Conscious Business or Capitalism is about balancing the 3 "Ps" - people (your team, investors, vendors and customers), profit, and the planet, whether your focus is evolutionary, economic or environmental.The Conscious Capitalism Institute (CCI) has found that businesses that adopt this model outperform the S&P 500 long term. Any business can operate this way. Weve been using it for years to train micro-businesses (those earning under $1 million...more
1. Close the door on ill-fitting clothes and get help to reduce debtDont buy clothes which you hope will fit you when you lose weight, but in reality will stay hanging in the wardrobe for years. You can get help to reduce debt from debt solutions companies in the UK, but try to reduce your debt and your outgoings before you approach them. If you are already suffering debt problems, buy clothes that fit you from an online auction site or a charity...more
Many startup 'from-home' businesses utilize Microsoft Excel to keep track of their expenses and invoices, but that's just barely scratching the surface of what the powerful spreadsheet can do for you. If you're looking into running a janitorial services business of your own, take a look at just a few of the things that Excel can do for you:TemplatesExcel comes with a wide variety of templates, and tens of thousands more are available of the web. Here are a few that your janitorial business can put to good use:Bidding -- When it comes time to make your bid on a job, a businesslike template can give a professional air and attract attention to your bid.Inspections -- Walkthroughs of new client's spaces are always critical to make sure you have a thorough understanding of what you need to do. A template that gives your employees a comprehensive list of questions to ask and things to observe will ensure that you know what every job consists of before you accept it. Work Orders -- Complementing the Inspections templates, getting an all-inclusive work order template that has every task that your employees are willing to do listed out in detail can help your client make sure that...more
When you run a business from home, you need all of the tools at your disposal to make keeping track of the details easier -- but some tools, like Microsoft Excel, can take a startling array of forms. A collections business can utilize Microsoft Excel in several mundane and a few very startling ways. TemplatesThere are tens of thousands of...more
Author: Chris HaycoxWith high-tech, it's nearly as hard to look back a year and figure out what went on as it is to look forward and make predictions. In both directions there is a lot of haze – variously called hype, vaporware, PR and lying with statistics – and, of course, it's rather a value judgment arriving at "the best," whether it's one,...more
Social networks started out as personal and fun but quickly caught the attention of businesses looking for new avenues of promotion and sales. Creative social media marketing will help you achieve some top business goals, including:- Generating Web site traffic- Converting interest into sales- Increasing page views and ad exposure- Growing your brand awareness- Creating positive brand associations and reputation- Spurring business development and a wider customer outreachHow does it work?The social networks let you interact with all kinds of other people, to whom you can promote content that will get links and start the viral process. With the correct strategies you really can reach the people we call influencers, the opinion leaders you want to have take an interest in you and your product or service. Blogs alone can do some of this and are very search engine friendly off the shelf.You need to do research, you need to think differently (it has done real well for Apple) and you need to completely disabuse yourself of the notion that you can game the system or fake your way through. Sincerity really does translate in this environment, and so does fakery and phoniness. The following...more
Starting a small business is easy. Making it successful is not. Small businesses have about a 50/50 chance of being around in 5 years. But after reading this article your chances will probably improve to about 90/10 in favor of long term existence....more
No business can afford to rest on past performance. There must always be a Plan of Action for the future that will keep the business vibrant and growing. Customer memory is short and so, constant reinvention is the only way toward higher growth. Here...more
While video and multimedia technologies are rapidly expanding, the Web remains a largely a text-oriented system. Text utilizes far less space than video or audio, and remains the go-to medium for the majority of the web's public content. This means...more
If you are serious in having a goal oriented meeting you have to consider a lot of things first before you can do the actual planning of the meeting. Business meeting hotel UK is one important thing to consider in conducting goal oriented meeting....more
IntroductionLet me start by "nailing my colours to the mast". I believe that effective teamwork is important in all business. In small-medium business it's essential by any standard. The fewer the number of people you have working for you, the more...more
The meeting is set, and there's a lot at stake. You're going to get one chance to effectively communicate the value of your project to the decision-maker. Take advantage of your opportunity by following these tips:1. Accept the waterIf you're...more