When starting a new business or trading in the first few weeks, getting money to fund your nascent operation isn’t the easiest thing to do. However, it’s just one of the challenges you’ll face as the CEO or CFO of the new startup. Fortunately, there are several finance options open …
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What Impact Do Open Plan Offices Have On Employees?
Open plan offices are generally considered more aesthetically pleasing than traditional office spaces. An open plan office space also allows visiting clients to see everyone working together in the same space, which can be beneficial. However, employers should consider that open plan offices can actually have a detrimental effect on …
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Could You Run Your Business Remotely?
The internet has opened up the opportunity to run a successful business entirely online. This enables business owners to break away from the usual 9-5 hours by working your business remotely, away from the office environment. As long as you have adequate WiFi connection you can work from anywhere in …
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Here’s How You Can Crack Content Marketing on a Small Budget
Content powers your business. From building engagement and better relationships with your users to establishing authority in a particular niche and finding better visibility in the search engine results, content marketing helps with every aspect of your business. Don’t believe us? See these stats: Websites with blogs tend to have …
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The Difference Between Sales and Marketing
Sales and marketing are two different terms but can often be used interchangeably as both are responsible for generating revenue for the company. However, sales and marketing are two very distinct areas with big companies having a separate department for each one. A person working in the sales cannot shift …
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5 Tips to Manage your Remote Team
Working from home is no longer a one-off perk that employees get to ‘enjoy’ when they are under the weather or wish to stay in. Working from home, also popularly known as remote working is one of the fastest emerging workplace trends today and as per FlexJobs, the remote workforce …
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7 Secrets of Successful Newsletters – This Is Why We Still Need Them!
Just a few short years ago, many entrepreneurs would have scoffed at the idea of writing newsletters as an effective way of marketing. However, that was when newsletters were still thought of as those hardcopy postal mailers that most often made it as far as the waste basket. Thankfully, this …
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3 Ways to Build the Best Network for Your Business
As an entrepreneur, you know that sometimes in business it’s not about what you know, it’s about who you know. Building a solid network of supporters and connections will boost your visibility and help your business growth across multiple platforms. There are several different ways to build your network of …
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Financial Freedom To Do What You Want? Start With The Basics
Financial freedom will mean different things to different people. To some it will mean that you have more disposable income to do the things you want to do in life. This could include holidays and family days out. Financial freedom to other might mean giving up your job and pursuing …
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How To Know You Have The Competitive Advantage
Knowing how your competitor’s work and who they are is a fundamental part of running any business. If you don’t know this, then it will be difficult, or even impossible, to differentiate yourself from them, and being different is the easiest way to persuade people to come to you rather …
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5 Ways To Simplify Your Finances
If you are overwhelmed by the many demands of life as an entrepreneur, it is essential that you simplify matters as soon as possible. Instead of working yourself up into an anxious state, you should take the time to switch up your approach. This is especially important when it comes …
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Don’t Get Left Behind: Why Defense Base Act Claims Require Solid Representation
When you’re involved in a Defense Base Act claim, there are 2 things you must do no matter what – tell the absolute truth and hire a lawyer. So today, we’ll give you a rough overview of everything DBA related and explain how a lawyer can help. Who is eligible …
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Delight Your Clients with Wix Answers Customer Support Software
When selling your products or services, you’re bound to get questions from potential customers. At first, you might decide to field questions among yourself and a small team: route phone calls through cell phones, answer emails or maybe even make yourselves available for an online messenger service. But as you …
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Developing a 5-Year Business Plan for Your SMB
As a small business operator, it’s easy to be focused on the day-to-day and short-term outlook. But in order to sustain and swell growth it’s essential to develop a long-term strategic plan. A 5-year business plan is an essential outline and road map for growing SMBs. Be sure to include …
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Online Business Dangers Solved
Your business is going to be online. Well, it should be online by now anyway. It’s the main source of profit for many companies, but that doesn’t mean that it’s going to come without risks. The more precautions you put in place, the better off your business is going to …
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How Industry 4.0 Will Affect Entrepreneurs
The Industry 4.0 revolution is rapidly transforming manufacturing, and businesses and entrepreneurs in other sectors are beginning to feel the effect. As 2017 drew to a close, 27 percent of manufacturers said they had already experienced substantial transformation under the impact of Industry 4.0, a survey by The Economist reports. …
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