21 Professional Growth Skills to Master in 2021

December 20, 2020 6 min readDisclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Entrepreneurs should always be learning. Jim Rohn, a known motivational speaker, says that the world’s most successful people are lifelong learners. While the world of business is constantly evolving and adapting, good entrepreneurs know that they have to evolve right along with it. 2020 was an unusual work year, and 2021 will likely start off the same…

Market value of 8 of 10 most valued firms zooms Rs 1.25 trillion

Eight of the top-10 valued domestic companies together added Rs 1,25,229.25 crore in market valuation in the past week, in line with a bullish broader market trend, with HDFC, TCS, and Bajaj Finance emerging the biggest gainers. Over the past week, the BSE benchmark gained 861.68 points or 1.86 per cent. Only Reliance Industries and Hindustan Unilever witnessed erosion from their market valuation, rest eight companies including HDFC Bank and Infosys made gains. . Dear Reader, Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you…

Local SEO, Fine-Tuned for Today and Tomorrow

Savvy entrepreneurs aren’t simply hoping for a great new year; they’re making it happen. A few key moves will send customers your way. December 18, 2020 5 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Now’s the time to sharpen your SEO strategy. Here’s how to position yourself to capitalize on the new year and capture new business. Win the local game How important is local SEO? For businesses with physical locations, it’s everything. Just look at the numbers recently published on Hubspot.46{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of all Google searches seek local information. 88{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} of local business searches on a…

Cryptocurrency-linked stocks surge as Bitcoin hits $23,000 milestone

Cryptocurrency-exposed stocks soared on Thursday as Bitcoin smashed through another record. Bitcoin topped $23,000 per token on Thursday, having only surpassed the $20,000-milestone for the first time on Wednesday. The digital currency is currently trading at $23,153, according to a composite of prices compiled by Bloomberg. Early Thursday stock gains included Marathon Patent Group’s rise of as much as 20 per cent, lifting shares to the highest since March 2018. Bit Digital climbed as much as 20 per cent, Riot Blockchain added 10 per cent, and MicroStrategy rose 7.8 per cent, while Silvergate Capital, which was…

Artificial Intelligence and marketing, the new engine of business

December 18, 2020 6 min readThis article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In recent months, ecommerce penetration in Mexico has been 39{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942}, with a growth projection of 55{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} by the end of the year. As a result, digital ad spend this year will be 12{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} higher than in 2019, but are we really prepared to perform better when we need more ad spend ? When we refer to a successful business model, we think of innovation and the best identification…

Sensex, Nifty make new highs as FIIs maintain buying spree; Infosys up 2.6{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942}

The benchmark indices darted up to fresh peaks on Friday, capping off a stellar week in which equity benchmarks closed every session at a record high on unabated foreign fund inflows. After opening at its lifetime intra-day high of 47,026.02, the Sensex succumbed to selling pressure but rebounded at the fag-end trade to finish at a record 46,960.69, up 70.35 points or 0.15 per cent. Similarly, the broader Nifty rose 19.85 points or 0.14 per cent to 13,760.55 — its new closing record. IT stocks hogged the limelight as…

How Content Marketing Became So Saturated

These days, the online content world is downright saturated. There are millions of people all claiming to be “experts” in their chosen field. There are literally more than 600 million blogs. And it seems like everyone in the world has their own podcast.So how did this happen, exactly? Why is the content world so saturated with redundant (and often bad) content, and how can you fight against it?Free Book Preview: Ultimate Guide to Google Ads Get a glimpse of how Google’s marketing resources and strategies can help you grow your business’s digital reach. December 16, 2020 5 min read…

Bitcoin tops $23,000; may climb to about $400,000, says analyst

Bitcoin breached $23,000 for the first time in history as more Wall Street names crowd into the the world’s largest digital currency up 220 per cent this year. As momentum builds, analysts predict more gains ahead. The digital coin jumped more than 9 per cent on Thursday, touching a high of $23,256.92, according to a composite of prices compiled by Bloomberg. Bitcoin and the wider Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index have both more than tripled this year. Cryptocurrency-linked stocks in South Korea, Japan and China climbed. The rally in digital assets is…