How to Remain In Control Of Your Business

All businesses start from a position of control. After all, it’s usually just one or two people, and it’s easy to feel like you’re in control of everything when you’re just kicking around ideas. But if the idea is good enough, then eventually, things may begin to feel a little overwhelming. You can feel as … Continue reading

How To Get Started In Your Own Business

Do you run your own business? Prior to the coronavirus and Covid-19 pandemic, the vast majority of us worked for someone else. We’d head into a routine, nine to five office job or retail and hospitality job, work our hours and go home. This worked well for most. You get a set income. You get … Continue reading

How To Reduce Workplace Human Error Quickly

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Workplace human error is a component of most businesses. Whilst some of these mistakes may be harmless, others could be costly both to your finances and to your reputation. Because humans aren’t like machines, there’s no easy to fix to workplace human error. However there are things you can do to reduce it and make it … Continue reading

Employees Benefits; Five You Should Be Offering

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Employee benefits can make you stand out from other employers. If you want to attract and retain the right people, there are five employee benefits you should be offering. Something that adds value to any employment position is employee benefits. When an employee signs up for a job with you, they expect to receive compensation … Continue reading

Vibrant Office Ideas To Help A Boring Space

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Vibrant office ideas aren’t about painting all the walls a headache inspiring red or orange. It is about productivity, brand management and increased sales. As the owner of an exciting, well designed small business, it can be easy to forget some of the smaller tasks, like vibrant office ideas, while pursuing the larger matters of … Continue reading

Achieving Acoustic Comfort in the Office – Tips to Follow

Achieving acoustic comfort in the office has been written by Lana Hawkins exclusively for Insanely Clever Marketing. Lana is an Editor at smoothdecorator.com and a regular contributor to the Don’t Call Me Penny interior design blog.   Achieving Acoustic Comfort In The Office As you already know, there are numerous factors that can have either … Continue reading

Taking Your Business Idea From Home To Location

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Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith when it comes to your business idea. Many businesses start at home in a little corner of your living room, or an office if you’re lucky. Future success often starts with you implementing your business idea and turning it into action. You nurture it every … Continue reading

Office Break Room: 5 Ways It Can Improve Company Culture

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Your office break room can be a far more important place than you realise. Whether you are a business owner or employee, Lana Hawkins has investigated 5 ways having an office break room can improve your company culture. It’s widely known that office design holds great importance for the success of a business. However, even … Continue reading

Small Business Success: Keeping Safe and Functional

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Creating small business success is an endless challenge. However, it’s something you can achieve if you work at it and keep learning along the way. Two of the things that matter most for your small business success are its safety and functionality. Ensuring the status, infracture and employees of your business are always safe and … Continue reading

A Modern Office: Sneaky Ways To Get Yours

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A modern office not only says something about our business, it is also a functional space in which people love to work; thus increasing productivity. So how can you get yours? Whatever it is that your business does, you should agree that a modern office is one of the most important elements in the entire … Continue reading

The Realities Of Being A Product-Driven Business

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Do you have a product-driven business? On the surface, it seems like product development businesses are the simplest of all. But are they really? Seemingly, a product-driven business operates with a very basic structure: The company produces a product, to their own exact designs and specifications. The company then directly sells the product to customers. This … Continue reading

Easiest Ways To Boost Business Office Efficiency

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Boost business by making your office more efficient. Sounds simple. But how do you achieve it whilst minimising downtime to keep on your business success track? Commercial office spaces form the heartbeat of your business venture. Therefore, they are an area  you can’t ignore when you need upgrades to boost business. If you are going … Continue reading

Smart Money Saving Tips for Small Buisness

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Money saving is often high on the list of small business reforms. As a business owner, you will know all too well that money is precious. Everything you spend contributes to the level of profit your business achieves. That’s why it’s important to keep an eye on money saving and reducing unnecessary spending in your … Continue reading

Marketing Is A Mountain To Climb, Not A Hill To Stroll

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Marketing is a mountain to climb, not a hill to stroll. This, in effect, means that in order to achieve the best and most reliably rewarding marketing strategy, you must conform to a list of important duties. A solid marketing strategy can potentially help your firm out of irrelevance, or it can cement its place … Continue reading

The Hardest Things About Running Your Own Business

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Do you dream of running your own business? Let’s take some tips from the construction industry which may work for you. Taking your career to the next level, running your own business and breaking out on your own in the construction industry may have been a dream for you forever. But while you’ve got stars in … Continue reading

What Does It Take To Set Up A Business From Scratch?

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To some, the idea of setting up a business from scratch is always going to feel intimidating. Because no business can be born overnight and immediately see success. In order to make something that’s going to take lasting effect, and that will really wow your customers, it takes work. Not only does this refer to … Continue reading

New Year Resolutions You Should Make For Your Business

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We all make New Year resolutions for our personal lives, so why not do it for your business too? As 2017 draws to an end, take stock of your business year, and work out what went right and what went wrong. There are bound to be improvements you can make, not only helping you to … Continue reading

Don’t Let A Bad Boss Win

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Working for a bad boss can be hell. Anyone can get to a superior position, but not everyone has the leadership skills necessary for the role. Whilst a bad boss could simply be incompetent, in most cases it’s an issue of bullying or micromanaging that is the problem.I know this situation first hand, unfortunately. You … Continue reading

Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Real Leader?

Do You Have What It Takes to Become a Real Leader?

Whether you’ve found yourself in a position of leadership or if you’ve always wanted to start your own business, something we need to learn as leaders is how to, well, lead people.   People look to us for knowledge and direction so if we’re unable to provide our staff with a purpose, it can be … Continue reading

From Sole Trader To An Agency

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From Sole Trader To An Agency – Here’s How You Make The Leap For many freelancers, working as a sole trader is enough of a challenge for them. But there are those who crave for more opportunities, and want to take their trades even further. Does that sound like you? Well, if you are currently … Continue reading