reign supreme, with organizations of all sizes scrambling to make sense of the employee retention and hiring conditions. Team and culture fit now matter more than ever. Soft skills, personality, temperament, values, and goals also factor into determining a likely long-term match between employee and employer. Read the full article and discover how employers and employees are overcoming their post-pandemic staffing challenges.

#2. 7 Easy Tips to Overcome Communication Barriers in Your Workplace

A recent survey of 400 companies with 100,000 employees each cited an average loss per company of $62.4 million per year because of inadequate communication to and between employees. If you manage people, it’s essential that you have all the tools you need to overcome the physical, emotional, and linguistic communication barriers—between the organization and employees, yourself and your team, and between your employees themselves. Learn about seven ways to prevent or resolve communication issues in your workplace.

#1. What to Look for in New Business Management Software

Choosing your business management solution – from enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) to ecommerce and business intelligence – can be a chore. How do you know which one is right for you? It takes time, organization, and attention to detail to choose the best software that suits your business needs. The full article presents the essential details to consider when shopping for solutions and gives you access to our Ultimate Guide to Finding the Right Business Management Software.

Our top articles from experts:

You won’t want to miss these expert contributions and the valuable advice these articles have to offer. These are our top 3 recommendations to share with your team.

#3. How to Make Your Website Better than Your Competitors’

You've spent weeks developing a beautiful ecommerce site. Your website is professional and functional. It’s attracting customers, but not as many as you had hoped. Most of them leave without making a purchase, though some visitors add several items to their carts before abandoning them and never returning. What can you do to convert visitors to buyers and take your website from its current state to a top performer in your local market or market niche? In this article, Matt Fields provides five, high-impact strategies to get your website firing on all cylinders.

#2. Tips for Hiring Better and Faster: A Q&A with ECI’s Chief HR Officer, Andrew Pryor

The hiring game has been flipped upside down over the past year, forcing businesses to dedicate more time and creativity to attracting and retaining valuable team members. No matter the size of the business, the industry they serve, or the city they are based in, we have all been challenged in this market to grow strong teams. At ECI, we are facing the same hurdles, so we recently sat down with Andrew Pryor, our Chief Human Resources Officer, to ask for his best advice for hiring skilled employees in a post-pandemic world. You won’t want to miss his wisdom.

#1. Local SEO: A Q&A with ECI's SEO Specialist, Jim Muturi

ECI recently welcomed one of the leading experts in the search engine optimization field, Jim Muturi. As an SEO Specialist and content expert, Jim helped numerous businesses launch and market their sites and products online using keyword planning. In this article, Jim shares industry secrets on planning and maintaining an effective SEO strategy to grow your business and income.

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