Attracting Long-Term Tenants: Design Hacks for Creating Inviting Space

By Marketme | 10th June 2025

Finding long-term tenants who actually treat your property like a home (instead of a disposable hotel room) is a bit like online dating. You want commitment, but you’re swiping through a sea of short-term flings and “just browsing” types. Here’s the thing: great tenants don’t just fall from the sky. You create the kind of…

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Eco-Friendly Rentals: How Sustainable Upgrades Can Lower Costs and Boost Appeal

By Marketme | 5th June 2025

Are you thinking about making your rental more eco-friendly? Or maybe you’re just curious if that bamboo toilet paper craze has crept into real estate? Either way, welcome. Let’s talk about the green stuff (yes, money too) and how going eco doesn’t have to mean spending a fortune on solar panels and moral superiority. Honestly,…

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Maximizing Rental Income: Budget-Friendly Improvements That Make a Big Impact

By Marketme | 5th June 2025

Raising rent without actually improving anything is… kind of a jerk move. Tenants know when a place isn’t worth the price hike. And frankly, so do you. But here’s the good news: You don’t need a gut renovation or a second mortgage to boost your rental income. Small, budget-friendly updates can make a surprisingly big…

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6 Steps To Launch Party Success

By Marketme | 15th August 2016

We’ve covered plenty of startup launch parties in the past here at Serious Startups. But what if you want to have your own little – or enormous – bash when your product or service is ready to rock? There are a few guidelines you will need to follow, so read on to find out more…

Why Survey Data is So Important in Business

By Marketme | 11th August 2016

When it comes to running a successful business, a lot of owners don’t realize the importance of surveys and the data that they provide. In fact, the data that you can collect from a variety of surveys can be extremely valuable in helping you make the best decisions to drive your company forward, so this…

Risks in Logbook Loans and Proposed Solutions

By Marketme | 8th August 2016

Every now and then, people are confronted by problems that need an urgent solution. One of which (and the most common) revolves around money or finances. If you have savings, you can use it to solve your financial problem. However, if you have nothing, you can borrow from a friend. When you’re in need of…

Tired of Not Making Money? Why Don’t You Play a Game?

By Marketme | 4th August 2016

Setting up the perfect gaming lair is not an easy task. There are so many options for gaming machines and cabinets, furniture and technology, that it sometimes seems impossible to make your choice. And it will usually cost you a small fortune to make it perfect. So much that you might sometimes feel tired of…

Streamline Your Business: Key Areas to Focus On

By Marketme | 2nd August 2016

In order to be as efficient as possible, every business needs to review and improve its working processes in a number of different areas, at least once a year. It could be that you need to cut back costs, or simply want to improve performance in the most cost-effective manner, but assessing where improvements can…

Why Your E-Commerce Business Needs to take Online Security Seriously

By Marketme | 2nd August 2016

Online security is vital to the success of your business. Proper and effective online security can be the difference between an effective and trustworthy business and millions of pounds’ worth of fines and lost confidence. Put simply, for some businesses, proper online security can be the difference between running a successful business and going out…

Why You Should Be Using Mobile Trading Apps

By Marketme | 27th July 2016

Technology has revolutionised the forex trading markets; especially thanks to mobile trading apps. Going back a decade or so, the forex markets were firmly the domain of Wall St trading professionals and the super-rich who could afford for people to trade on their behalf. However, thanks to technological revolutions such as high speed internet, the…

How Outsourced Payroll Services Save Time and Money

By Marketme | 27th July 2016

One of the best ways to streamline your company for optimal productivity and maximum cost-effectiveness is by deciding which aspects of your operations should and should not be kept in-house. Many businesses have found that outsourcing payroll is an easy way to significantly reduce their overhead spending, better allocate their time and ensure amazing results.…

4 Great Reasons to Host a Team Building Event for Your Startup

By Marketme | 26th July 2016

When building a startup business, you’re going to have to hire quite a few staff members in a short amount of time. Although as time progresses, these people will all get to know each other, there’s nothing quite like a team building event for building friendships and encouraging communication. If you’re not convinced, keep reading.…

How Social Media Has Changed E-commerce

By Marketme | 20th July 2016

Social media has changed quite a bit about the World Wide Web over the last few years, from how people stay in touch with one another and send messages to each other, to how they share photos and videos and make new connections. But social media hasn’t just changed the way that individuals interact; it…

Seven Ways Gambling Can Make You a Better Person

By Marketme | 16th July 2016

Introduction There are plenty of people that are quick to blame gambling for all of the world’s ills, but there are some real tangible benefits you can achieve from gambling. It’s all about moderation and as long as you can keep that in mind gambling doesn’t need to be viewed as a dark force in…