We have come to the end of March 2009 and it has been many months since the economy went downfall. Unfortunately, this is still the case. Even with the full power of the government, big banks, big businesses and knowledge of the experts, the situation just seems to get worse and worse. We hear of [...]
One thing I see very often is new businesses opening which offer the same products and services that businesses 10 years ago did. What’s wrong with this? Those businesses didn’t work in the past so are they going to work today? Most probably not, especially during the credit crisis. Recently I came across a company [...]
One piece of advice today. Generally, for most people, when they start new businesses, they have a very low capital to start with and will struggle in the first few months at the least. This is why you should always look to minimise costs as much as possible in the first year. This will initially [...]
It is vital that you keep up to date with the news in the business world. This is even more important if you’re a big business or deal with a large number of shares on a daily basis. As the economy is taking a u-turn everyday and is very unstable and if you’re not aware [...]
This is very important. Many businesses don’t take note but when offering services and products, offer those which go hand in hand with the season and the time. A classic example. Only sell ice cream in the summer and not in the cold winter season when it’s snowing hard. Trust me, people still do this. [...]
When you’re a new player in a certain industry and market, it’s very unlikely that people will trust your services and business (Unless, of course you spent a good fortune on marketing prior to your launch). One step you can take is to offer your services and products ate a very low price for some [...]
Whenever you go into a meeting with other business men and professionals, always take a lot of notes of everything you hear and notice in the meeting. Why? When you come to analyse you notes later on, maybe in a week or month, you will most probably start to see a lot of secrets from [...]
There have been record level job losses in this country ever since the recession and credit crunch started. We hear daily on the news that one by one, big companies are going down and thousands of jobs are lost. To keep this post short, what can you do if you become a victim of this? [...]
How can you, by improving you home, improve your business? Rather, in the long term, without spending a penny, how can you improve your home? Well let me tell you. One thing many business owners don’t think about is spending on their home and family due to the error of them thinking it will stop [...]
Remember one thing. Work Hard. Work Hard in all aspects. Even when searching for bursaries and free finance for your business idea, search, search and search again and I can almost guarantee you will not be disappointed. There is a load of information out there. There is help available for all aspects and angles from [...]