Writing a Successful Marketing Plan
Prepare a mission statement Your mission statement briefly outline’s your business’ values and services. Be sure to be authentic when creating this statement as it should be a reflection of your business’ practices. Determine your audience Knowing your audience [...]
Having a Business Newsletter and Top Tips
For some, the world of email newsletter marketing is outdated. Many businesses are of this opinion because of the changes in social media marketing like the use of Instagram hashtags, stories and live videos. Also, readers sometimes feel that newsletters [...]
6 Business Hurdles ‘They’ Don’t Tell You About
Growth is a sign of a healthy business, but scaling can be difficult. Small to medium sized businesses will often encounter similar hurdles and as a business owner, these can be challenging to overcome. 1. You can become your [...]
How do I pay myself from a limited company?
Whilst sole traders generally pay themselves directly out of any business profits, there are more options available to the owners of limited companies. This creates greater opportunities for tax efficiency and planning. As well as being able to pay themselves [...]
Outsourcing administration tasks and the benefits it brings to businesss
When you’re running a growing business, administrative tasks, like organising digital files and cleaning up databases, posting jobs and updating job descriptions, completing reference checks, proof reading marketing collateral and much more can be a huge task. Cutting out distractions [...]
5 steps you should take after setting up a limited company
You have just set up your limited company and it’s now official. Your new business adventure is on the road and you are now either a business owner, entrepreneur, shareholder or all of the above. But what now? What else [...]
Our Minds Matter – Mental Health in the Workplace
Everyone’s heard of the words “mental health” right? If you haven’t, you must’ve been living under a rock. It’s currently the most talked about topic in everyday life, on social media, in the news, but not so much when it [...]
Overwhelmed by your inbox? 5 tips for reducing email stress
Email is an integral tool for an entrepreneur. Whether you are setting up meetings, answering client queries or securing new business you can do it from wherever you are, at whatever time. But let’s face it. It can also be [...]
Four reasons why a virtual business support team will give you a great night’s sleep
You never thought you’d say it, but sometimes you miss your old job. While the management speak, office politics, and vomit inducing team building used to drive you to tears there were some benefits. There was the odd project that [...]
How to grow your startup by setting business goals
So you’ve finally taken the plunge and set up your own business. You’ve bagged your first few clients, got your website set up and have enough capital to keep you in business for the next six months. So what next? [...]