Life can throw us curve balls when we least expect it, don’t you think? It doesn’t matter how old we are, what we are doing at that precise moment, rich, poor, in love, on our own. Life can be full of champagne but easily be filled with bitter lemons at a moments notice. Often we…

It’s no secret that building up a small business can be challenging. However, there’s still plenty of opportunities to succeed with your small brand, if you’re connecting with the right people in each area of your company. If you put enough effort into the strategy and planning side of your startup from the get-go; there’s…

When you run a small business, you take on a position of authority. This is great in many ways. You can decide exactly what area you want your business to specialise in, you can decide what other businesses you want to collaborate with, you get to choose your working hours, you build your own brand,…

Startups are, for the most part, unsuccessful. Unless you’re willing to jump through many hoops in order to get your business off the ground and into the limelight, you’re going to have to work from the ground up and there are many hurdles that you need to overcome in order to reach the top, or…

The concept of a research business is a simple one; you provide data and information on specific topics which people are willing to pay for. However, in the age of the internet, you have to offer people something which they are not able to easily obtain themselves. But if you think that you would like…

It does not matter what business you run, whether it is a consultancy firm or a coffee shop, one of your goals will be to reduce your expenses as much as possible without lowering the quality of service you provide. This is the ultimate combination. However, it is not always easy to achieve! With that…

When it comes to marketing your business today, you probably already know that SEO, otherwise known as search engine optimisation, is of huge importance. However, what about local SEO? This is an incredibly effective way of marketing your company online. It involves utilising an array of different strategies that help you to appeal to local…

Any business owner will be aware that they need to protect their business from the many things that can cause it problems. Customers that don’t pay on time, customers who use fraudulent credit cards, and in physical shops, customers who walk out with goods without paying. Business owners just have to take all the steps…

Operating a business isn’t a walk in the park. After all, you have to think about how you are going to pay for your supplies, how you are going to find the money to pay for your employees and even how you are going to serve your customers as well. The problem is that if…

Running a business and seeing it thrive is one of the greatest feelings on earth. To see the ideas that you’ve put into place working and actually making you money is an achievement that not many get the experience of feeling. When you’ve worked hard to build your business to where it is, it would…