These days a lot of people think of start-ups as internet based or tech companies, but there are still many traditional brick and mortar companies being launched. There are plenty of entrepreneurs who start businesses in industries or trades they are experienced in – such as plumbing, car mechanics, or …
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Marketing Mistakes That You Want To Avoid In 2016
For any business to be successful, it needs to have an effective marketing regime. That means that the campaign must target the right people and raise awareness of your brand. It means that the campaign must garner results. And, it also means that you can’t make marketing mistakes. A mistake …
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Cross Border Insolvency: What Happens After Brexit?
While many people were surprised by the EU Referendum result on 23rd June, we are now in the situation where we have to deal with the ramifications. One important area that is going to need addressing is the legal solution for dealing with cross boarder insolvency. Our friends at MGJL …
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How Startups Can Stop Failing with Digital Marketing
Out of the thousands of startups that emerge every year, fewer than 10 percent actually receive a first round of capital from private equity sources. In addition, it is rare for a startup to go from concept to commercial opportunity. Part of the reason is many startups have unique concepts, …
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Budgeting For Your Business: My Best Tips
Any business, in the simplest possible terms, is all about pumping money into something and aiming to make more money back. Buy for one dollar, sell for two. If you want to turn a healthy profit, one of the things you’ll need to do is create a smart budget. If …
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3 Advantages of Using a Mini Excavator
One of the biggest industries is the world is construction and in this industry there is a lot of competition. In order to get your company the reputation that it needs, you will need surround yourself with the right tools to get the job done right. On a construction site …
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How to Boost the Voice of Your Employees for Better Customer Experiences
A new journey has begun with an ongoing replacement of the traditional marketing strategies by a dynamic and more advanced approach. Consumers today expect a seamless experience, and would like to deal with competent and friendly employees, regardless of how or when they opt to interact with a particular brand. …
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How Listening to Customers Drives Innovation
Consumers are increasingly vocal about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to businesses they frequent and products they buy. Everyone has an opinion and every one of those opinions is important. When you learn how to listen to your customers early in the innovation process and how their …
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Optimizing Your Google Business Listing [INFOGRAPHIC]
Are you currently setting up your business page to be found locally online? If you’re thinking about setting up a Google Business listing, fear not, help is at hand from Hiscox, who have created a handy visual guide to setting up your listing. Not only will you attract qualified local …
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Your Online Storefront: A Guide for New Entrepreneurs
Are you new to the business world and gearing up to take a shot at creating your first website? Even if you’re not quite sure where to begin with your online storefront, taking your startup online is a great investment. In order to turn your online presence into profitable success, …
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Tips for Training a Powerful Startup Team
When starting your new business with a startup team, things can quickly get out of hand. After all, no one has worked together for a long period of time and everyone probably has their own way of doing things based on personal and job history. From the very beginning when …
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Business Travel Simplified: How Translation Technology is Expanding Your Customer Base
It can often feel very awkward when you are struggling to make yourself understood in a foreign climate on holiday, but those difficulties are more amplified and frustrating, when you are trying to do business with a potential customer. A diverse range of languages is what makes our world so …
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The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Lessons from a Different Personal Finance Perspective
The entrepreneurial mindset is different from that of most people. Not only are they comfortable taking risks, many of them are risk-seekers. But, they aren’t blindly seeking risks. No, they take carefully-measured risks. Here’s what you can learn from them. Start Early Entrepreneurs don’t wait around for things to happen …
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Smart Ways To Reduce Your Start-Up Costs
One of the first challenges any entrepreneur runs into is dealing with their start-up costs. No matter what you’re selling or doing for your customers, there’ll be a lot of pretty hefty costs which you need to manage properly. If you’ve never set up a business before, then this task …
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Defending Your Business from Phishing
In a world where technology and the internet are evolving at an exponential rate, the techniques which hackers use to gain access to your company’s confidential data also continue to adapt to the latest security software. To counter this, you can invest in the latest secured wireless broadband solutions or …
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Life Saving Tips for Death By Meetings
If you’re like me or pretty much anyone else in corporate America, you’ve suffered through endless hours of information overload, a rotation of long-winded blowhards in love with hearing themselves speak and major time wasting sessions…also known as “meetings”. At times you feel held captive for days, weeks and even …
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