Business

Most of us are familiar with the phrase ‘friendly competition.’ If you’re in business, you’re probably aware that competition is never friendly. To succeed, you need to outshine your rivals. If you’re competing for customers, you’ll either win or lose, and you need to make sure that you emerge victorious. If you’re keen to steal…

Be you a manager of a large company, or a leader of a small team; it is important the people who work under your leadership are made to feel valued and appreciated. Financial benefits, such as a rise in salary is the obvious choice. However, there are other ways to bring happiness to your employee’s…

Our brains are funny things. We can often be programmed to expect the worse and be completely taken aback when things go well. If you’ve focused more on contingency plans for your business than you have growth opportunities, you’re probably very level headed and deserve every success that is starting to come your way. You’re…

Entrepreneurs aren’t expected to spend all their time away from the Internet while they work away at their business plans and product development. The Internet has a lot of essential tools that entrepreneurs who really want to go the distance need to know about. Let’s take a quick look at the online tools modern entrepreneurs…

Sometimes it seems like everyone and his uncle is setting up their own businesses. Whether it’s a start-up firm, a home enterprise, or even a bigger operation. But not all of this business become successes. In fact, a large majority of them fail. That is why you not only need to stand out from the…

Business can be a challenging game. Along with the struggles of keeping stocked up and finding customers; you also have to think about the potential threats to your business. There are loads of things in place to protect customers; but, businesses have to protect themselves. To do this, you have to conduct your business correctly.…

Every so often, you’ll need to come up with ideas to introduce your brand to new markets. Perhaps you want to stop marketing to a particular niche and, instead, aim your sights at a more valuable type of customer. There are many ways to achieve that goal, with one being rebranding.   In a nutshell,…

Technology has changed the way we do business – everything from creating the paperless office to building social networks and as technology changes so should the enterprising business be ready to follow in order to maximise its global opportunities. IT policy and strategy should be part of your company’s foundations but what about where you…

Every employer has done it. They’ve hired someone that they think they can trust – someone who interviewed well and seemed to have all the right qualities – only to realise later that they were way off. Sometimes the employee was a bad egg all along. Other times, the fault may lie with you. Whatever…

Employees are considered very valuable assets in any business. They essentially help us run our businesses to a point that even if we’re absent from the office, they’ll usually know what to do and how to operate it without you. Unfortunately, there are times when you have to put your foot down and question their…

Not all clients are equal, some have the potential to take your company to the next level on the market. For instance, they might be able to offer your company a long-term contract that will bring profits to your business for years to come. Or, they could have a network of other clients who will…

Businesses, if they are to be successful, need to ensure that they are doing a number of things. One particular focus of any new business should be to ensure that it is paying close attention to the way it operates with a view to remaining legal and wholesome in a moral sense. This is something…