Small Business Know How

A New Year, A New Start: Increase Your Sales with the Power of Technology

A New Year, A New Start: Increase Your Sales with the Power of Technology

The new year offers us a time to start all over again. This blank slate can be equally exciting and terrifying, but before you jump into action, take the time to understand clearly what your goals and visions are, especially for your business.

For one thing, technology plays a huge role in the world of business. Whether you are hoping to nudge your sales up a bit or truly transform the numbers in your favor, here are three questions to consider so you can harness the power of technology and finally increase your sales.

One thing is for certain: technology should be part of the strategic discussion of how it fits your business planning.

Determining the Right Kind of Credit Card to Suit Your Small Business Needs

Determining the Right Kind of Credit Card to Suit Your Small Business Needs

When it comes to determining what kind of credit card will be right for your small business venture, ironing out the differences between a personal credit card and a business credit card will make the most sense.

What might be most helpful when you’re deciding between the two is to think broadly. Putting pen to paper can really get your wheels turning, so write it out. First, what you will be using the credit card for and, second, what you are hoping to get in return.

Starting Out With Strategy: Why Small Businesses Still Need Business Plans

Starting Out With Strategy: Why Small Businesses Still Need Business Plans

Anyone can have a good idea, but what transforms a good idea into a business?

That would be strategy.

And what exactly helps set strategy into motion?

That would be a business plan.

When you start out, it doesn’t have to be big.  

In the early stages of planning for a small business, your first steps don’t have to be huge. There may be any number of factors to consider and think through, but if the groundwork seems too complicated, then maybe it’s time to break it up into smaller bite-sized bits. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Your business won’t be either.