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Tag Archives: business
Better to have a business plan than have your dreams shattered
I was shopping in our village this morning and found the butcher’s shop was closed. There was a notice in the window, presumably put there by the shop landlord, which announced that the shop owners had paid no rent since … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, management
Tagged adviser, bank, business, business plan, enterprise, plan, small business
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Social media experts
The word “expert” is not a word I am comfortable with. One of the sites to which I am contributor, and for which I am grateful because of the additional exposure does describe me as an expert author. Whilst this is a sort of compliment, I write about what I know through experience. After all, I write this blog about small business life because I have a small business of my own.
So what about social media? Are there any experts? I think there are specialists, but nobody knows where we will go, inextricably linked with the technology. Continue reading
Posted in Referral networking, Social media
Tagged adviser, business, expert, future, futurologist, marketing, network, networking, Social media, support, technology, Twitter
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How to get the best out of our employees and co-workers
Fortunately the small business owner is in a much better position to do something about these problems and to put matters right. It involves taking a friendly approach which might be alien to the big employers and their workforce representatives. Being nice to someone is certainly never harmful. Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, management, productivity
Tagged adviser, advisor, business, employees, experience, friendly, industrial relations, productivity, recession, respect, responsibility, small business, SME, unions, workers
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Mass unfollowing on Twitter
I do not pretend to be the greatest expert on on-line social media, but I do have quite a lot of experience and I am a keen student. Twitter is a phenomenon I had not thought too much about a … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, Referral networking
Tagged business, follow, marketing, mass unfollow, network, networking, referral, sell, Twitter, unfollow
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Enterprise and risk
I have been talking about risk recently in another context. I was a little dumbfounded yesterday when my Mum said she was told by a family member that she should not sign up to Facebook because there was a risk … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, Fraud, Referral networking, Start-up
Tagged adviser, business, corporate, enterprise, Facebook, Fraud, identity, marketing, network, networking, recession, referral, responsibility, risk, security, sell
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Scammers and traps for start ups
Starting your own business is a big step and one that often isn’t thought through. “Business plan? Goodness me, no I haven’t got one.” However, other difficulties that arise in the first couple of years arise from being too trusting … Continue reading
Posted in Fraud, Start-up
Tagged advertising, adviser, advisor, business, buy, charity, Data Protection, Fraud, phishing, scam, Start-up
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The excitement of independence
In my previous article I referred to Penny Power and her recent blog, and she and subsequent contributors including her husband and co-founder of Ecademy referred to the different attitudes we need as small business owners to those we are … Continue reading
Posted in Referral networking, Start-up
Tagged adviser, business, enterprise, experience, independence, independent, jobseeker, marketing, networking, referral, responsibility, small business
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Business cards, letters and first impressions
A business card should say what the card owner can do for his clients for customers; in other words, not talk about the offering but what service or help the client gets. To put it in sales talk, tell us the benefits and not the features. Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, Referral networking
Tagged business, business card, consultant, letters, marketing, network, networking, qualifications, referral, sell, unprofessional
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