How to Choose the Business Consultant or Mentor Who’s Right For You
How to Choose the Business Consultant Steve Jobs. Indra Nooyi. Anne Mulcahy. Everyone’s got their business role models – the people they look to for inspiration as they work day after day in the trenches of running a small business. However, your business role model probably wouldn’t make the best business consultant or mentor. Just […]
How to Create a Foolproof Sales Plan | Ideas, Challenges, and Goals
Running a business without a sales plan is a recipe for disaster. If you’re anything like most small business owners and entrepreneurs, you’re winging it. That means taking your sales day by day – maybe with some vague goals in mind. The US President Dwight Eisenhower once said, “Plans are useless, but planning is essential.” […]
Valentine’s Day Sale 2024: How to Prepare Your Small Business
Too often, small business owners don’t realise the true potential of their brand and Valentine’s Day Sale. Products that would sell faster than you can say ‘love is in the air’ sit lonely on their shelves – no seasonal branding, no special discount, no gift-wrapping service. Spoiler alert! Most small businesses stock giftable items that […]
6 Powerful Steps to Get Wholesale Ready
7 simple reasons people will buy from your small business right now for the summer holidays!
Summer holidays are here and I don’t just mean the heatwave we’re experiencing in the UK! Everyone is thinking about vital purchases to ensure their summer holidays are tip top – so what does that mean for a small business? It means you need to think now what solutions you can offer your customers. Which […]
5 vital steps to succeed as a small business on a third-party wholesale marketplace
This article was written in collaboration with Therese Oertenblad from Small Business Collaborative. Find out more about Therese right here. The marketplace model is one that has been growing in popularity over the last few years, with many new businesses springing up to service a wide variety of customers. So it was a natural progression […]
3 essential expert pieces of advice on how your small business can succeed on Etsy
Over the past year Etsy, the small business global marketplace, has had incredible growth, reporting a year over year 128.1% growth in the third quarter with total revenue of $451.5 million. This growth saw a further 9.6 million new buyers in the third quarter alone, which is clear evidence that consumers are currently wanting to […]
4 ways to grow your online sales
4 ways to grow your online sales As creative product business owners – growing online sales will be on your mind constantly and it’s easy to get caught up devising various tactics on how to do it. In my opinion there are 4 key ways to grow your online sales. Execute these well and you […]
