Zendesk, the leading provider of proven,
cloud-based help desk software, today announced its “Zendesk Loves
Startups” program. Through this worldwide plan, startups within approved
incubators, can receive free one-year subscriptions to the Zendesk help
desk.
“Having been a small startup ourself, we recognize and are thankful for
everyone who helped us along the way,” said Mikkel Svane, CEO of Zendesk.
“To help other entrepreneurs, we are pleased to announce that we are now
offering a free one-year Zendesk Plus+ Plan to startups affiliated with
incubators such as HackFwd, Seedcamp, Startup Weekend and
StartupBootcamp.”
Zendesk has long recognized customer service is an integral part of any
company’s success. One thing that truly differentiates companies, from
startups to global organizations, is the ability to deliver superior
customer service. With the Zendesk Loves Startups program, Zendesk is
helping companies attain this competitive advantage at no cost.
“Many of today’s fastest growing companies such as Groupon, Airbnb, and
Dropbox started with Zendesk as small ventures driven by their desire to
deliver superior customer service,” Svane continued. “With the new
Zendesk Loves Startups program, Zendesk wants to help other small startups
join this list of fast-growing companies.”
Incubators from around the world have committed to be part of the Zendesk
Loves Startups program including AngelCube, Excerate Labs, HackFWD,
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Seedcamp, Startupbootcamp, Startup Weekend, Team
Europe Ventures, TechHub, and TechStars.
"At Startup Weekend we have helped more than 30,000 entrepreneurs learn if
their startup ideas are viable and how to implement successful business
strategies, said Shane Reiser, Director of Partnerships at Startup Weekend.
“We have seen that delivering superior customer service is a key component
in the formula to success. Zendesk's generosity in providing a free
subscription to its world class help desk software will jump start our
entrepreneurs’ path to success."
For more information on the Zendesk Loves Startups program, go to
www.zendesk.com/startups.
Survey reveals that opinion is split as to where payroll should sit within an organisation
provider, Advanced Business Solutions, reveals that opinion is divided as to
where the payroll function should sit within an organisation. The majority
of respondents do, however, agree that payroll needs to be connected with
the HR and finance departments regardless of where the function resides.
Advanced Business Solutions carried out the research with 79 human resources
(HR) and payroll professionals from both the UK and the USA.
The survey reveals that 36 per cent of HR and payroll professionals believe
that the payroll function should sit between an organisation’s HR and
finance departments. 25 per cent state that the payroll function should
reside within HR and 24 per cent believe that the function should be part of
the finance function. The remaining 15 per cent of participants took the
view that payroll should be outsourced to a third party payroll specialist.
One of the respondents, a UK HR professional, who believes that payroll
should be part of the HR function, states: “Payroll contains confidential
and financial information and for that reason it should stay within HR.”
In contrast, another respondent, a UK payroll professional comments:
“Payroll is a big part of any department’s costs and so must be held
under finance.”
Simon Fowler, Managing Director of Advanced Business Solutions (Commercial)
says, “These findings highlight the uncertainty about the payroll function
in general. As payroll naturally spans both HR and finance, it appears to be
the precious orphaned child of an organisation – highly valued but without
a clear home.”
Although opinion is divided as to where payroll should sit, the majority of
respondents believe that the function is important to both HR and finance
and should therefore be connected to both functions as highlighted by the
following respondent: “…from an accounting standpoint it makes sense for
payroll to be under the finance umbrella, but from a pure employee
standpoint it is more sensible to have payroll fall under the HR function.
However it really doesn’t matter as long as the functions are
inter-related.”
Fowler agrees that it is vital that payroll is linked with both HR and
finance and that having the right integrated software systems in place is a
key enabler: “Payroll is crucial to both HR and finance and so needs to be
linked with both functions. Integrated payroll, HR and finance software
systems are vital to achieving this connected, joined-up approach.”
Fowler adds, “If payroll systems and processes operate in isolation from
the rest of the organisation, the payroll function is not operating as
efficiently as it could be. By duplicating data entry across the different
payroll, HR and finance systems, this could result in administration errors
and lengthy processes. A standalone approach to payroll also fails to
deliver a single, holistic view of each employee which could result in
ill-informed decision making.”
A New Way to Look at Old Things
Hi All,
I wanted to take a few minutes to let you know about some things I am working on, and seeing how you feel about joining in. As you know I have gotten heavily involved in publishing e-books. I don't want to talk to you about all that is involved, but the research and content that I use to create new blog posts, books, and other products. Things I think you would be able to use, and best of all the resources are free or low-cost to use, no copyright issues.
What kinds of things?
1. Images
2. Films
3. Posters
4. Books/Magazines
5. Audio
I show you where you can find them, and what you can do with them once you get them. It's not taking away from other vendors who are charging you per piece for info available to you free.
In fact it adds to it because you will see how many current works are inspired by the older works, and more importantly, that it takes time.
The good part is that by completing this course you will save both time and money. You will know where to look for items instead of relying on Google to show you. You won't be spending money on items you can get for free, basically paying another person for the time they took to find the free item. Let me give you one idea off the top. The U.S. Government is the top producer of public domain items ranging from images to books. All that NASA stuff, it belongs to its citizens. Look at Library of Congress How is that for a treasure trove?
Well, on August 25th, I am going to spill all, and it won't cost much for this 90 minute class where you will leave with more than enough leads, blog ideas, product sources than you could reasonably use . Since it is a one-time class, I am offering it for $27. I will email you the number and some beginning material so you can see for yourself what I do and best of all, do it yourself.
DWM has published over 200 books, partnered with the largest distributors in the world because we believe there is always a new way of looking at old things.
Class is August 3st at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST Click below to get started. If you can't be on the call live, no problem. A replay will be available.
I wanted to take a few minutes to let you know about some things I am working on, and seeing how you feel about joining in. As you know I have gotten heavily involved in publishing e-books. I don't want to talk to you about all that is involved, but the research and content that I use to create new blog posts, books, and other products. Things I think you would be able to use, and best of all the resources are free or low-cost to use, no copyright issues.
What kinds of things?
1. Images
2. Films
3. Posters
4. Books/Magazines
5. Audio
I show you where you can find them, and what you can do with them once you get them. It's not taking away from other vendors who are charging you per piece for info available to you free.
In fact it adds to it because you will see how many current works are inspired by the older works, and more importantly, that it takes time.
The good part is that by completing this course you will save both time and money. You will know where to look for items instead of relying on Google to show you. You won't be spending money on items you can get for free, basically paying another person for the time they took to find the free item. Let me give you one idea off the top. The U.S. Government is the top producer of public domain items ranging from images to books. All that NASA stuff, it belongs to its citizens. Look at Library of Congress How is that for a treasure trove?
Well, on August 25th, I am going to spill all, and it won't cost much for this 90 minute class where you will leave with more than enough leads, blog ideas, product sources than you could reasonably use . Since it is a one-time class, I am offering it for $27. I will email you the number and some beginning material so you can see for yourself what I do and best of all, do it yourself.
DWM has published over 200 books, partnered with the largest distributors in the world because we believe there is always a new way of looking at old things.
Class is August 3st at 1 PM EST/10 AM PST Click below to get started. If you can't be on the call live, no problem. A replay will be available.
Facebook Making You Mentally Ill or Bogus Reports?
Are Facebook and social media sites getting a bad wrap from all the so called "studies" which basically tell us that we have no life? These "studies" say we prefer the people online to our "real" life friends; women hate other women online;we only know seven percent of the people we "friend" on Facebook, we don't really mean it when we post birthday wishes, and oh yeah, it will make us mentally ill.
Granted studies dooming online users gets clicks and reads, but could there is a different issue? The world has changed, like it or not, and these people who are doing these so called "studies" are not fans of it. Anyone knows you can make a test reveal what you want it to just by the way the questions are posed, and who is being asked the question.
These groups want to act like there has to be a separation between an online and offline life. Back in the Prodigy days, I would totally concur with this idea, because people were never known by their name and there was not really an interest in getting to know the person behind the name, but social media is a different deck of cards.
Social media allows for building of relationships for business or personal reasons. It is an invitation of sorts which allows people to meet on their own terms. Those terms could be 140 character posts on Twitter, video hangouts on Google Plus, or playing games with others on Facebook. Unlike the days of bulletin boards, we are more in control of who can enter our life and be a part of it. We set the terms and the boundaries.
The social aspect allows people to set up meet ups/tweet ups in safe environments. People also get the opportunity to meet people at various events around the world. While the media aspect allows the average Joe to publish his blog post/article/video, and possibly profit from it. Businesses benefit from social media because they have the opportunity to hear from their customers directly and contrary to what some would have you believe, it's not all people with complaints.
The "studies" have been pretty negative toward social media, which could make a person wonder who is really conducting the tests and who are they talking to? If they are talking to people who barely know how to turn on their computer or who are not active in social media at all or on a very limited basis, then that might explain it, but tests done on active members of any of the social media sites would not have the same results. Which makes one think the studies are bogus or designed as link bait.