Posts Tagged ‘Budgeting’
9 Actionable Tips for Small Business Budgeting
Balancing a budget is rarely simplistic. But a business with a budget is a business with a goal. A budget gives your business guidance, clarity, and focus. It gives you the ability to know where your company is and what the future holds if each piece connects properly. The challenge, of course, is that you…
Read MoreDo This to Effectively Narrow Scope and Trim the Fat Off Your Next Development Project
Whether you’re a budding startup, a well-known enterprise, or anything in between, scope creep can be a serious problem, especially when trying to go from a napkin sketch to a working piece of software or mobile application. In any software or mobile app development project, it’s crucial to have a clearly defined scope of work…
Read MoreA Checklist for Spring Cleaning Your Bookkeeping
Now that tax season is behind you, or you’ve at least filed for an extension, you might consider doing a little spring cleaning of your bookkeeping. Small measures often go a long way toward creating greater success for your business. Here’s a checklist of seven things you can do to spruce up your bookkeeping and keep…
Read MoreHow to Spend Marketing Budget Wisely: Invest Where Buyers Put Their Trust
There are two kinds of people in this great big world: People you know, and People you don’t know. The funny thing is that we overwhelmingly trust both of these groups…at least when we’re talking about consumers looking for recommendations prior to making a purchase. According to a Nielsen survey, “consumers trust real friends and virtual…
Read More4 Keys to Successful Business Budget Management
Nothing about starting your own company is easy. Thankfully, when it’s just you and your partner, it’s fairly simple to monitor your spending and keep your budget in check. You’ll reach a point though where one person (you) clearing every expense is no longer efficient or feasible. It’s important to empower your leadership team to…
Read MoreShrinking Content Budgets Drive the Need for Content Intelligence
We’re beginning to see some poignant trends in our industry. It seems brands are reducing their content marketing budgets. As a percentage of overall marketing spend, content marketing has gone from being 29% of overall B2B marketing budgets down to 26%. For B2C, it’s dropped from 32% of overall marketing budgets down to 22%. Don’t let the percentages…
Read MoreA Marketing Budget Example That Covers All Bases and Ensures ROI
As you put together your overall marketing strategy, a couple of crucial questions might arise. Namely, what are you going to spend money on? And why? The answers can seem fuzzy, especially when you want measurable (and great) results…but that’s where a marketing budget example comes in. Here, we’ll share some essential considerations up-front, along…
Read More5 Helpful Tips to Help Your Small Business Office Move
Moving your small business to a new location can seem like a daunting task. You may feel stressed about the possibility of the project costing too much money or taking too much time. You may also be fearful about the impact that a move could have on your employees and your customers. While these are…
Read More6 Ways for Global Freelancers to Save Money
Working as a freelancer comes with its share of benefits – you get to decide your own work hours, you can work from anywhere, and you don’t have to worry about what to wear or commuting to and from the office. However, inconsistent income requires that you save money for the rainy days to come,…
Read MoreIs Your Budget a Forecast?
Hold it! These are confusing terms. When does a budget become obsolete? Do we rely upon constant changes and call it a forecast? So, let’s spend a few moments defining this sometimes-confusing set of terms. A budget should be created each year after a series of negotiations between departmental managers and their superiors all the…
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