How To Promote Your Business Without Going Broke

 How To Promote Your Business Without Going Broke?

So you are done setting up your website, and now is the time to grow your business. The Internet helps us in many ways. Yes, you heard me right, the internet. Do you know that the internet has almost if not all the connections you would ever need to grow your business? The internet is all about connections, and connections help you grow your business. If you don't know how to use the internet, you would need to employ some experts and those are established bloggers.

Blogs are the most powerful digital tool you can use to establish yourself in the digital domain. Whether you are promoting affiliate products or selling some services. The old fashion way of physically contacting clients personally is important. But one of the best ways to successfully grow your business is to solicit the help of a blogger. Over sixty percent of the world now visits the internet. People tend to stay online more than their physical workplace, which is a big plus for you.

How To Start A Digital Marketing Agency From Home

 How To Start A Digital Marketing Agency From Home

A home-based business can be highly rewarding if a person has passion and drive. This post discusses business that requires effort, dedication just like any other business.

While it is true that a stable job offers a host of benefits like financial security, insurance, disability compensation, etc,. The small business, if managed properly, can offer much more. Some people find the idea of business intimidating. Yet once you begin, you will find it full of challenges that will bring out the best in you. As you become experienced the challenges become fun and your social circle expands. You become more adept at delivering high customer satisfaction.

How To Kick start Your Digital Marketing Business

 How To Kick start Your Digital Marketing Business 

Digital Marketing Consultancy has tremendous potential. A small business owner might not have the time to dabble into digital marketing. Even if he has time, he might not have adequate knowledge to do it himself.

A successful business is the one that can offer solutions to complex problems. Digital marketing is all about:

Designing and build websites

Take care of domain and hosting and maintaining the website

Why You Are Not Succeeding As An Entrepreneur

 Why You Are Not Succeeding As An Entrepreneur

One of my friends wanted to start a pet sitting business. I asked him if he had tried to put his idea in writing. Whether he had thoroughly analyzed the idea, and its viability in present as well as future as a business. He decided to start the business just because he saw freelancers in his area making a decent living by walking dogs. He thought that he could capitalize on the opportunity. He decided it would be easy to start his own business and earn profits by employing people. The problem was that he choose to see what he wanted to see. His theory was simple. If it can work for others, it can work for me too.

How To Write A Killer Executive Summary

 

A business summary is an essential document that provides information about the business. It introduces the reader to the main business of the company. Normally a business plan is prepared for raising capital from investors.

The biggest challenge one faces is, how to make the business plan interesting? Most of the business plan appear lackluster and fail to tell a convincing story. In a bid to create impact many cram the business plan with information. The end result is that it fails to impress potential investors.

A good summary is the one that communicates the message effectively. It's like convincing a person in 30 seconds. Let us understand why. The person reading the executive summary is someone who is going to finance your venture. Naturally, they are busy. Nobody has time to read a 75-page document which is pure hypothesis. If your executive summary fails to grab attention in 2 minutes, you are done.

What Is A Business Plan And Why You Need One

 

A business plan is an extremely important document that helps to evaluate a business idea from an investor's point of view. It contains a detailed analysis of various aspects of the business.

Drafting a good business plan is not easy. Yet it forms a crucial part of business planning. Several business owners regret not having a business plan before jumping the business bandwagon.

Every business owner must have a business plan prepared by a professional. Here are a few reasons why it is worth making an effort to prepare a business plan.

Reasons Why You Need to Build Medical Corpus Fund Even if You Have Insurance Cover

 

Emergencies always come unannounced. The ensuing panic causes even more casualty. When the crisis hit, a person’s “flight or fight” response is activated. He begins to take irrational decisions that do more harm than good. We are helpless against natural emergencies, but we can be prepared for financial emergencies that can wreak havoc in our lives.

Buying insurance may not be enough; you should build a medical corpus for several reasons. Conceiving the idea of building a corpus may be a daunting task for you if you hardly save money. Fortunately, it is possible to build a medical corpus even with the little you have. To build a corpus for your health-related needs, a systematic but steady investment approach is needed. You may be asking yourself the question; why should I get a medical corpus?

The issue of critical ailments has increased in recent times, so also are the costs of health care treatments. Eating the right foods, exercising regularly, and even meditating are just a few steps people like you take every day to reduce the risks of severe ailments. In addition to taking healthy steps toward healthy living, you need sustainable financial planning to meet your healthcare exigencies.

How To Create an Unforgettable Customer Experience

 

We all know that the failure rate for business is very high. It is not uncommon to see a company go bust even though it had a great product. A business fails, not because it had a bad idea, but because it had poor strategy and execution.

The problem with modern business is that they crave success in a short period. Just wanting success is not enough. The execution of strategy requires discipline, and more importantly honesty with oneself. People are often averse to accepting their faults.

The cut-throat competitive world is unforgiving to those who act recklessly. Many entrepreneurs refuse to accept their mistakes. As a result, the business suffers. COVID-19 has changed the landscape of the business world.

Lessons From Innovators: How To Be A Successful Entrepreneur

 

We hear all the time that sales are the biggest obstacle for business development. Many companies go under because their products fail to make a mark in the market.

Products fail because business is not focusing on its core goal. A goal of business is to deliver effective solutions. Many cringe at the idea of selling. People are afraid of experimenting, they want an easy out. Every entrepreneur I have spoken to wants to follow what I call straight line marketing. It means they simply follow what works. The mentality "what works for others will work for me too" is self-sabotaging. It is the delusion that provides hope that things will eventually work out on its own.

HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL FREELANCER?

 HOW TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL FREELANCER?

According to a report of Freelance Industry in 2012, Freelancing primarily consisted of offering services from home and It also projected that freelancing would keep up to grow $50-$80 billion in the next 5-7 years which is observed now.

One would be surprised to learn that more than 160 million people in Europe and the USA work as independent contractors besides holding a job. In fact, in developed countries, the freelancing population is expected to be around 25% of the workforce. This speaks volumes about freelancing as a career.

WHAT IS FREELANCING?

Freelancing means providing services from home. Bloggers, content writers, photographers are some of the examples of freelancers. More people are embracing freelancing as a career due to the flexibility of time and money. Many young people prefer freelancing as a side hustle. However, freelancing as an industry is highly competitive. It is cut-throat competition. A new freelancer is born every second. There would be some benefit of freelancing, which shows such a huge working population involved in it.

Freelancer is a term commonly used for a person who is self-employed, taking projects, contract works for other companies and organizations. Like every other area, even in freelancing, we are having a lot of platforms running in different countries or globally.

The Complete Guide to developing a freelance career

 

The inflation is wreaking havoc with our finances. The cost of living continues to rise, to add to the whammy, our incomes do not rise at the same rate. For example, the price of milk in 2018 was $2.85 per gallon; it shot up to $3.19 per gallon in 2019, an increase of 11.92% in a year! Sadly, salaries do not rise in the same proportion.  Many people are struggling with 2 jobs and even then it becomes difficult to survive. If you ask 10 people, how much money they manage to save every month? The answer will surprise you. 7 out of 10 people do not have enough savings.

Even if you are willing to work 30 hours a day, you cannot. We have limited time. We have to make choices. If we take up more jobs, we tend to compromise on family time. The choice is tough. No wonder, the depression rates are shooting up.

If you are managing two jobs, it will help you to increase income, but after some time exhaustion creeps in. You begin to wonder if it is really worth it. The more you work hard, the more frustrated you become. The rewards are not forthcoming. Freelancing as a career can be an attractive option.  

What is freelancing?

If you have the talent there is nothing more exciting than a freelance career. You can work with a number of clients. This is refreshing if you are working in a 9-to-5 job. Freelancing is a profession where a person works for a number of clients, while not being recruited by just one organization. In other words, in freelancing a person works with his skills, and experience to help several clients get their projects done. In freelancing a person isn’t bound to just one organization to work with, instead, he can work with a number of clients at the same time.

Freelancing also gives a person the freedom to choose when to do the work (i.e., the work hours), in some cases even where to work (i.e., the work environment), and then a most important one to decide for what value they should work (i.e., the payment they receive once a project is completed). All this makes freelancing exciting than a monotonous job at the office.

10 Reasons Why Every Small Business Needs Good Digital Marketing Strategy

 

10 Reasons Why Every Small Business Needs Good Digital Marketing Strategy

The internet has made the business a lot easier these days, almost everything you need to make your business become successful on the internet. You can get a professional website with an attractive business logo and easy marketing tools that will propel your business into a success, online. Even if your business does not conduct any transactions online, your current and potential customers still expect you to have it online. If potential customers don’t see you online, they may assume that you are not good enough to handle their demands. The following 10 reasons are important reasons your business should be online.

How to Get Motivated in Life

 

Given a chance, everyone would like to change some aspect of their lives. Who doesn’t like improvements? The answer to this question might always be a “Yes.” No matter what everyone wants, by changing a few things it is possible to make your life better. Some might want to get fit and in shape, while others might want to be a successful businessman, an excellent chef, or an outstanding coder. Everyone has something in their heads that they want to achieve, but they cannot because of a lack of motivation. If you're also struggling to achieve your goals, then this is the post for you.

Why You Are Unable To Save Money And How To Save Now

 

Saving Money without Cutting Costs

Just the other day I was discussing with a friend on some secrets the rich teach that children that help then in maintaining their status quo; one of the things they teach according to Alex is the ability to spend carefully and invest wisely. It is common knowledge, however, that the average American never considers saving money. In short, he is outright terrible when it comes to saving money. He believes in the concept of spending as it comes and ends up most times in debt because he’s formed the habit of spending as he makes money. The funniest part of an indebted American is that he tends to accuse everyone else but himself for his current status. 

Maybe you read articles that teach you how to cut cost thereby saving money but it saddens my heart to inform you that such a practice is hopeless and has yet to help anyone save money successfully. It would make more sense if you channeled your energy in making more money in other to feed your luxury needs than cutting costs. Well, the good news is, you are not alone in this world thinking that you can save money by cutting costs because that has always been the tradition for everyone.

Start Saving Money 

According to a report made on about seven thousand Americans on personal financial stress revealed that as many as 80 percent of the total lot was stressed about the economy and their personal finances. As astounding as it sounds, it is possible that even one-third of your friends are really worried about money and how to overcome their financial crisis.

Unfortunately, with the trend of things going on right about now, people are no longer interested in investment strategies that would naturally balance their risks versus reward by regulating the proportion of each asset in investment collection according to the investor's risk tolerance, investment time frame and goals. There are no more proper reference and understanding given to the average returns made on stock markets.

Without further ado, let’s dive into the pointers I think it would be wonderful for your saving abilities. This list would make an impactful transformation in your saving if you start using them right away.  

If you are really interested in saving money without cutting costs, then this article is for you. We are going to jointly discuss some best suggestions that have been experimented elsewhere and how it can be applied in the saving program. The best news however is, if you can follow through these points you would be able to save up thousands of dollars by the end of the year.

Money as we all know, answers a lot of problems. In the short phrase, money gives you access to a great life. However, the mindset and attitude needed to make money is never taught in any classroom and there are not hidden formulae on getting rich; you may actually read this entire article and feel motivated to make a change in your finances and save money without actually doing something. It is, however, people that take time to actually put into practice these tips that can really save money.

Why You Should Choose Consulting As A Career

 

Consulting is an excellent career choice for someone who has sufficient knowledge of the domain. Let's understand the consulting in detail.

 What does the consultant mean?

Consultants are freelance experts who share their knowledge for money. For example, a financial consultant offers advice on financial matters, or a marketing consultant advising the company on marketing aspects. Companies hire consultants because they require expert advice. It’s a win-win situation for both, the company and the consultant.

 A consultant receives money for:

 ·        Advising on the specific problem a client might have

·        Providing expert advice on a particular process

·        Guiding the Company to ensure an efficient decision making

·        Advice on speeding up the process

 So in a way, a consultant exchanges His knowledge in return for money.

 Do you know that a top-notch IT professional is hired by an IT company just to oversee the software development process? A top-notch IT consultant can command anywhere between $50,000-75,000 just to ensure that the software is free from any bug.

 Do you know relationship consultants get paid $100 an hour just to listen to the rants of broken-hearted people?

How Does Managing Time Reduce Stress

 

How to manage time, Money and Health 

 

In the modern world, people tend to lead a very busy life. While leading a busy life as a self-employed person, it is very difficult to find time to manage your resources. In this post, we will discuss conserving your resources. This post is solely meant to guide you to make a balance in your work and personal life when you are starting with your home business. Balancing out life and work might sometimes feel like a tedious task to do for a self-employed person.

 As a self-employed person, you will have to constantly keep balancing tasks in life. On some days you might have loads of work to do, whereas on other days you will have nothing to do. You will have flexible time schedules, this means you can work anytime you feel like. So, you will have to make sure that you make an equal amount of time for yourself and your personal life as you do for your work.

 

Managing your time

Amongst all the resources you have to manage, time can be the most difficult one. You might sometimes feel consumed by trying to manage your time schedule and meet your goals. As an employee, you have to work for fixed hours and after that, you have all the spare time for yourself. While on the contrary as a self-employed person, you have to work for different time periods of the day.

As a self-employed person, calibrating your own time schedule might be a difficult task. But it is much of an important task to be done. Having a proper time schedule will help you to know what needs to be done at what amount of urgency. After setting a time schedule, you should also know how to manage your schedule and prevent time clashes in your schedule, so you get the most out of your workdays.

Why Being Self-Employed Is Better Than A 9-to-5 Job

 

INTRODUCTION

Being self-employed is an improved way of livelihood and making money—it does sound suspicious right? Nevertheless, this post will clear this suspicion and prove why self-employment is the best way to live a stress-free life. A self-managed business that you have started for yourself is no doubt the best way to make more income. It is another source to enjoy financial freedom and become your boss. To sum it up, self-employment is the most guaranteed way of having a balanced bank account and life at the same time.

We can define being self-employed in a simple definition that is working for no one else but yourself and your passion. When you are self-employed, you get to manage your income and better still; you get to choose your workspace and your working pace when you become your boss.

Imagine getting stuck in a nine-five salaried job where you don't enjoy what you do and there's no motivation to push you further. Gradually you start getting scared and tired of Monday morning, your fears start turning into depression because what you do was never part of your dream. Then you try to convince yourself to stay back because of the security the job gives you—do you know how miserable that sounds right now? It makes a person pathetic.

How To Validate Your business Idea

 

Your Business ideas may seem very real to you, sometimes they may be vague, but something important to know is that success and failure come to both and what differentiates these are the steps taken a step make it what they become.

Executing a business idea with a very huge capital does not necessarily lead to success in business as these are some of the excuses given by young entrepreneurs who have a vision but see their ideas and goals rotten in shelves due to lack of capital. Capital as a substitute for success doesn’t always work, that is,  not all well-funded projects succeed. Therefore an important factor that ensures the success of an idea known as idea validation will be discussed in this article. All business idea will be discussed as a product in order to make it simple and easy to understand

                            What is business validation?

This is the process by which others confirm the validity of our idea. We hear from people how important our products or service idea can be beneficial to them.  It can also be seen as the act of verifying if our product is acceptable to the target market or it’s just a surface idea with no basis in the market.

Life-hacks to save money

 

The best life-hacks to save money.

Saving money does not necessarily mean not spending money at all. Saving money is the act of self-willingness of setting aside the money not spend for a specific purpose or goal. Saving is the income that you don’t spend. The benefits of saving money are numerous and cannot be understated. 

Importance of saving money

Emergencies.

Everyone’s wish is for emergencies not to come but emergencies are inevitable and they always come. Emergencies such as medical issues, emergency trip or you may have a car breakdown may come anytime. Rather than becoming a potential victim of such emergencies, it is wise to prepare for them because most likely you will encounter some of the emergencies which may be costly for your regular income thereby resorting to extra money. This will be easy for you if you have saved some money.

Top Five Recession-Proof Businesses To Consider When World Is Crashing

 

TOP FIVE RECESSION-PROOF BUSINESSES

Economics is incomplete without a recession. For as long as the world economy is concerned, there are times the world will do well economically, as well as times most people will have to deal with a recession. The world’s economy goes into recession when stock markets go down. When this happens, a lot of people lose their purchasing power. As a result, firms are unable to make sales and, therefore, losing their value. Unfortunately, many are left with no source of income, loss of jobs, and means of livelihood.

Despite the sad reality, some businesses survive a recession. Let’s discuss five recession-proof businesses.

The ABC Of Raising Finance For Your Business

 

There is no doubt that human beings can come up with creative business ideas in little time. Yet, having these ideas is not enough to get a business running. A wonderful business idea needs a good plan to stand out. A good plan also needs enough finance to get done. Most times, a lot of people end up sharing their business ideas. they share these with their friends and family who contribute only emotional support. Emotional supports are great but sometimes, they are not necessary. In cases where a business startup is a major aim, money is what is needed. There are other times friends buy into such business ideas. when this happens, they help the business owner save up money for business start-ups.

A lot of excitement and anxiety are most times seen while kick-starting a business. This feeling sometimes misleads the bearer. when people are misled they tend to do things the wrong way. this is exactly what happens to a business owner when he or she allows the excitement to take over his or her mind. Anxiety can also make an entrepreneur do things without proper planning. The wrong direction in business plans destroys a good business idea. A wrong starting in business tends to weaken the foundation of the business later. They fail to realize that funds are a great part of running a business.

Harnessing The Power Of Instagram To Market Your Restaurant

 As any marketer will tell you, people love Stories over products. Why should it be any different for restaurants? Every restaurant craves to weave a fantastic narrative; It is a dream of a restaurant owner. As a restaurant owner you have to aware of this and factor it in your marketing strategy. 

Instagram could be the best platform to get this done. It gives you the ability to talk about your restaurant's excellent food using great graphics. Instagram enables you to build a community, cultivate participation and put your story in front of them.

Here are surefire methods to perfect Instagram advertising for your restaurant. If you follow them diligently, you will surely make your competitors cringe. All you have to do is something that is incomparable with any of your competitors.

How Well Do You Understand Your Personal Finances

 In the simplest way, 'Financial Planning' is an ongoing process that enables an individual to produce measured and sensible conclusions about her or his financing; that further help them achieve strategic objectives and future goals.

 
It involves curating an agenda with the help of an expert, for effective direction of one's incoming and outgoing monetary data.
 
Financial plan is really a detailed statement that evaluates a person's present finances and quotes future financial condition by using existing variables to remove the best-suited plan.