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Month August 2010

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Top 5 Ways to Complete a Sale

Aug 30, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Focus on describing the benefits of your product for purchasers, instead of just using your sales pitch to list features. 2. Take the opportunity to learn more about the wants and needs of potential…

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Is University The Only Route To Success?

Aug 25, ’10 5:30 AM

Last week, here in the UK, our 18 year olds who have remained in full-time education received their ‘A-Level’ results; these are the results that ultimately decide whether or not the young person will be allowed in to the University of their choice, have to go through a system called ‘clearing’ to find a different…

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Top 5 Tips for Online Promotion

Aug 23, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Write articles, either about recent developments in your industry or which provide advice.  Submit them to sites such as Digg to increase their popularity. 2. Use Twitter and other social media to connect with…

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The Importance of Cashflow

Aug 18, ’10 11:24 AM

Small businesses often focus on how much money they are going to make, the amount of turnaround and, significantly, how much profit their business is going to generate. However, in looking at the bigger picture, many small businesses lose sight of the day-to-day cashflow of their business; which can cause major problems for both fledging…

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Top 5 Tips on Building Capital

Aug 16, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Never purchase stock or supplies before you are absolutely certain that you will need to use them. Unused stock is absolutely useless to your business until you do something with it. 2. Try to…

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Virtual Studio TV

Aug 14, ’10 7:30 AM

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Simon Malone, co-founder of VirtualStudio.TV, a company who stumbled across technology that allows them to place a presenter in any virtual environment using green screen technology. VirtualStudio.TV saw this as an ideal product for training videos, webinars and instructive videos. Read more about…

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Say “Yes!” To Starting Your Own Business.

Aug 11, ’10 10:00 AM

Many people dream of starting their own business, and in the UK alone over half a million people do so each year. But what holds the other would-be entrepreneurs back? Is there ever, really, a reason not to follow your dreams? Over the years I have spoken to many people who have business ideas and…

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Top 5 Sales Tips for Small Business

Aug 9, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Everyone in a small business is part of the selling team. They all have to do their part by providing excellent customer service. 2. Without exception, all of your staff need an in-depth knowledge…

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Pitch of the Week – Waste Notes

Aug 7, ’10 7:32 AM

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Gordon Shaw, founder of Waste Notes, a company that recognises the problem that excess waste causes many businesses, and looks to solve this problem through their Waste Notes- which ensure that waste is safely and correctly disposed of in line with all relevant…

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9-5 or 5-9? Does It Really Matter?

Aug 4, ’10 7:30 AM

Entrepreneurship and small business have been making news recently; with banks being tackled to lend more to small businesses, and television shows such as Dragons’ Den dividing the nation over the way small businesses are portrayed and helped. My views on such television programmes are one for another day, but for now all this has…

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