Photo by Lee Campbell on Unsplash You’re probably excited about starting your business from home and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be. However, before you just jump straight in at the deep end, there are a few points you need to consider that will give your business the best chance of success. Plan The planning stage is the most boring, but it’s a stage that … [Read more...] about Consider These Points before Starting a Business from Home
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12 Common Reasons Why People Don’t Start Their Own Businesses
Starting a business is supposed to be highly rewarding, exciting and challenging. You get to be your own boss, you get to set your direction and pursue the opportunities you are interested in. If you are working from home, you can even work in your pajamas or anytime you want. Yet not everyone pursues the paths of entrepreneurship. Here are the common reasons why people … [Read more...] about 12 Common Reasons Why People Don’t Start Their Own Businesses
17 Big Business Ideas for 2020
Not all entrepreneurs are prepared with a vivid business plan; meanwhile, some have a stellar scheme for success but lack that spark of an idea to get them started. If you fall into the latter category, you should consider leaning into one of the following 17 big business ideas prime for success in 2020. 1. Personal Training The global fitness industry is worth well over … [Read more...] about 17 Big Business Ideas for 2020
What a Small Business can Learn from Big Business
Can a small business learn ideas from a big business and adopt some of its top strategies after some modification? Absolutely! It’s understandable why this is not obvious. On the surface of it, the two kinds of businesses appear to have little in common. A small business is fairly limited in resources and influence while a big business has millions or billions, … [Read more...] about What a Small Business can Learn from Big Business
How to Balance Between Business and Education
It is not uncommon for university students to start their own businesses to earn money. On the other hand, it is also not uncommon for business owners to go back to school for several reasons. Some do it to master skills that will make them better business owners. Others do it for personal reasons or to pursue a passion. What most business owners don’t realize is … [Read more...] about How to Balance Between Business and Education
Why Is My Profitable Business Going Broke?
This was one of the many rude shocks I learned the hard way: a profitable business can run out of cash and go bankrupt! Furthermore, fast growing businesses, even highly profitable ones, can continually run out of money and continually skirt with being forced into bankruptcy! Why does this happen? It generally occurs because your business is undercapitalized. In other words, … [Read more...] about Why Is My Profitable Business Going Broke?
How Sponsored Search Can Help Attract Customers to Local Businesses
Local businesses make their dollars from the community, regardless of the community size. Typically, the population correlates to the amount of competition. Sure, the more people you have in your town, the more opportunity there is, however, there’s often more businesses in the same field in bigger cities. Whether you’re starting your own PPC campaign or working with a … [Read more...] about How Sponsored Search Can Help Attract Customers to Local Businesses
How to More Effectively Market Your Small Business
Any small business struggles with finding enough money to market effectively. There’s just never enough dollars available to put into marketing. The trouble is compounded by the fact that most small businesses don't have their own marketing departments. The task is left up to the CEO or someone hired in who doesn’t have as much experience as one would like. Given the limited … [Read more...] about How to More Effectively Market Your Small Business
3 Ways to Expand Your Online Reach Quickly
Most internet marketing instruments are not designed to produce overnight results. You can’t set up an SEO-optimized website and expect to appear on the first page of the search results immediately. The same can be said for social media efforts and other forms of campaigns. It is also worth noting that the internet marketing campaigns you run for your business are not one-time … [Read more...] about 3 Ways to Expand Your Online Reach Quickly
Things Top Business Owners Do That Less Successful People Don’t
Examine some of the most successful business people in the world over the past few decades, and you’ll find almost always that there’s one particular thing they have in common: they’re great leaders. It doesn’t matter the industry they’re in, the type of work they do, their age, or their location; being able to lead a team effectively is a sure-fire way to achieve great … [Read more...] about Things Top Business Owners Do That Less Successful People Don’t
