000 As a small business owner, it’s easy to become overwhelmed when you compare your marketing strategy to powerhouse brands with enormous resources at their disposal. Don’t let yourself be intimidated. Rather, apply a few simple strategies and start maximising your business potential. Photo credit: Unsplash Spring-Clean Your Data Actually, You Know What? Clean It […]

000 There are many of us out there making it work, working from home and many more who have children and are looking for a way to work more flexibly. When you have a family and need to earn, you engage in the work home juggle whether you like it or not! I always worked […]

000 Just about everybody seems to talk about starting their own business or going off and working alone. However, starting a business, however brave, doesn’t automatically mean that you’re going to be successful. You need to make sure you monitor your startup and do what it takes to grow. Let’s take a look at 4 […]

000 You are keen to work for yourself. You have had an idea and now you are wondering just where to start. This can be a real stumbling block for many of us, and the one that leaves us with ideas on paper that never manage to make it into actuality. Help is at hand […]

000 You’ve got your own business, and you’re very happy with your independent and self driven career. Whether you’re a freelancer getting comfortable in your niche, or you’ve innovated a product that’s proving some new things to the world, you’re standing on your own two feet and making a profit, and you’re showing the world […]

000 How can I achieve long-term goals for my start-up? If you’ve asked this, you’re not alone. It’s a common concern among new business owners. Though it’s one thing to install a company, it’s quite another to sustain its success. But this can be easy to do – so long as you know how. Photo […]

000 Those in the millennial generation are well and truly tired of being the butt of baby boomers’ jokes. We’re sick of unfair stereotypes about indolence, entitlement and avocado flipping toast. We’re also sick of being fed the same empty platitudes about how education is the gateway to opportunity right before being thrust into an […]

000 You will find plenty of agile project management training resources online, as well as numerous agile project management courses you can take, and advice and articles about implementation methodologies, education plans, and adoption patterns. However, all of this will be virtually worthless if you are not agile yourself and your team is not agile. […]

000 Photo credit: Pexels As you build and grow a small business and forge your way into the industry, there will always be times where you have to change up your scenery and move to a new location in order to work in a more effective and productive way. There may come a time when […]

000 Photo credit: Pexels When we’re working on a budget to develop our business, we usually accept the fact that we’re going to have to fork out for an office, or at the very least, some sort of location. These days, it is not uncommon for companies and all of its employees to work remotely. […]

000 Whatever your business, creating a business plan is essential at the start, to focus your attention on the optimum business direction. It is easy to get distracted in the early stages, before anything is straightened out, and when there are a lot of options, a trap that some people fall into is analysis paralysis […]

000 In any business, one of the most important things you need to focus on is data and how to manage it. When you start to look into data and where it crops up in the daily running of your business, it becomes clear why it might be quite so important to master it. Data […]

000 Launching a modern career is something that takes a lot of time and effort, and you will need to make the right decisions. There are a lot of things that can combine to help you launch the ideal career right now. There are so many different elements of the business world that have to […]

000 If you are running a small business from home, chances are that you will need to get creative when you would like to grow your venture. You might not have enough funds to invest in an office and employ people, but there are some great solutions that will help you take your business to […]

000 As a business owner, you may find that business can be dangerous at times. There are threats out there – both to your ideas, your company and the product or service that you provide, and whilst having a successful business looks very glamorous and easy – the reality is far from it. Industries are […]

000 We live in the age of the entrepreneur. If you have an idea for a business, then you can make it a reality, and with more of a level playing field than was the case in the past. Today, it’s innovation and enthusiasm that rules, not who you know or how much money you […]

000 Making the right decisions when it comes to your personal career path is actually really important. You have to understand what is involved, and what you can do to ensure you have picked the right career for you. There is so much you have to keep in mind here, and it is important to […]

000 When you first go self-employed, it’s an incredible feeling. Scary – but exciting. Making that leap from employed to self-employed is a big step. But when you manage to handle things well, you’re always glad that you did it. Whether you’re someone that has been freelancing or working for themselves for years, or you’re […]

101 About twelve years ago I started a home based business as a Virtual PA so I could earn money from home and be available for my daughter, my firstborn. I was fresh out of a corporate life; used to the suits, the company cars, having someone to pay my expenses and having regular ‘Monday […]

001 2017 is a blank canvas, and maybe this is the year that you will take your business to the next level? You have passed the start-up phase and now have a solid ongoing business but to thrive it is important to keep the forward momentum going – keep moving ahead and innovating. If this […]

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It’s no secret that being a business owner can be a challenge. Knowing how to spot and fix problems is likely to be one of your greatest strengths. However, there could be flaws in your approach that you haven’t even recognised. In this post, we look at three common business blindspots you might have […]

000 Running a small business from home is one thing – employing staff is quite another and as someone who has done both, it can be a minefield if you don’t get the right information up front. This guest post takes you through the things to consider when looking to take on staff. Reaching the […]

002 I love it when I get a chance to combine my favourite things. I did just that last week when I mixed business and pleasure, attending the launch of a swanky new venue in Leeds – one of the best cities in the world! Mansio Suites is a newly opened luxury serviced apartment building […]

002 A theme of recent weeks has been the spoken word. Even though they’ve been around for years, I’ve recently gotten into podcasts in a big way – I’ve downloaded several to my iPad, my current favourite being ‘Happier’ with Gretchen Rubin. Listening to a 30 minute podcast on a morning is a nice way […]