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If you’re a small business owner, it might seem an extravagant luxury to outsource your admin. The thought of someone else filing your receipts, invoicing your day’s work or chasing a payment, might feel too small to warrant delegating to someone else. You might feel you can do it better, or it just takes five […]
When running a business, we tend to focus on our clients to make sure they get what they need, when they need it. We look after our staff, whether permanent staff, holiday workers or contractors. We also look after our suppliers and our products and services. But do we take enough time to look after […]
I love standing in front of business owners or directors and seeing the lightbulbs come on when I share that little nugget of advice which can make a real difference to their business. I’ve presented at many networking meetings over the past 5 years and I’m looking to do more. The main talks I give […]
What do you do when you’ve got a new customer and they want to try your product or service before paying? Do you offer them free samples or a free trial? You might want to let them try your product or service for a 7 day trial, or a 30 day trial and make sure […]
This is an interesting question to answer as it doesn’t apply to all businesses and obviously doesn’t apply when payment is taken up front. However, there are some cases where you’ll provide a product or service to a client but for various reasons, you can’t invoice them straight away, this is normally because there’s something […]
Having Terms is a key part of your business and while I’d always recommend you get them professionally written, I know there are a lot of businesses, often start-ups, who copy and paste their Terms from other companies. It’s absolutely fine to write your own Terms, but here are 6 things to be aware of: […]
To make sure you get paid for the products and services you’re selling, it’s really important to have the correct details on your invoices. If anything on your invoice is wrong your customer may delay or withhold payment until it is fixed. The second most important thing is to actually raise the invoice and send […]
It’s a lunar networking day today because a super moon, blue moon and lunar eclipse will be visible at the same time. It’s just like the moon has decided to go networking! Sadly, you’ll only be able to see this rare treat if you’re in the USA. I was walking my dog Missy the other […]
Yay! It’s Fun at Work and because we work for ourselves, we’re always having fun at work because we love our jobs, right? But how well are you looking after your cash flow? You probably started your business because you knew you’d be doing something you love and are really good at but while you’re […]
Christmas has been and gone, the decorations put away and everything looks bare and empty. The weather’s cold, drizzly and the mornings are still dark and gloomy. If you turned on the radio or seen any online news today, you probably know today is Blue Monday; the day in the year when we’re supposed to […]