A Factsheet from Register at http://www.business111.com for more factsheets By Liz Barclay If you’re a small business owner, the idea of cold calling might make you shudder. Picking up the phone to someone you’ve never spoken to, interrupting their day, and asking them to buy from you can feel daunting. For many, it’s not justContinue reading “How to Sell to Other Businesses Without Cold Calling”
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Winning Local Customers on a Small Marketing Budget
A Factsheet from When you’re running a micro or small business, you can’t always throw money at advertising. Big-budget campaigns on TV, billboards, or Google Ads are well out of reach for most. But that doesn’t mean you can’t compete especially when your customers are local. Building a loyal local customer base doesn’t have toContinue reading “Winning Local Customers on a Small Marketing Budget”
When to Hire Your First Employee – and How to Get it Right
A Factsheet from One of the hardest calls a small business owner makes is when to recruit their first employee. Bring someone on board too soon and you might not have enough steady income to cover their wages. Wait too long and you risk burnout, turning down work, or losing customers because you can’t keepContinue reading “When to Hire Your First Employee – and How to Get it Right”
Using Micro-Investors and Crowdfunding to Raise Capital
A Factsheet from Register at http://www.business111.com for more factsheets By Liz Barclay Raising money for your business no longer means waiting weeks for a bank to say yes. Crowdfunding and micro-investment platforms have opened up new ways for small businesses to get funding directly from the people who believe in them. These may be customers,Continue reading “Using Micro-Investors and Crowdfunding to Raise Capital”
Using AI Tools Without Losing the Human Touch
A Factsheet from Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer the preserve of big corporations with vast tech budgets. Affordable tools are now available for small and micro businesses from automating admin and invoices to speeding up marketing, analysing sales data and providing 24/7 customer responses. Using AI can save time and money. However it canContinue reading “Using AI Tools Without Losing the Human Touch”