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3 Essentials for Weathering a Weak Economy

The DatCom team loves helping businesses streamline their workflows and increase productivity. We’re excited about liberating workers from boring work. That’s why we’ve invested in the tools and talent to  to liberate and support small and medium businesses.  We are...

The Recession-Proof Business: A Key Characteristic

Facing a recession, business owners can look to the past to see how other companies successfully navigated economic crises. While many factors contribute to post-recession flourishing, they know that success is not based on “luck.”  The major factor in coming...

Inflation stats and Projections

If you own or manage a small business right now, you know that inflation is extremely high. While the average worker feels the pain at the pump and at the supermarket register, you feel it when you look at your expenses for sourcing materials and shipping products....

How Automation Can Recession-proof Almost Any Business

This period of high inflation could lead to a recession. As the Federal Reserve increases the cost of borrowing by raising interest rates, people will slow their spending. A decline in consumer confidence and decreased sales is a real threat to your business. If you...

The Impact of Inflation on Small Businesses

If you own or manage a small business right now, you have a critical decision to make in response to inflation and the potential recession that may follow.   What Could Happen?  Consumers are experiencing real pain because the CPI recently hit its highest rate since...

Busting the Biggest Myths About RPA/DPA

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a hot topic among business leaders because it’s a real answer to problems that companies are facing in 2022. Namely, the impact of inflation and the difficulty of hiring right now. Yet, when people hear about it, they tend to raise...

Data Processing Automation in Law Offices

Data Processing Automation (DPA) is transforming office work across every industry. Adoption has been highest among financial institutions such as banks and accounting firms, but Law offices have been slower to embrace it.  Despite general approval by legal industry...

Stop Doing the Work you Hate and Start Doing the Work You Love!

Let’s face it, there are tasks that you do every day that take up too much of your precious time. Time that could be spent doing what you love. The feeling of loss when you spend too much time on a task that isn’t producing is helpful feedback that something is...

How do you address “shadow processes” at your company?

Shadow processes are processes at your company that don’t officially exist. They are tasks and activities that you won’t find written in any procedure manuals and cannot be tracked by company software. It’s what your employees do to “get things done.” Shadow processes...

How Much Does Business Process Optimization “Cost?”

What is Business Process Optimization?  BPO is an analytical process designed to increase overall efficiency, agility, and profitability. You can do it with the right knowledge and the right method of observing a company’s internal processes.   But that’s not the only...

Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business

People love heroes, but they rarely imagine themselves as heroic.  And modern American life doesn’t give most of us many opportunities.    Why is that?  We have first responders on call 24/7. Our soldiers fight in conflicts that are far away. And we can’t...

Free Your Workers and Make time to Grow

The Beatles once asked: “Are you ready for a revolution?” Well, one of the deepest benefits of Data Processing Automation (DPA) is that it is part of an automation revolution. And the best revolutions are the ones that set people free.  DPA sets people free by...

3 Keys to Business Success in a Global Economy

It’s easy to operate an ice cream stand by the beach, especially if you’re the only franchise on the sand. You have every advantage, right? It’s hot. Visitors are feeling carefree and uninhibited. Your ice cream cones are a ready symbol of living the good life.  But...

How to Know the Difference Between a True Partner and a Vendor

Tired of feeling inundated with solicitors who don’t really know anything about your business? I know I am. If you’re like me, you can see them coming from a mile away. It’s annoying because I want a true and sustainable business partnership with my clients, and I...

One Surefire Way to Increase the Value of Your Business

As an entrepreneur, you find deep satisfaction in building your own business. It’s challenging, but you’ve cultivated your resilience to setbacks and your ability to overcome obstacles. And you’ve been able to do some exciting things that were once only dreams.  But...