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The Easy Way to Make Your Office Paper Free
Did you know that the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper every year? That’s approximately 20 reams of paper per year, and of those 10,000 sheets? 6,800 are considered waste, due to incorrect printing, duplicates and simply forgetting you’d...
How to stop your business taking over your life – from overwhelm to organised in 5 simple steps
Do you frequently feel that you’re never away from work? No matter where you are and what you might be doing, it’s easy to start thinking of all those business tasks that you need to get on top of, but never seem to quite manage to. With so much to do and such...
Social Media Management – what it is, and why it’s so important
You might think that social media management is uploading posts to a publishing app and having a few conversations online with your friends and followers, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Often because it’s free to use social media for our business, we...
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up – part two
In part one I introduced you to the key considerations you need to think over and implement when starting a new business. You should now have an idea of your: your unique selling point target audience competition how to position yourself with a brand and website If...
Things you didn’t know a Virtual Assistant could do – better business impressions with document formatting
First impressions matter when you’re running a business, but all too often we neglect the formatting of our documents. Huh, formatting? Formatting is the visual appearance of a document and includes things like: Font style Emphasis of key points Borders and graphics...
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up – part one
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up - part one Starting a new business can be an exciting time and, dare I say it, one filled with confusion. There’s so much to think about, to plan and put into place that it can easily feel overwhelming. It’s...
Why Leaving Your Accounts to the Last Minute Could Cause Your Small Business to Fail
Doing the accounts can be a dull and tiresome process, not to mention difficult if numbers aren’t your strong point. So, like many other business owners, you probably leave them till the last minute and panic when it comes to self-assessment time, or send them off to...
The Gorilla in the Room – Getting Started with GDPR Preparation
The introduction of GDPR might seem like a long way ahead, but May 2018 is rapidly approaching. If you haven’t heard of GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation, you need to get up to speed, quickly. Head over to the ICO website now to find out more (don’t worry,...
4 Reasons Why You Need to be Investing in Facebook Videos Today
We’ve all seen them on our Facebook feed – videos. All kinds of videos. And there’s a reason for that. Facebook is a huge fan of them. Meaning that they rank higher on the algorithms Facebook uses to determine which content gets seen. Essentially, if you publish a...
5 Questions to Ask Before Getting a New WordPress Website
An exciting new email hits your inbox – your new website has gone online. You rush straight to Google, tap in the URL address and there it is. Looking amazing and ready to get you some new customers. Then you spot it. A simple spelling mistake. So, you send a quick...
Seven Essential Tools for Managing Your Freelance Business
I don’t know about you, but when I started my freelance journey I felt bewildered by all the managerial tasks I had to do. That was before I’d even begun working on my client’s tasks. Maybe you’re just starting your business and feel the same way. I asked my...
How To Deal With Quarrelsome Customers And Tricky Complaints
Although it’s not known how many business owners have to deal with difficult clients on a regular basis, you can be sure you’re going to have to handle at least one whilst managing your business. It’s one of those things that ‘comes with the territory’, unfortunately....
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