An office is an important space for many of us and it is a place where we spend most of our time when we aren’t at home. This is why as a business owner it is always helpful for you to take measures to make the office feel more comfortable and homely. One great way to do this is to create a garden outside your office where your employees can sit and relax during their dinner hour. Here are just some of the things you can do to build a…
If you own a construction company, you’ll already know that the industry benefits hugely from new technologies. Times are changing, and companies now rely on new technologies more than ever before. It not only means your workers are saved a lot of time and energy, but you can also take on more clients because production is faster and more efficient. So, which technologies are a must for 2019? Drones There’s nothing as good as visiting the construction site and seeing things with your own two eyes. But drones are definitely…
Sales funnel is a phrase that’s used a lot in the online business world, and often it’s made out to be far more complicated than it actually is, so plenty of new entrepreneurs are coming into this space and hearing about sales funnels and then feeling frustrated and overwhelmed – which is often made worse by people giving conflicting information when talking about sales funnels. To really simplify it for you, a sales funnel is nothing more than a process that takes someone from never having heard of you or…
Spend most of your time running around putting out ‘fires’ in your business? That means you are working on a reactive basis. Now I’m not saying that dealing with problems quickly and efficiently when they occur is a bad thing, but you can take things to the next level by being proactive. This is when you think about all the possible issues that could happen and then take steps to prevent them from occurring the first place. Happily, this approach can be applied to a range of departments as well,…
If you’ve started a business recently, or are hoping to look at various transport solutions that may be more effective than your current transport, or your company is expanding and provides more travel routes than before, you’ve arrived at the right post. Below are a few transport solutions explaining briefly what each identified transport solution does and what it typically carries to help you decide what option is best for transporting your product, machinery, services and so on. Flatbed Truck A flatbed truck is like a lorry without the external…
There is an awful lot of business out there that is available for couriers, but many people don’t really know whether they should go head and set up a courier business or not. There are already so many options on the market, that it can feel like you are saturating it a little if you start out. The thing is, as long as you can make it so that your courier business can offer a different service than others, you’re going to find success. Parcel delivery services are always in…
Small business owners tend to spend a whole lot of time focusing on setting their business up. They focus on product design and product development, determining what they want to sell to the consumer market and whether there is any demand for it out there. They will spend hours mulling over market research results and implementing results into their ideas process. This, of course, is extremely important. You need to know there’s a market for what you intend to offer out there. But at some point or another, you’re going…
Making great business decisions when you have staff can seem a bit daunting. More so if you are a small business and have been burned in the past (feuds between employee and employer). It isn’t uncommon for there to be some bad blood in the early days of a startup, or indeed a little bit later one when you are in a growth period. You need to think about policies and procedures, how to protect your products, and protect your staff it can all be a bit of a headache.…
Modern machinery and software can help companies to cut costs in many cases, but it can also have the opposite effect for those that choose the wrong type of tech or pay for extras they don’t need. Here are a few ways to ensure that you’re not overspending on technology for your business. Focus on tech that meets your needs A lot of companies get sucked into paying extra for technology that they don’t actually need. If you only ever need to print off documents once in a blue moon,…
Over the past five years, small business owners have continually been told that they need to empower their employees. This fact is often treated as sacrosanct, but ultimately, empowering employees is an overarching term that doesn’t actually mean very much at all. To provide some clarity and actionable objectives, below, we’ve looked deeper into this important subject. What is employee empowerment? The business-employee relationship is inherently unbalanced. The business has to operate in a certain way in order to succeed and grow, and employees thus have to produce work that…