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Growing Your Business: Creating a smart promotion plan

Keep your objectives short and measurable to help evaluate whether your promotional plan is working or not and be prepared to drop anything that doesn’t work for those tactics that do. Continue reading

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Managing Your Business: Improving your profit margin

Get in the regular habit of reviewing your margins to make sure they haven’t changed due to creeping input costs or sales discounts. Continue reading

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Managing Your Business: Five strategies to increase profit

Keep up-to-date with any industry trends, ideas or technologies that may lower your costs or make your business more efficient. Continue reading

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Managing Your Business: Tracking the Flow of Money

Consider using a cloud accounting system that reconciles accounts in real time. Continue reading

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Managing Your Business: Collecting Debts Effectively

Effective debtor management is the best way to keep debt problems to a minimum. Continue reading

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Starting Your Business: Monthly cash flow forecast

A cash flow forecast enables you to be proactive and anticipate cash issues in advance. Continue reading

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Starting Your Business: Business Plan Template

Detailed guidance on completing the various sections of this business plan template can be found at the end of the document. Continue reading

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Starting Your Business: Sources of Small Business Funding

Consider a combination of sources of funds to ensure you have enough capital for a contingency fund, so you do not need to seek additional funding immediately after launch. Continue reading

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Starting Your Business: Raising Capital

Regardless of where you get the capital from, the more prepared you are the better. Continue reading

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Managing Your Business: Reducing Your Overheads

Outsourcing frees you up to spend more time completing activities that grow your business. Continue reading