Category Business Success Archives - Smart Business Solutions

Gaining funding for your Startup

One of the biggest hurdles to starting your own business is often finance. While some smaller business may need a small financial input, some larger companies may need several thousands of pounds. How you finance your business is crucial to the success of your startup. Why do you need funding? Before you look into obtaining …

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Knowing about your competitors can boost your business

Setting up your own business can be an exciting time and you’ll obviously be keen to get started. Before you do, it’s worth taking the time to investigate your competitors. Finding out how your competitors operate and what they offer can give you some valuable insight in to your own business and help you avoid …

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Advertising on a Budget

Many people set up their own business in their spare time. Budgets are limited and are usually only what you can spare from your monthly salary. This can make it very difficult to market and develop your new business. There are, however, methods you can use which are either free or low-cost. Here we are …

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How we can help with Project Management

Project Management It can be difficult to realise when you need the help of a project manager.  Working with the same standard operating procedures every day can soon become a habit, and it can be a hard one to break. You may think everything is running well, but you will soon find that errors are …

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Branding and the Psychology behind colours

One of the most important decisions you ever make in business is how to brand yourself. You need a professional look and feel which matches your business style. You don’t just need a well designed and professional logo – you need to consider the colours and style you use very carefully. The wrong choice or …

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Retaining customers will help grow your business

Getting that all important first customer is a big mile stone for any business. Once you’ve made that first sale, you need to work at keeping your customers happy to make sure they come back to you. Never think of a customer in terms of one sale: if you encourage them to use your services …

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Goals, Wishes and Dreams

Set Goals, Wishes and Dreams and remove Targets from your business life As another New Year starts it is a time to reflect on your personal life as well as your business life.  It may be a time you start setting yourself targets and planning out how you will hit those targets.  Don’t! I understand …

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Networking for your business

When you first decide to set up business for yourself, you will hear a lot about networking. Networking simply means that you have made contact with other businesses and you can all work together to help each other. For example, in the building trade, people often want more than one job done, so carpenters, plumbers …

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How to destroy your business on Social Media

Social media is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to creating a good online presence for your business and building up a good reputation. Most companies these days set up an account on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even Pinterest, but knowing how to manage these accounts can either enhance your reputation or …

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Expanding your one man band

A lot of small businesses start up at home, so finding work space for extra staff is not an issue. As your business grows you may need to make a few decisions regarding taking on staff and this can include finding space for them to work from. These days if you want staff to help …

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