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How your business can benefit from using online forms
How many of you ask your clients or customers to complete a form when you start working with? Quite a few of you How many of you give your them a paper form to complete? Again quite a few So last questions, how many of you leave those forms sat on top of your desk and...
Happy Christmas
Thank you to everyone who has engaged with our advent calendar in 2015, all of the posts have now been moved but keep following our blog for more administrative hints and tips as well as special offers throughout 2016.
Let’s talk about business processes…
So I'm guessing I've put most of you off by the title of this blog post - lets face it business processes are boring and how often do you actually pick up that operations manual and follow the steps for each task - you know what you are doing in your business and you...
Our Christmas Advent Calendar is coming soon
Christmas is coming and it's not long now until my advent calendar full of Christmas craft and recipe ideas for all the family, as well as some fantastic competitions, games and of course some very special offers will be launched. I am so excited about this and hope...
3 Top tips for using Canva
Now I'm not a graphic designer and wouldn't never profess to be, but wow isn't Canva amazing at making us all fantastic at design?! Â Here is a lovely image I created especially for this blog! Of course creating this was easy, I used a pre-installed template, changed...
After 12 months of self employment this is what I have learnt
Just over a year ago I left my job and began my journey into self employment so this blog is about sharing with you the things I’ve learnt along the way. 1. Working for your self is hard For all the benefits being at home more and picking up my children from school...
Revealing the ‘real’ Sarah Banks
You've looked at our website and found out all about what we have to offer and now we would like to introduce you to the owner of Banks' Business Solutions - Sarah Banks 1. What would you be doing if you weren't running Banks' Business Solutions? I would probably...
My 8 tips for working at home during the school holidays
Well the school holidays are here and as well as working around a two year old, I also have a 6 year old and a husband at home! I know that I would definitely be rather doing this than this So how do you balance parenting and working for yourself in the school...
Why should your business have a website?
As I write this I am assuming that if you are reading it you either have a website for your business or are at least thinking about getting one, however did you know that at least 25% of small businesses don't have a website. In the digital age most people use the...
Why I think Microsoft Outlook is a good option for managing your email
As a small business owner you most likely use one of these email clients to manage your emails: Hotmail Yahoo Gmail Outlook Thunderbird All of these systems have pros and cons and you also need to ask yourself what your email address is, if it is...
Top tips for providing a great customer experience
I am really hoping that before you read this, you have great customer feedback - but even if you do it is always worth reviewing and refining your processes to see if you can make the customer experience even better. Customer service is only the start when it comes to...
I work with cucumbers…
...so last week my daughter wanted a french plait in her hair for school. Well after fifteen minutes of pulling and tugging I knew it just wasn't going to happen. So I suggested a simple plait instead to which she said 'but my friends have french plaits'. The girls...
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