Author: newleighfrost
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21st Century Retail
With the global e-commerce spend poised to hit €825bn in 2012, and the fastest growing e-commerce markets experiencing year on year growth in excess of 10%, is there a future for retail businesses without a strong online presence?
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The Fantastic Five : Financial Figures You Need To Know
As someone who works closely with small businesses on a daily basis, I am more than a little concerned at how little awareness many small business owners have of the financial position of their company. Whilst corporates have armies of accountants, finance managers and number crunchers calculating every financial ratio imaginable, this luxury is not…
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How much should you spend on staff training?
The amount of money you should spend on training your staff depends on the industry you work in, and how quickly your employees’ skills become out of date. In some industries, regulations or technologies are constantly changing. If you don’t keep your staff trained you could find that your company is losing its competitive edge…
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Using NLP Techniques to Improve your Networking Skills
Networking gives you an opportunity to meet new people and develop mutually beneficial relationships. We network both with potential customers and to develop strategic business relationships. Networking should be about giving: if you help someone out, maybe by introducing them to a helpful contact, they might do something to help you in return. Networking is…
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Get Your Watford Business off to a Buzzing Start in 2013
The Watford Palace Theatre invites SMEs to its first Business Buzz of 2013 on 15th January Since its debut in February 2012, the Business Buzz series of networking events has been attended by 564 unique businesses across Hertfordshire. On 15th January, The Watford Palace Theatre plays host to Business Buzz Watford, welcoming the local business…
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Get Your St Albans Business off to a Buzzing Start in 2013
The Slug and Lettuce Welcomes SMEs to its first Business Buzz of 2013 on 17th January Since its debut in February 2012, the Business Buzz series of networking events has been attended by 564 unique businesses across Hertfordshire. On 17th January, The Slug and Lettuce plays host to Business Buzz St Albans, welcoming the local…
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Get Your Hemel Hempstead Business off to a Buzzing Start in 2013
The Olde Kings Arms Welcomes SMEs to its first Business Buzz of 2013 on 10th January. Since its debut in February 2012, the Business Buzz series of networking events has been attended by 564 unique businesses across Hertfordshire. On 10th January, The Olde Kings Arms plays host to Business Buzz Hemel Hempstead, welcoming the local…
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How to Find your Perfect Job in 2013
We go to work 8 hours per day (at least), 40 hours a week, 1880 hours a year. That makes a whopping 75,200 hours in a lifetime. So whatever career you choose, it has got to be enjoyable, satisfying and rewarding. You don’t want to spend your whole life waiting for the weekend, and then…
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Optimising your website for the long-tail
When a potential customer searches for your products and services on the internet they might put in a very general term to describe what they are looking for, such as fancy dress. They might decide to restrict results to the local area and instead put in the service plus a location, such as fancy dress…
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Designing a strong ecommerce website
It’s a fairly easy process these days to set up a basic ecommerce site. But making sure that your online shop is optimised in the best way to ensure conversions requires a lot more skill. With most online shops seeing a conversion rate of less than 1% you really need to work hard to ensure…