When you think about it, the actual, honest goal of every small business is to become big. Growing means succeeding and growing means making more money. You can be as idealistic as you want, but at the core of every business is the wish to make as much money as possible.
The logical progression of this is that small-to-medium businesses have plenty to learn from the companies they strive to become the biggest players. It is actually quite surprising when you learn that most small business owners do not even consider going to big companies for lessons to learn. Today, we will try and identify a few of the most important lessons SME owners can learn from the big players. Is time slipping away?
Do you find that at the end of each day you have more to do than when you started? Time is precious and a great many small business owners could do with more of it. It's easy to feel overwhelmed and overworked when faced with the challenges of running a small business, but my top 5 time management tools are easy to use, quick to learn and will save you heaps of time. All of these tools offer free plans which provide a great range of features including all of those mentioned below: How much time each day do you spend actually making money? Now how much time do you spend answering emails, posting to social media, writing this weeks' blog post or doing other unpaid admin tasks?
You can save yourself money today by outsourcing one or more of these tasks that take up more time than you think: Thinking that we can handle it all is a common mistake. You’d need superpowers to simultaneously create a business strategy, set goals, handle office admin, manage employees, implement training and get business results. If you own a start-up, there’ll hopefully come a moment in your life when you have to recognise that you can’t do everything yourself.
This pivotal turning point is a positive step towards growing a start-up into a small business and beyond. If you’re still handling all the HR responsibilities yourself, it’ll only be a matter of time before you drop the ball, not to mention that you could be better focusing your energy on the core of your business. Here’s how to recognise when you need to step back and delegate your HR: Added value is like the icing or the cherry on the cake. It's a finishing touch that gives your customers the perfect service, encouraging them to come back for more by helping to distinguish your business from others.
Use the following tips to create added value for your customers today. We live in an increasingly digital world and because of this, SMEs and other businesses quite rightly take the question of security very seriously. However, while many put plenty of resources into protecting themselves from online attacks, fewer companies actively consider other methods such as access control and furnishing visitors and staff with ID cards when it comes to safety within the business environment.
The New Year can be a challenging time for small business owners. A great many businesses in the retail, trade and hospitality sectors rely upon the busy December and January period to carry them through the rest of the year.
However, it's also typically a time for greater expenses, which can be difficult to manage, especially if your sales weren't quite what you'd anticipated, leading to a uncertain financial New Year. Your online reputation can determine the success or failure of your business and a single negative review or experience can severely damage your reputation.
This guide aims to help you safeguard your brand online. With the summer holidays upon us, whether you have children or not, maintaining your work/life balance over the next few weeks will become increasingly difficult as you feel that nagging urge to stop working and relax along with everyone else...and what's wrong with that?
Absolutely nothing! No, it's not crazy. We want to help you make the most of the summer sun so sit back, relax and find out how to do just that without stressing about your business and your customers. Today we celebrated the 44th annual Earth Day and to commemorate the event we've put together this guide to help get you and your office green.
April 22, 1970 saw the very first Earth Day and here we are 44 years later celebrating it again in this new age of modern technology and heightened pollution. Many business owners find the prospect of going green daunting and impossible which is why we've put together some quick tips to help you, help us preserve our beautiful planet! |
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