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If you are reliant on customers in your local community, you don’t want to do anything that alienates them. Quite the opposite, in fact, as you need to garner their support. When you have them on your side, you will: Improve your reputation Win new customers Make more sales Increase your profits What’s not to…

Are you a small business owner who loves studying a spreadsheet? Probably not. Your business’s books are a way to tell how well you are performing, but if you’re not really a numbers person, doing your bookkeeping may sound pretty unappealing. Many business owners have good intentions of keeping up with the business finances but…

Long term survival is an issue on every business owner’s lips right now. The good news is that many things can help make sure your business stays around for the long term. Read the post below to find out what they are.  Flexibility More so than at any other time in memory, business needs to…

You need to make sure you look for what you can do to improve and grow your business as much as possible, and this is really important. There are a lot of things that play a part in helping you to improve your business and make the right choices for the future. This is something…

Countries around the world are implementing different measures to minimise the spread of coronavirus amongst their populations. These measures have included social isolation, social distancing, lockdowns, curfews, restrictions and more. While they are helping to keep transmission and infection rates down, they are also having a profoundly negative impact on businesses of all shapes and…

Learning how to navigate social media and turn it into something that really does bolster your brand is a combination of business ethics and sheer creativity. If you are looking to partner up with innovative workers, you’ve got to start aligning yourself with influencers. Working with influencers isn’t just about reaching out to them, it’s…

Outsourcing can be very beneficial to businesses because they allow for greater progress within the company’s success. Not only can it be a more affordable option for small businesses, but it can have its advantages if you’re a big business too. With that being said, here are some tips on how outsourcing can help your…

When it comes to making a product, there are several important steps that you will need to go through before you get to the end goal- an innovative and  saleable product that can be unleashed on a mass-market. But while every step of the way is important going from design to manufacture, it could be…

The winter can be tough on small businesses; people switch from heading to the stores and spending plenty to saving and ordering online. It can be challenging as a small business to compete, and even more so if you are seasonal.  Here are a few ways that you can keep people coming to your store…

You need to deliver value to your customers, but your customers also need to deliver value to you.  This means that you need to use the right pricing strategies and apply them effectively.  Here are some tips to help. Make sure you understand your customer base In business, just about everything starts with knowing your…

When was the last tine that you really thought about the security of your property – either your home or your business? While we often assume that opportunistic burglaries are rife in the summer, when doors and windows are left open to catch a breeze and the heat can make us more careless without belongings,…

Besides the burden of meeting targets and increasing productivity, workplace safety is a dominant area to focus on. Failure to ensure this could result in a legal tussle when an employee suffers an injury through the employer’s negligence. The pandemic makes this even more vital. As the aging American workforce is projected to increase from…