Looking After Your Customers for Greater Business Success

The number one priority of a business is to create and retain customers. Without customers you don’t have a business, and by maximazing your customers you can drastically increase profits. Therefore, customers are everything, and a good portion of your day should be spent creating and managing customer relationships. A customer relationship starts as a sales lead. Maybe they saw your ad in the local paper and picked up the phone, or sent a message through your website or found […]

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Branded USB Sticks – The Little Device That Will Drive Your Marketing Campaign Forward

Handing out branded USB sticks is a marketing strategy that cannot be ignored by the clever and ambitious businessman as these represent a modern and highly effective way of promoting your company. This is because USB sticks are the marketing strategy of the next generation, the mark of the seasoned and accomplished professional, and absolutely indispensable in the everyday life of today. Not only is a USB stick valuable, but it is indisputably necessary these days – whether it is […]

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Tips for Preparing Your Taxes

It ranks right up there with death as an unavoidable part of life, but tax preparation in Phoenix AZ doesn’t always have to be painful. If you are prepared for your appointment with your CPA, you will be able to get through it well, and it may not be much worse than a visit to the dentist. Thorough preparation will allow your CPA to quickly and easily complete your return, and if you are getting a return, that makes good […]

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What Does It Take to Land Big Sales?

Many people in my seminars have asked me the question “What does it take to land big sales?” My answer to them and to you is simple: landing big sales requires involvement from the entire c-level team, the desire to grow at double the industry average, a powerful process that is good for all parties and outside the box thinking. With that said only about 10% of companies are ready, willing and able to do what is necessary to land […]

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The Role of a Brand Ambassador

Companies hire promo models to be brand ambassadors for their products or services. A company new to the concept will be surprised at what a profound effect the promo model will have on the prosperity of their business. The role of the promo model is to help facilitate that success. 1. Increase the perception of the attractiveness of the brand to the public. The brand may be just what everyone needs. However, if they are not attracted to it, they […]

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Hong Kong Background of Forming a Corporation

Hong Kong is known as a former British colony which actually started to be a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China coming into effect from 1 July 1997. This area goes on to contain superior autonomy in the operating of its important affairs under a “one country, two systems” principle. With a comparatively small population of more than 7 million, Hong Kong continues as a comparative giant in global trade, one of the top twenty trading economies, […]

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Could it Happen to You?

WHAT IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU? Flood Fire Chemical Spill Computer Glitch Human Error Embezzlement Electrical Fault Workplace Accident Sexual Harassment Death of a Director Share Market Slump Strike Fall Vehicle Crash Explosion Computer Virus Environmental Disaster Food Poisoning COULD ANY OF THESE HAPPEN TO YOUR BUSINESS? Many SME business owners have no idea how vulnerable their businesses are to the effects of even a minor crisis. A crisis or negative situation could mean irreparable damage to the image and […]

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TED Is Your Real World MBA

TED is the Entrepreneur’s Free Pass to Remarkable People As entrepreneurs, we love the autonomy to build our business the way we want. But sometimes we feel alone. We don’t work for big companies and there aren’t any conversations with fellow employees at the water cooler. Then there are times when we get stuck and don’t know what our next strategic move should be. We want advice but don’t know who to ask. One time I wasn’t sure whether I […]

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Small Business Incorporation Considerations

So you’ve set up your own small business and now it’s established and doing well. What next? Should you carry on as a sole trader and personally shoulder the risks of the business? Or should you consider giving the company it’s own legal identity through the process of small business incorporation? Here are the primary benefits and disadvantages to small business incorporation that you need to consider.   Firstly, the significant benefit of personal liability protection. If you incorporate your small business it becomes […]

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Factory Audit – Getting It Right First Time

The global financial crisis has oriented business perspectives firmly towards delivering lower cost products whilst maintaining the high levels of quality and service that consumers demand. In the manufacturing sector this means that outsourcing to skilled established production centres in developing nations has become a key priority for many companies that are struggling to maintain margins and hold onto customers. If you’re considering outsourcing your production or are already significantly down the path to doing so then you’ll need to […]

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