Category: Small Businesses

The Importance of a Plan

There are quite a few things you need to do when you want to turn things around in your life, such as, creating more time and making more money, but if you don’t do the…

The Importance of Bookkeeping in a Business

If you run your own business, no matter what size, bookkeeping is a legal requirement by H M Revenue and Customs. Basic records you must keep Your basic records will normally include: a record of…

Small Company Marketing – Strategy Beats Tactical Executions Every Time

The brilliant Chinese military strategist, Sun Tzu (544 – 496 BC), said two things that have always resonated with me: “Every battle is won before it is fought”, and “Tactics without strategy is the noise…

5 Reasons Why A Graphic Design Investment Is Beneficial to Businesses

While a number of small business owners realize the importance of great design, others do not. No matter if it is a start up business or one that has been around for years, the following…

Why Logo Design Contests Are Bad

Thanks to the internet, small businesses today have access to online guides and resources to better promote their businesses, products and services. This made small businesses realize the importance of brand development and marketing plan.…

The 7 Principles of Business Integrity

If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. — Alan K. Simpson If I were to ask you what attribute is the most influential in regard to the…

The Importance of Hiring Professional Window Cleaning Services

Have you often marveled how those high-rise commercial buildings, condominiums and even luxury homes preserve their perfect appearance through the years? Well, the answer behind this is plain and simple. Most business establishments and even…

The Importance of Business Telephone Systems

Choose correctly and you’ll reap the benefits of efficiency, choose incorrectly and you may lose that important customer. Business telephone systems play a very important role in the success of your company. Bear in mind…

4 Problems That Keep South African Small Business Owners Awake At Night

The 2007 Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Survey reports that South African small business owners are not aggressively working to grow their market share and stay ahead of the competitors. Instead, they tend to place…

Email Marketing and Its Importance to Online Business

Giving away flyers and hiring a mascot that dances with a big arrow pointing to a certain store or something is now a thing to nothing when it comes to boosting your marketing strategy. While…