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Big Data – What Small Business Needs to Know

If you haven’t already heard the phrase Big Data before, you soon will. Even if you have, you are probably thinking it’s only relevant to big businesses, not your small operation. But, you’d be wrong, Big Data is not just about big business, it’s important to small businesses – even start-ups can harness its power. […]

Become a Futurist for the Future of Your Business

Futurist “someone who studies the future and makes predictions based on current trends” As business owners we all know that the world is changing at breakneck speed. With a 24-hour news cycle we witness events around us, and around the world, that seem to shift on a daily and sometimes hourly basis. For the most […]

Are Your Marketing Dollars Working for You?

One of the most difficult business issues a small business owner has to deal with is advertising. A whole raft of thoughts cross our mind when we think of spending our valuable dollars promoting our business. The one that worries us most is “does it really work, or am I just throwing my money into […]

Are You A Good Boss?

We’ve all had good bosses and bad bosses and I am sure you would consider yourself one of the former, but how good are you really? Check off the points below and see how many you can honestly say you deliver on. Do you? Lead your business from the front? Sometimes follow the lead of […]

10 Ways to Find Inspiration

Have you ever noticed that some days you are simply more creative? Problems seem easier to solve, marketing ideas come along at a rapid rate, words flow like the flood gates have opened? But, at other times inspiration seems as far away as that lottery win you dream of when times are tough, or even […]

6 Ways to Regain Entrepreneurial Balance

Running your business is more than a full time job – that’s a given, but for many small business owners their lives become unbalanced.

20 Inspirational Marketing Thoughts

If you carry on marketing your company the same way you have been doing for years, you’ll carry on getting the same results. Of course, if you are doing incredibly well that’s fine, but most companies’ marketing efforts start to flag after a while. The following list might be just what you need to kick […]

Home-Based and Staying Sane

If you run a home-based business you have to be good at working alone, being self-disciplined, and to a certain extent at least be content with a somewhat solitary existence. The downside is that isolation can create some bad work habits. Sitting in your home office day after day can be exciting when you first […]

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