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Business advice to help you grow your SME and small & medium sized company and help you grow your company
The 5 most common marketing mistakes
Effective marketing means stepping back, doing your homework, and (usually) starting over from scratch.
Have a great day at work: 10 Tricks for a Fabulous Workday
It takes just as much effort to have a wonderful day as it does to have a miserable one. Why not enjoy yourself?
Top tips to making your business more innovative
Professor Dominic Swords of Henley Business School (HBS) shares his top tips on making your business more innovative.
Time for businesses to rethink the mobile web as customers slip through the .net
Steve Raubenstine, President & CEO, NetObjects discusses why it is imperative businesses have a mobile web presence and provides five top tips on what it takes to create an effective site.
Five Questions Every Sales & Marketing Director Must Answer
If sales are slow, or the uptake on a new product or service is not as good as expected, it is not always easy to discern where the problems are. One area in which you need to be sure, is that the Sales and Marketing strategy is right. Here Grant Leboff, principal of The Intelligent Sales Club, suggests that unsatisfactory answer to any of these questions may indicate where the issues lie.
Crowdfunding websites not for novice investors & must be regulated says FSA
Inexperienced investors should be aware of the risks in using crowdfunding websites that help small businesses raise money directly from members of the public, Britain’s financial services regulator has warned.
Succession planning – tips for business owners
Family-run businesses account for almost a quarter of UK SMEs, providing over 9 million jobs, however many of them could be in danger due to inadequately planning to pass on businesses to future generations.
4 Personality Traits All Entrepreneurs Must Have
Nestled away in the entrepreneur’s mind, there are four distinct traits of his or her personality that work together to make an entrepreneur successful.
2 Little Words to Close More Sales
Are your prospects ready to buy? Eliminate the surprise factor and find out well before the close. Here’s how.
How to make tablets work for your business
Tablets are hot property right now and are the must-have gadget around the world. This trend is getting bigger especially as its popularity among consumers is now being mirrored by businesses.
Boosting your business with Pinterest
It may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but this virtual pinboard service is attracting plenty of eyeballs as is now ranked third in the social media league table. Here’s how to make it work for you.
The interview questions that reveal everything…
Interviewing job candidates is tough, especially because some candidates are a lot better at interviewing than they are at working. To get the core info you need about the candidates you interview, here’s a simple but incredibly effective interview technique from someone who has interviewed thousands of people.
Are you holding back your own business? 4 tricks to overcome the fear
Fear is the enemy of success. Large rewards only result from taking comparably large risks. If you’re ruled by fear, you’ll never take enough risks and never achieve success you deserve. Here’s is how you can make your brain to be more courageous.
Using LinkedIn to its full potential by joining groups
Whilst many see LinkedIn as a way to extend their network of contacts with friends they never knew they had, joining and using groups on the platform should be a natural extension of your social-media marketing efforts and if you aren’t using groups then you really are missing out.
















