If you are an organiser who has recently switched your event booking and payment process from offline to online, then you’ll know that sometimes it takes a little getting used to – both for you and for your attendees. At first organisers can be a little tentative and reluctant to becoming exclusively online.
Posts Tagged ‘practical business advice’
Cash is king – and it always will be
Posted in Advice for your business, Finance, tagged Cashflow, Nigel Reynolds, practical business advice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, starting up on 19 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
People often over-analyse starting up a business. As PricewaterhouseCooper’s Nigel Reynolds explains, in the early days, it really is all about cash flow – cash is king. Now more than ever, business owners are concerned about managing cash – but you simply can’t think about money coming in with a short-term frame of mind. As [...]
Boosting sales: Things my new clients say to me
Posted in Advice for your business, Life as an SME, Random thoughts, Sales and Marketing, Successful entrepreneurs, tagged advice, business advisers, business start up, expert advice, practical business advice, sales, selling, SME, start-up, success, training, what business startups need to know on 14 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Referencing his experience helping start-ups, SMEs and beyond, Steve Bent from unrivalled talks about boosting sales. In this installment he tackles the basics of sales process: meaurement.
In a muddle with your numbers? Pick up the phone
Posted in Advice for your business, Finance, Tax, tagged advice, business advisers, business startup, Cashflow, practical business advice, what business startups need to know on 14 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the first things you need to do when you set up your own business is to find yourself a good accountant. However simple or complicated your business’ finances are, you are going to get yourself in a muddle if you don’t know exactly what you need to record, how to fill in your tax returns or when to file your accounts.
Motivating your team
Posted in Advice for your business, tagged communication, Managing staff, Motivation, practical business advice, reward staff on 11 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The two most common complaints in business are that no one asked me and no one told me. While, in my experience, it’s impossible to ever fully eliminate these complaints, making a concerted effort at addressing them can lead to a big boost in team morale.
As a manager, I feel that if I don’t tell people what’s going on, I can’t complain if they fill in the gaps with negatives. And if they don’t feel that their input is taken seriously, they will become de-motivated and probably work less hard, as well as putting up with things that frankly, they should be screaming about.
Your new business is exciting isn’t it!? DON’T talk about it! (Pt 2)
Posted in Advice for your business, Life as an SME, Random thoughts, Sales and Marketing, tagged expert advice, practical business advice, sales, selling, SME, starting a business, success, training, what business startups need to know on 17 August, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following his introduction about why you shouldn’t talk about your business, Steve Bent delves further as well as offering some practical advice about how to talk about your new venture.
Your new business is exciting isn’t it!? DON’T talk about it!
Posted in Advice for your business, Random thoughts, Sales and Marketing, tagged advice, practical business advice, sales, success, training, what business startups need to know on 12 August, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Steve Bent from Unrivalled Consulting shares his thoughts on why you SHOULDN’T talk about your business – if you want to sell that is!
Local enterprise agencies carry on regardless
Posted in Advice for your business, inside business support, tagged business support, practical business advice, starting a business on 17 October, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The ‘old’ Small Business Service is no more. It is now called the Enterprise Directorate. I suppose a name change doesn’t mean that much, and certainly most people starting and running a small business couldn’t give a monkeys. But the way business support itself is changing will definitely affect entrepreneurs, and is important. Take the [...]
