A large part of your freelancing success depends on how good your relationship is with your clients. As a freelancer, you must have a solid system in place for interacting and communicating with clients. Without this, you’ll find it difficult to provide a high level of service to your clients. Effective…
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Consumers are always looking for value. When they see the value, chances of them making a purchase increase dramatically by 5x. For young entrepreneurs and small businesses, over delivering on values to your customers is the number one secret to winning a loyal customer. After all, value is what causes…
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As a small business, If you have a product or service you sell online, having an adequate means of collecting online payments for offered goods and services is a no-brainer. Many businesses have a website or online store but only collect payments via Cash on Delivery. That is more likely…
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Are successful small business entrepreneurs born or developed? Small Business Entrepreneurs are some of the most multi-talented and diverse people out there. A successful entrepreneur puts on many different hats at the same time. No less important than great business ideas are the actual people who bring these ideas to life….
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How many times have you forgotten to send an invoice? How about having an invoice getting lost? Are you getting overwhelmed with this additional accounting task? The more complex your invoicing processes become, the more there is standing between your latest closed deal and cash in your bank account. Invoicing can…
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Building a reputable business network is key to success for small businesses because people prefer to do business with people they know, like, and trust rather than strangers. Today, successful business development is contingent upon building trusted relationships and leveraging those relationships to meet new prospects that could drive revenue…
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Starting a business is a big achievement for many entrepreneurial minded persons, but how to maintain the business is a greater challenge that most entrepreneurs battle with. There are many standard business challenges that face every business whether they are large or small. These include things like hiring the right…
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For small business owners or managers, finances are among the most important considerations for the success of the business. While the majority of financial considerations are strictly internal, payroll is one vital activity that cannot be neglected or taken unseriously. Payroll is also the biggest single expense for most businesses, so…
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If you haven’t pursued equity financing, it can be hard to know what to expect. As you lay awake dreaming of what a successful funding round will mean for your business, questions of your potential shortcomings may arise: What are the differences between each startup funding round? Which funding round…
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Most small businesses owners lack proper bookkeeping activities in business. One of the most important financial decision a small business can make is to decide how the business financial books are going to kept and managed. You can either decide to do this yourself using an online accounting software that…
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This post concludes is the last of the series on “How to write a business plan”. The major challenge when it comes to writing a business plan is knowing where to start from. This most business owners and entrepreneurs don’t always get right. Looking through existing business plan templates gives a…
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PayPal has become synonymous with online payments and this widely popular platform lets users make monetary transactions, completely doing away with the need for bank transfers and checks. This free payment processing service only requires the presence of a valid PayPal account on both the receiver and the sender’s end….