Before you can run out and start posting jobs to be outsourced, you first need to evaluate your needs. Figure out what jobs you need done, both in the short term and long term, and the variety of areas. Consider first that each of the jobs you need done will fall into one of...Continue reading
Growing Your Business with Freelancers
If you’ve ever wanted to grow your business working just a few hours per week, then outsourcing to a Freelancer is the key! A Freelancer frees up your time so you can do all the things you really enjoy. But to make the best of this you really need to know how to: ...Continue reading
Don’t Become a Workaholic!
Don’t become a workaholic. Many a small business owner falls in to that trap and so many other areas of life suffer for it. Make time for yourself, your hobbies, interests, family and friends. These parts of your life will help your mind clear out the clutter and be ready for the next business...Continue reading
Quote of the Month
To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. (J. Paul Getty)
Don’t Get Too Comfortable!
Don’t get too comfortable with your income, your business, or your life. You should always be making new goals for yourself and developing new ideas. The world keeps changing and you need to change with it. Pause too long, and you just might miss out.
Stop Procrastinating!
Stop procrastinating! All your business tasks can be easily taken care of if you are organized and believe within yourself that you can accomplish them. Make a list of what has to be done and when it has to be done by. Now rewrite the list in priority order, with the one due...Continue reading
Website Tip
Create a good first impression with your website. It should be professional in appearance and easy to navigate. Use attractive colour combinations, crisp graphics, a readable text size, even spacing and margins, and bold headlines. Make sure it includes your business name, information about your products or services, and how to contact you.Continue reading
Quote of the Month
If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours. (Ray Kroc)
Customer Service Tip
Create a friendly, long-term relationship with all your customers. Practice good customer service and follow-up with them on a regular basis. Small gifts such as gift cards to the local coffee shop, greeting cards, free things, coupons, special offers, reminders, your e-zine, helpful advice, etc., go a long way in keeping you in your customer’s...Continue reading
Advertising Tips
Advertising and marketing your product or service can and should take many forms and span across many medias. Budget may limit some of these of course, but there are so many free and close to free ways to get the word out too. Following are some simple advertising tips I have come across in my...Continue reading