What You Need to Know About Covid-19 Tax Relief
Over the last three months, COVID-19 has grown to affect almost every aspect of daily life. From shelter-in-place mandates to the millions of workers currently out of work, we’ve all felt the impact. As a small business ourselves, we understand that this is a time of financial crisis for so many similarly-sized businesses across the…
Read MoreHow to Sell Shares Easily with a One-Off Trade
Selling shares is a tricky area to navigate. Especially when you aren’t fully prepared, you might not even understand all of your options or how to make the best investment moves. Fortunately, you can find a lot of information out there to help you along the way. Here’s what you need to know. What is…
Read More3 Essential Ways to Ensure Custom Loyalty During This Time of No-Contact
With no warning, recent events have driven an undeniable and daunting wedge between companies and consumers. Now, rather than popping to the shop, customers have to actively seek the brands that they want to connect with. And this is inescapably changing the face of customer loyalty as we know it. Picture Credit: CC0 Licence At…
Read MoreSecurity and Usability: 3 Ways You Can Have Both
While surfing the web, you can come across a debate in the business world that you can either have security or usability, but not both. Historically, usability trumped security. There was no way for the average computer user to incorporate security practices into their daily routine. But with the advent of new technologies, that paradigm…
Read MoreAt This Critical Time, Are Your Emails Reaching Your Customers?
Many of us rely on emails to regularly communicate with our customers and prospects. But, how many of them are getting through? According to a new study by Validity’s latest annual Email Deliverability Benchmark report, inbox placement rates have declined in the US, with an average of 82% of promotional emails reaching the inbox in the fourth…
Read More7 Tips To Keep Your Team Ahead Of “Business As Usual”
Many small businesses are now realizing that “business as usual” might be gone forever. With social media and smart phone apps, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Entrepreneurs who are not listening, not engaging, and not changing are destined to be left behind even in the best of times. Business agility is defined as…
Read MoreHow to Deal with a Sudden Cash Crunch
It’s unfortunate but true: unexpected financial emergencies happen all the time to small businesses. Another unfortunate truth: most small businesses are not prepared to weather a prolonged financial emergency. JP Morgan Chase estimates that the average small business has 27 days of cash in reserve, while many small brick-and-mortar stores may have less than 20…
Read MoreYour Local Business Can Survive COVID–19
A few short weeks ago everything was so great. The weather was getting warmer, business was brisk. The stock market was soaring, and customers were flowing through the door. Now – Disaster! The Coronavirus, COVID-19, has completely upended your plans for 2020. No one is leaving the house, never mind visiting your store. The market…
Read MoreDo You Empower Others?
As a leader for your team or business, it is important for you to build consensus in most every major decision. To do that, you must be able to relinquish some degree of power, overriding decisions made by consensus only with some thought and certainly with an explanation to those involved. Never fear empowering others…
Read MoreMaking the Best of a Bad Situation: Covid-19
COVID-19 has brought negativity into virtually every aspect of our lives, not least in business. As an entrepreneur, the threat to the very future of your company cannot be ignored. Despite the fact that the immediate sales opportunities are limited, it’s still possible to turn this situation into a productive one. Pixabay CC0 License In…
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