6. Practice Your Pitch You are the greatest salesperson for your business startup. Whether you are looking to secure funding from an angel investor or looking to gain more customer loyalty, you need to have a pitch on the ready to tell anyone and everyone you come in contact with. Be concise in your approach…
When people recount the achievement of successful entrepreneurs, they forget that they had also failed in so many things before and it took a long time and discipline for them to attain success. Many successful entrepreneurs have failed in the past. Steve Jobs was fired from Apple Computers before he became its co-founder, chairman, and…
Running a business is no easy task; your to-do list seems to never end. From monitoring expenses to handling customer enquiries, resolving complaints, and keeping track of employee work schedules, you tend to feel overwhelmed. What you need is a good app to assist you with these tasks. There are thousands of applications out there…
You must have heard that Instagram is the hottest trend in social media for businesses. What you do not know is that it is not just a photo sharing app. Instagram has redefined the way in which we view and share photos to create awareness, association and engagement. There is a lot to gain from…
Love it or hate it, Facebook is still the number one social network and first-stop web destination for a majority of web users. Despite this, many entrepreneurs are still unsure of best practices for using the site to benefit their small business. The truth is, Facebook is one of the best ways to market your…
Many businesses mistakenly believe that posting classified adds is a thing of the past. However, for local and small to medium sized businesses especially, classified add posting is just as useful a tool as it ever was for engaging with wider local communities and potential new customer bases. Media space is expensive. Moreover, whilst social…
According to statistics published in 2017 by the Small Business Administration (SBA), about one-fifth of business startups fail in the first year and about half of all employer establishments fail within five years. Only about one third survive ten years or more. Those statistics are rather grim. And while there are a multitude of conditions…
Whether it’s your first, 15th or 100th time interviewing, it’s important to be prepared if you want to succeed. From your initial contact with the hiring manager to following up after your meeting, here’s everything you need to know to ace your next job interview. #1: Research the Company You must do a thorough background…
Many modern-day moms face a pressing need to stay home and take full responsibility of those adorable little ones without having to worry about the dangers they are exposed to and also give them all the love they deserve. Yet they would not mind doing some business from home, to augment the family income Here…
A great small business always starts out as an idea, but you have to transform that idea into action. That’s where many individuals can start to feel overwhelmed. It’s understandable to freeze up at the deluge of things that are required to get a business started, but getting going is actually easier than you might think.…