How to Leap-frog Your Way to Business Success!
There a lot of ways to enhance your business success but few have as much power as the all-important mentor. If you don’t have a mentor you are limiting your ability to leap-frog past common roadblocks like competitors or unfamiliar situations. When I first started out building an automotive repair business there were a lot [...]
Small unincorporated businesses: tax made simpler?
Emily Coltman ACA, Chief Accountant at online accounting provider FreeAgent, explores the Office of Tax Simplification’s latest suggestions on how tax could be made simpler for small businesses. The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has published a discussion paper on how tax might be made simpler for the smallest sole traders and partnerships. They’ve invited [...]
REVIEW: The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Book by Dee Blick
Disclaimer: I was introduced to Dee on Twitter by @1230jackie. When I heard she was signing copies of her new book at Waterstones’ in Croydon, I went along to meet her in real life. It would have been churlish to leave without buying a copy (and I’m no churl!). So I did, at £15 (although [...]
Queen rocks!
On what would have been the late Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday, copywriter Jackie Barrie looks at what we can learn about marketing from the band, Queen. My one regret in life is that I never saw Queen perform live at Wembley when I had the chance. I always thought there would be another opportunity, but [...]
Marketing Tips In Difficult Times
What do you do when you are looking to grow your business, but times for the economy are hard financially and your marketing budget is slimmer than ever. If you are a business owner, such times are actually an opportunity to lose some of the fat, fine-tune your marketing machine and try to come up [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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