Business

Irrelevant of what products ranges, target customers or type of online business you own, your ecommerce company is likely to see a rise in revenue during 2017, as the number of customers shopping on the internet will continue to increase. In fact, analysts have predicted that ecommerce will represent 14.6% of all retail sales by…

If you own or run a small business, or if you do a lot of printing at home with an inkjet printer, then you’ll know just how expensive keeping that greedy machine fed and happy can be! Buying ink can be costly, especially if you prefer to use the original ink to complement your printer’s…

For any event to be a success, it has to be planned and executed intelligently. But all too often, especially for small businesses, neither planning nor execution are good enough. The problem with this is that poor planning can reflect poorly on your company and turn what was supposed to be a launchpad for your…

As an employer, you have many legal obligations when it comes to keeping your staff safe. If you fail to consider health and safety issues, your business is almost guaranteed to suffer. It’s only a matter of time before someone injures themselves and makes a claim against your company. That could result in you losing…

Spreading word of a new business is always hard. If you’re starting at a small level and have small goals, you might think things will be easier for you, because you’re not competing with the big fish, but business isn’t that simple. Merely capturing the attention of consumers at all is difficult, whether your reach…

What’s the most important aspect of your business?   It could be the cash coming in, the money that pays you and your employees. It could be the workplace ethic, and how you treat the people working for you. It may be the brand that sells your image and product across the globe. It might…

All business owners want their companies to be safe and secure. Not only does this benefit their employees’ personal safety, but it also means that there is no risk that any sensitive information or data that you handle in the office will be lost or stolen. So there is no wonder that many businesses and…

It’s a Van Santen Network tradition to send the world a themed inspirational Christmas wish each year. Owner Christian van Santen feels that ‘connecting’ is more important than ever in the coming year: “Together, we can achieve more.” Van Santen Network would like to wish you all a harmonious 2017. To reinforce that message, we’ve…

A fantastic way to improve the capability in the workplace is to provide training courses. The benefits for both your company and your employees includes factors such as, Improvement standards and quality of work, planning out the targets and goals for the company and being able to efficiently acknowledge the adjustment to change. With training…

Nowadays, digital is the way to go. Between accessing the power of the internet and using the connectivity of business networks, it’s fast becoming true that you can’t afford to not establish some sort of tech component in your business. But we know how the idea of getting into tech can be intimidating to new…

The work of a startup is never done, is it? When a business is only so large, it can feel that it is teetering on the brink sometimes. As the business increases its scope, it needs to cope with more demands being thrust upon it. And one of the factors that are generally overlooked in…

When you first started your business, I’m sure your logistics process was easy enough to pin down. You probably didn’t have that many orders to process, and your shipping process probably didn’t involve much more than packing the item, printing off a label and sending it off. Once your operation has grown enough though, things…