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All About Traditional Advertising
All About Traditional Advertising
How did businesses advertise before the Internet?...
Exploiting Your Market Niche
Exploiting Your Market Niche
Are you worried about competitors stealing your business? Find your business a market niche and exploit it before they do!...
Going International with Your Small Business
Going International with Your Small Business
In the modern world, there’s no reason that even a small business must be constrained to its home market....
How do Sales and Marketing Differ?
How do Sales and Marketing Differ?
Sales and marketing are two separate but related disciplines, so what's the differences between them and why should be treated individually....
How to Maximize Your Profit
How to Maximize Your Profit
Businesses need to make a profit. This article explains how you can maximize the profit you make in your small business....
Important Direct Marketing Techniques
Important Direct Marketing Techniques
Direct marketing is the process of reaching businesses and consumers directly with your marketing message, in their homes and places of work....
Internet Marketing and your Small Business
Internet Marketing and your Small Business
This article offers advice about how you can market your small business on the Internet without spending a fortune....
Knowing When to Quit
Knowing When to Quit
Although every entrepreneur who launches a small business expects it to do well, inevitably some businesses fail. If this happens to you, you need to know when to quit....
Measuring Success in a Small Business
Measuring Success in a Small Business
How can you tell whether your small business is a success or a failure? This article discusses some approaches for measuring the success of your enterprise....
Outsourcing for Small Businesses
Outsourcing for Small Businesses
A small business has limited resources. Outsourcing some of the work could save money and free people’s time to devote to activities that will help the business grow....
Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Entrepreneurs turn ideas into businesses. To protect the ideas that form the core of your small business you need to understand how to protect your intellectual property....
Questionnaire: Could You Run Your Own Business?
Questionnaire: Could You Run Your Own Business?
Do you have what it takes to run your own business? Here are eight crucial questions to help you decide!...
Research and Development in your Small Business
Research and Development in your Small Business
Innovation, research and development are critically important to manufacturing businesses and the wider economy. If your small business does R&D, you may be eligible…...
Risk Management and your Small Business
Risk Management and your Small Business
Everything you do involves taking risks. There are things you can and should do to mitigate the risks in your small business....
The Facts About Small Businesses at Home
The Facts About Small Businesses at Home
Facts about home-based business are difficult to come by. Many prefer to stay "below the radar". Here are some results from recent surveys which show how home-based…...
The Growth of your Small Business
The Growth of your Small Business
Most entrepreneurs want their small business to grow. This article gives some strategies for growth....
The Importance of Building Customer Loyalty
The Importance of Building Customer Loyalty
Loyal customers form a reliable source of income, and may recommend your business to others. This article discusses approaches to building customer loyalty....
Writing an Effective Press Release
Writing an Effective Press Release
When your business has a success, it’s good publicity to tell the world about it. An effective press release is one means of doing this....
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