If you’re just starting your online business or have been working as a Tech Entrepreneur for a while, this might be one of the things you struggle with most – and it’s really not surprising. There’s clearly a divide in opinion on this matter, so it’s likely that you’ll have heard strong arguments for both sides of the freebie issue. On the one side, you have a lot of people saying “give, give, give as much as you can.” “Give all your best stuff away.” “It’s not possible to give…
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Chaotic Office? Here’s How to Get Organized
While we’ve all experienced a few busy Wednesdays at the office, it’s definitely a bit of a problem if this is the standard atmosphere every time you arrive at work. It will wear your employees out, that’s for sure, and you’ll miss out on a lot of productive days at work where you could have been able to be creative and get more out of your days. You know, rather than trying to chase down that missing email that nobody received or try to fix that software that continues to…
5 Outdated Marketing Strategies To Avoid
Are you still relying on old-fashioned marketing techniques? Not only could they be failing to attract any customers but some of them could in fact be harming your business. Here are just a few marketing methods that are no longer necessary and what you should do instead. Phonebook adverts Phonebooks used to be the number one directory that customers would use when searching for a company to call up. Nowadays, practically no-one uses a phonebook and that’s because internet search engines have taken over. Building a website and investing energy…
4 Things That Can Ruin Productivity
You should be doing things to ensure that you have all the ingredients for long-term, company-wide productivity at your business. But while this is a good initiative to enact, it’s worthwhile remembering that while the larger policies will help you to have a higher output, much productivity that’s lost has to do with small errors made during each day. When it comes to getting as much done as possible, you need to have your eyes on here and now, not the long-term! Below, we take a look at four things…
How To Start Your Own Business When You’re Strapped For Cash
One of the biggest problems that many budding entrepreneurs face is not having the cash to inject into their business idea, and this can either lead to a business failing quickly, or not launching in the first place. So how can you start your own business when you haven’t got any money to invest into it in the first place? Luckily, there are some easy and smart ways of doing this, so take a look at how you can start your own business when you’re strapped for cash. Ask family…
Taking The Time-Wasters Out Of Your Business
When you’re paying people to work for you, you will often be giving them a salary based on the amount of time they spend with you each day. If they work longer hours, they will have to be paid more, but a lot of places make it extremely difficult to pay people less when they aren’t putting in the time. Of course, people aren’t the only time-wasters in your business, though, and this means you have some work to do to clean up the areas which could be costing you…
4 Reasons You Need To Focus On The Value Of Your Product/Service
Every business will offer either a product or service for people to buy. One of the most crucial things to focus on is the value that your product/service provides. What does this mean? In essence, it refers to the quality of your offering and how much it benefits the people buying it. So, if you provide an excellent value service, then people will get a lot out of it, and it will be well worth the money. Following on from this, here are a few reasons you really need to…
Businesses You Can Start From Home Right Now
Whether starting your own business is something you’ve been thinking of doing for a while or if you’re just looking for some genuine ways to make a bit of extra money from home, you’re probably pretty scared to take the leap because there are definitely a lot of scams, false promises and hype out there. Everyday it seems like more and more people are calling themselves gurus and experts in things they really know very little about the thing they’re teaching, so it can be hard to know where…
9 Things Your Customers Want from Your Website
Websites today can do so much. Even with reasonably limited web-based skills, you can make simple changes and install plugins to add usability to your site. Within all of the many options, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and find yourself trying to do too much. Throwing everything at it and offering your customer a site that they can barely look at, never mind extract information from. It can also be easy to forget the basics. Of course, to an extent what your customers want depends on the nature of your…
This Is Why You Don’t Stand Out
In business, you need to stand out. If you don’t, you’ll fall behind. Because there’s competition everywhere. And sure, it’s healthy to have a bit of competition every now and again. Competing with those that are killing it in your field will always allow you to ensure that you have an edge. But the problem starts when you’re not keeping up and you’re falling behind. Because if you’re only ever offer the same as someone else, or worse – less, then you won’t be a leader. And this is why…