Remote Hiring, Remote Working and Saving for your Future

A few links I thought might be worth sharing on this fine Monday morning:

5 Tips for Training Remote Employees
Some thoughtful hiring advice from the tech and social networking news site Mashable. Handy for road warriors or anyone expanding sales turf with new regional reps.

Why Small Businesses are Going "All In" on the Cloud
A short article from Small Business Trends talking about the perks of cloud computing. If you're unfamiliar with the concept, cloud computing refers to password-protected, sharable documents that exist online only, the "cloud" part of its name being a semi-obnoxious metaphor for "something on the Internet." They can be as simple as a communal Word document or as complicated as an online publishing system. The ideas is that you improve communication and save time by having everyone work off the same document online rather than having to bounce a hard file from person-to-person.

Advice: Retirement Savings Plans for Small Businesses
A quick blurb from the Los Angeles Times about setting up a simple retirement plan for small independent businesspeople.