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Handling Objections in the Sales Process
“I want to think it over” “I can’t afford that” Sound familiar? We are all involved in selling and people prefer to do business with other likeminded people that they know and trust. We have to sell ourselves and our product or services – building long...
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Three Strategies to Market Your Business Even When There’s No Money
Many small and home-based businesses know they need to market and yet, have little or no money to do so. Sadly, many use this as a reason not to market. Even on a limited budget you can promote and gain visibility for you and your business. The following...
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Create a Business You Love
So you have entrepreneurial aspirations, but you’re stuck in a job working for someone else. You wake up, commute to work, work hard, pay your bills and then come home exhausted. You repeat the pattern for another four days, becoming increasingly tired...
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A Basic Health and Safety Guide for New and Small Businesses
The Environmental Health Section of each District Council is responsible for the inspection and enforcement of health and safety law in offices, shops, warehouses, hotels and most leisure activities. Health and safety affects employers, employees, the...
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Absent Without Leave - Managing Absence in the Workplace
According to the Institute of Psychiatry (April 2005), for the first time, stress, anxiety and depression have overtaken physical ailments as the most common cause of long-term absence from work. With sickness absence reportedly costing employers an average...
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Flexible Benefits Packages for Your Staff
If you are an employer, what benefits do you offer your employees? And is yours one of the growing number of companies that have opted for the trend towards providing a flexible choice? It’s now estimated that over 500 companies offer ‘flex’ schemes in...
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How to Finance Your Small Business Start Up
It all starts with a great idea, an idea that has probably been in your mind for a long time. You have the product sorted out, how you are going to deliver your service, where you are going to set up your office and how you are going to market your new...
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Is Your Online Business Internet Law Compliant?
This article concerns your legal obligations and rights concerning the maintenance of a mailing list and in particular the sending of commercial email. It is a tricky subject. You might even think that it is something which does not affect you, but if...
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Should I Open A Business Bank Account?
When you are first starting your business it may seem an unnecessary hindrance to worry about how to manage your business transactions if you are starting off small. After all, it's sales that matter, right? However, it will be much simpler in the long...
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Why Your Business Needs an Accountant
In these days of increasing complexity of tax and regulations, even the smallest of businesses needs an accountant. The main things that a good qualified accountant will be able to assist you with are as follows: They Will Help You Get Your Business Started...
