“We have to work diligently to compete with the big box stores and the malls. All we ask is that the holiday shoppers not leave us out. It’s a chance for neighbors to support neighbors,” – Mary Ardapple, owner of Apple’s Bakery, Knoxville Ave, Peoria. Small Business Saturday is a national movement that was launched by American Express in the … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Day is just around the corner. People are in the holiday shopping mood already. However, there are many who wait for the day after the Thanksgiving Day to kick start their shopping. The Friday after the Thanksgiving Day is known as Black Friday. The name was coined because it is a traditional day to start the Christmas shopping and … Continue reading
India recently introduced the National Manufacturing Policy (NMP), which has been welcomed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The policy provides special emphasis on the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). According to CII, the NMP provides for adequate support to promote and strengthen employment-intensive industries to ensure job creation, with special attention to textiles and garments; leather and … Continue reading
Starting your own business in the United States of America is easier than elsewhere in the world. America encourages new entrepreneurs to start their enterprises by providing them with an attractive self-employment program, small and medium business (SMB) loans and business counseling. The current government has announced incentives to all start-up businesses by waiving off the taxes and supporting them … Continue reading
We have selected 8 great visual marketing ideas for your business taken from the book Visual Marketing, by David Langton and Anita Campbell. David Langton is a visual communication designer, blogger, and author of visual design. Anitca Campbell is the CEO and founder of Small Business Trends, http://smallbiztrends.com. 7. How Many Ways Can You Destroy Your Printer? Going Viral with … Continue reading
November 11 is Veterans Day. It is an annual United States holiday honouring military veterans. This Day is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. To mark this Day, we bring to you five innovative businesses launched by the Veterans. … Continue reading
“The reason many small businesses fail isn’t lack of capital or experience. And it’s certainly not a lack of hard work. Most businesses fail because they don’t have a systematic and reliable way of attracting a steady stream of qualified leads.” – Craig Garber (Direct Marketing Guru) If the start-ups and already established businesses have to grow they need to … Continue reading
Financial management business planning is a must for every individual – be it to run your day-to-day life or your business. When we say business, financial planning should be accorded top priority to weather uncertain times and also to survive times of recession. A proper business plan, a detailed research about your potential investors, having contingency plans in place in … Continue reading
“SMEs will have to adopt HR best practices in order to grow. It is the entrepreneurs who will have to take his/her employees along and make them an integral part of the enterprise through such best practices.” Arvind Joshi, president – human resource, Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd. Small to medium businesses are the back bone of any economy because … Continue reading
“Be paranoid about data. You can buy new boxes, rebuild the systems, reinstall software etc., but you cannot rebuild lost data” – Steve Burrows, IT director of Vanilla Group state in a column for Computer Weekly. Any small to medium enterprise that is not willing to invest in data backup is at risk of losing their data. Losing important information … Continue reading
