Tax year 2020.

We welcome you to a new year - and a new decade! What a great time to get going on brand new goals and plans for your business! Many businesses are finding though that due to economic issues and circumstances, they are having to run leaner, tighter operations. Some have realised that outsourcing is the best way to handle this. Get rid of dead weight and hire other businesses to perform your services, unburdening many of the responsibilities of your own business

How to get ready for going back to school.

How to survive your first day back at work. Here is a list of things you can do to get prepared and ready for your first day back at work.

As we stand on the threshold of a new decade we need to look forward to what the future in business may hold if we wish to compete, survive and hopefully thrive. Always eager to assist our clients we have put together this broad-based look at some likely trends for 2020 and beyond.

To generate more business, you need to be putting out great testimonials. If you want to blow your own trumpet, you can’t do better than to create a genuine testimonial in the form of a ‘case study’ – a story about a challenge you have been faced with and admirably met. Once your client has endorsed it, you have a case study that makes a great testimonial! A case study is a story that comprises of three main parts…

It is commonly known that your customer relationships are essential to the growth of the business. So many opportunities are lost through poor management of customer databases, records of past relationships and communications with clients. An effective CRM system, therefore, is not only necessary but can be a vital business booster if well managed. A well-organised, updated CRM system is a solution for all sales, marketing and customer support related issues. It helps a business to maintain a healthy rapport with customers and potential customers and improves productivity by the ‘upselling’ and ‘cross-selling’ of products and services. Just a few practical reasons that a well-managed CRM system is so important are:

A good elevator speech (or pitch) is one that immediately grabs attention and convinces someone you can help them. You need to be prepared with a good one because you never know when you will need it. So how do you write an effective elevator speech? You need to cover a few critical areas in a short space of time – so think of the questions they would ask you:

We don’t need to tell you how important it is to be able to inform and communicate with customers on a regular basis, as this is the essence of growing a good business. It is necessary therefore that you compile and grow a good, targeted database to send e-mail promos and newsletters to. Obviously the first people on your database are your existing clients. The question is have you had the time and systems in place to tabulate and keep track of these? Once that’s done you need to gather a wider database and here are some ways to do it…

Spring is a wonderful time of year. The flowers are in bloom and popping up everywhere. The sun is shining and thawing us out. Babies are being born in the wild and it just feels like a time of new beginnings!