4 Easy Ways to Make your Business More Eco-Friendly

Small business owners and managers face an internal struggle between prioritising profits and reshaping the model of their business so that it is eco-friendly. Many of these decision-makers have good intentions to protect the environment, but in business the need to make profits comes first and for the small business manager, this is often a fine line that flirts between survival and going into administration.

Eco-friendly business practices

The challenge is that businesses need to think long-term. The short-term financial profit will erode the long-term profits that go beyond income and will impact the quality of life of our ecosystem and environment in the future.…

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4 Effective Ways to Prepare for your Next Exhibition

Planning for an exhibition takes a lot of time and effort, but the pay out after the event can be huge. In fact exhibitions have the highest return on investment compared to other marketing methods.

Exhibition

Here are four effective things you need to know about to help you prepare for your next exhibition:

1. Check your displays

As soon as you’ve booked your stand space, start to think about what sort of displays you’ll need. If you’ve never exhibited before then you’ll need everything! If you already have some displays lying around, then you need to think about whether they are still usable, whether the information is still up to date and whether they are still relevant.…

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How to do Black Friday Shopping in a Right Way this Year

Are you planning to shop electronics, smartphone and other items on Black Friday 2016 for your business – and yourself? Want to save more? If yes, then it is time to know how you can do this. Here are four simple steps you need to follow.

Black Friday sales 2016

Step No.1 Know what you need

It is important to make a list of items, which you require. As you are going to save money due to discounted deals of Black Friday then add all those items, which you require in upcoming year.

A smartphone, tablet, kitchen machines and tools, etc seem like the best items which you can add in your list.…

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4 Ways a Marketing Database Guarantees a Steady Stream of Revenue

Want a business that stands the test of time? If so, you need to maintain a marketing database.Without it, your business simply isn’t going anywhere – period!

Marketing database helps you to know your customer better

If you don’t have a clue what customers are buying, when they’re buying it, or how much each customer’s ultimately worth to your business; you’re missing a huge part of the marketing pie.

What a Marketing Database does for Your Company

1. CLTV

Calculating each Customer’s Lifetime Value to your company. You can’t price products and services to maximize profits and reduce costs without this information.

2. RFM

Understanding each customer’s Recency and Frequency, and overall Monetary value to the company.…

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Post-Brexit, is English Still The Language of The Global Business World?

There are a staggering 1.6 billion people who speak English as a second language. China for example, now has around 10 million fluent English speakers.

English as business language

It’s an official language of NATO, the UN and, for the time being at least, the EU. English, French and German are the three dominant languages of the EU, however once the UK leave, the only EU States where English is still considered a first language will be Ireland and Malta who collectively account for less than 1% of the EU’s population.

There are calls from across the channel to do away with English in the EU.…

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Tips to Conduct Human Resources Audits

Annual audits of human resources are necessary for all companies out there. It does not matter how many employees the business has. HR audits can be compared with the health checks that you do for your body. Organizations have to measure current standings and then determine accomplishments possible with the purpose of improving HR functions.

Human resources audit

An HR Audit and Compliance report involves reviewing basically all HR functions. At the same time it will ensure the fact that the government company policies and regulations are respected. A failure to do this will lead to penalties and fines. You should not see audits as check-ups that are not mandatory.…

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What is Invoice Factoring and How Does it Work?

If you have been searching for a quick and easy way to finance your business activities, invoice factoring may be the best solution. Invoice factoring (also known as debt factoring, accounts receivable financing, and under other names) is a quick and easy way to get the cash you need to keep your business afloat. This is especially true if you are facing serious liquidity issues.

Invoice factoring

What Is Invoice Factoring?

Invoice factoring is a kind of financing arrangement that is available to businesses that are able to provide certain goods or services to other businesses (in the form of a B2B arrangement) or to agencies of the government (B2G).…

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How to Come Up with Content Ideas for Your Business’ Blog

Running a business blog can definitely be challenging at times, especially if you’ve completely run out of ideas and have been staring at a blank page for the last hour. However, if you’re reading this, there’s nothing to worry about as you’ve definitely come to the right place.

Business blog content ideas

For business owners who manage their own blogs and can’t afford to pay a team of writers who’ll be able to come up with ideas for them, dealing with a blank mind can be stressful. That’s why we’ve put together some of the best tips and tricks for coming up with great topic ideas for your business blog.…

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Streamlining the Management of Your Construction Business

Managing a construction business can be very strenuous. However, with the availability of innovative software and technologies, construction project managers are able to streamline the various process involved to build smarter and faster projects.

Planning a construction projects takes too many details into consideration but even with the best laid plans, there are many internal and external variables to cause the plan to go awry.

There are so many people involved in a construction project, which equates to a slew of data. Just one missed report can do damage. The amount of data that flows and the paperwork alone can be too much to handle.…

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Business Meetings Reimagined: Epic Event Ideas That Inspire and Spark Excitement

What you really want to hear from any delegate or business colleague who has just attended one of your organized meetings or events, is when is the next one?

Business meeting event venue

In order to achieve that, you need to arrange everything with care, from choosing the right event representatives (in house or outsource) to choosing the right staging solution (you can find it from the Poet Companies or any other companies dealing with designing and building what you want to make your event one to remember.)

Here is a look at some recent ideas and events that might just get those creative juices flowing and inspire you to create an epic event that manages to generate plenty of excitement and interest.…

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