Jive was busy last week, racking up several awards that ranked us among industry leaders across the nation. Comparably—a compensation, culture, and career-monitoring website—partnered with USA Today and Business Insider to publish several “best of lists.” Jive found itself on many of these lists, including “Best CEO,” “Best 50 Large Companies for Women,” and “Best Large Companies to Work For.”

12/07/2017

It’s great to have money leftover—and a pain, because now you’ve got to decide how to spend your end-of-year budget. If you’re having trouble coming up with ways to dispose of your excess budget, here are five suggestions.

12/04/2017

Have you ever wondered how you should be promoting your webinar? Or how long to make it? Or what the heck you should call it? All these factors seriously affect the outcome of your webinar — so it’s important to get them right. But who has time for endless testing and experimenting to find out …

12/04/2017

A webinar is a visual tool. Many marketers and webinar hosts forget this important fact — and their webinars suffer.

11/30/2017

Need to plan a business budget for the upcoming year? It's not as complicated as you make think. Read this article so you can plan your SMB’s budget.

11/29/2017

At Jive, we’ve peered into our crystal ball to make some 2018 small business predictions. And by crystal ball, we mean we’ve asked leaders in business, technology, and marketing to share some insights for 2018. Here’s what they had to say.

11/27/2017

You’re in your last meeting of the day. You’ve been asked to share a document and you have it pulled up on your monitor, but the meeting has derailed and now you’re not sure you’ll even share it. Your mind drifts to your holiday shopping as you remember you need to add fuzzy slippers for …

11/27/2017

What do the best business voicemails have in common? Most professionals would agree that the best ones are short, sweet, and get right to the point. Of course, that’s only if you want the person you’re calling to call you back. Maybe you’re too busy texting, playing Candy Crush, or chatting with friends about the new Star Wars movie. If that’s the case, here are 15 tips to guarantee no one will ever call you back.

11/22/2017

Here's why so many registrants will eagerly sign up to join your webinar — and how you can make them thankful they did.

11/21/2017