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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

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Scalability refers to the ability of a business to increase revenue without much increase in costs. For example, suppose you own Emma’s Pet Treats. But although this doubles your cost in time and ingredients, you don’t need to buy a new oven. You have effectively doubled your profits with little added costs.

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Is Good CSR Important for Small Companies?

The Small Business Blog

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is increasingly in the limelight these days, especially since social media has given businesses a platform with which to appear more ‘human’. Customers using the social media platforms are able to access company information and updates quickly, and in a friendly, personal field.

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Employee Monitoring: How to (and not to) track employee productivity

BMT Office Administration

An example would be call centers, where employee phone calls and voicemails were recorded and closely monitored to ensure their quality and efficiency. For example, suppose they found an exemplary customer support call where the employee was courteous and knowledgeable. Well, that’s a classic form of employee monitoring right there.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Build your own network! 1 week ago More updates. This is like a 24% p.a.

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Cost Cutting for Small Business – Payment Terms | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.

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Q & A: What does “Fixed Costs” mean and why should they be as low.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself.

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Assistants! Get the most out of attending an event

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I’ve said in the past training, networking and meeting suppliers should be an integral part of our career. Attending training courses that cost money can be a difficult sell to some organisations that do not think their support staff require additional training. So we need to attend events on a regular basis.