With the month of October behind, and with just few weeks for Thanksgiving, the shoppers are geared up with holiday shopping lists for a holiday sale. With most of the shoppers going online to make their holiday purchases, you as a small business entrepreneur should start prepping up your enterprise now. If you want to improve your holiday marketing and … Continue reading
Posts Categorized: Improving Business Processes
Getting your business off the ground
You have decided to strike out on your own. But are you completely prepared? We look at things to get your business up and running. Ask pertinent questions – Brainstorm on certain questions. These include the type of business you want to run. How many locations you want? How many employees you want? Do you have the skills to run … Continue reading
The key to budgeting for small businesses
Estimating and matching expenses to revenue is critical as it assists small business owners to determine whether they have adequate money to fund operations, expand the business and produce income for themselves. With a business already operating, you can assume future revenue depending on recent trends in the business. If the business just commenced, assumptions can be based depending on … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing for Small Businesses
Crowdsourcing is the concept of connecting many potential contributors with a particular project. Small businesses leverage crowdsourcing to survive and even thrive in the competitive market. So if you are a small business owner you can start using this strategy right away. Many small business owners make the mistake of thinking they have to do everything in their business on … Continue reading
How Small Businesses Can Ride Out Tough Economic Times
It is natural for the economic conditions in business to have ups and downs. While there are relatively fewer problems during good times, small business owners should be prepared for the bad times. We look at ways how to tackle the small business impact on economy. Concentrate on existing customers – It is always easier to get more or different … Continue reading
How to make small businesses stand out from the competition
There are a huge number of small businesses across the globe. Small businesses consistently face the challenge of how to be different from the existing competition. If small businesses are doing the same as others, why would customers prefer it over the rest? In short, small businesses need to be both better and different from other small businesses. We look … Continue reading
Advantages of going paperless for small businesses
Generally small businesses have to struggle harder for financial success and growth as compared to the larger players. Going paperless is an effective and useful strategy to help small businesses compete in the marketplace today. We look at some of the advantages of going paperless. Saving Space Real estate is costly today especially in large cities. Substituting electronic documentation for … Continue reading
Tips to keep your business moving forward
The world is a constantly changing place. It is important that your business keeps on changing to remain relevant and competitive. Your business needs to keep moving forward in order to survive and grow irrespective of the economic situation or other factors beyond your control. We look at some valuable business growth advice that will help moving business forward: Make … Continue reading
Ways to influence customers and their buying decisions
It is the customers who have the power to make or break a business. Hence it is essential that enterprises focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty. There exist time tested techniques to bond with customers and positively influence their buying decisions to your favor. Go the extra mile to make customers feel special– Smile and welcome your customers with genuine … Continue reading
How to delegate work effectively
Small businesses are not a one man show. It is not practical or possible for a single individual to do everything which needs to be done. Many people are reluctant to delegate work because the lack of trust in other people’s ability, wanting to do everything themselves and so on. However, in the modern business environment, there is no alternative … Continue reading
