As the current situation with COVID 19 keeps changing, it is forcing us all to expand our horizons. And what a horizon this is, we are experiencing a revolution on business as usual.
Part of my job is to discover and evaluate the latest and greatest online systems for my customers. I wanted to share some of my favourites with you. Most of them are either reasonably priced or include a free plan that allows you to grow before paying.
Read MoreOdds are that if you dig deep enough into any website in today’s market you will find a referral page, promo or program. These come in a variety of forms and flavors, ranging from a discount model applicable towards a future purchase, (Harvey Nichols I am looking at you) to cold hard cash (like Flodesk).
Read MoreWe need to go back to basics and understand why these systems are needed in the first place. These systems are in place to the consumer safe, and the business out of court. This means that you the business owner needs to be able to trace everything that enters and leaves your factory and every step in between. This will aid in a quick product recall and prevents you from discarding unnecessary products.
Read MoreThis does not mean that we should alienate the uninformed, whilst they might not be prospective customers now, we feel that one day they could be and that we should do everything in our power to help everyone.
Read MoreAfter a few weeks, the manager realised that the loss in productivity occurred years before lockdown. Lockdown only brought the issue front and centre, it has forced the manager to focus much more on the individual employee and their performance, as well as made him re-evaluate their approach to that employee.
Read MoreDon't let perfect become the enemy of good. You will not lose sales because your website has the wrong shade of purple, rather you will lose sales because your website is not up, or is outdated.
Read MoreAll you need now is to set up an online shop like Shopify, and for as little as $29 per month, you can have your e-commerce site. And with their network of partners, you can have bespoke merchandise and are free to start with and only require you to pay for the cost of the product and shipping after someone has placed an order.
Read MoreA great example is a relationship between Unleashed and Xero. From both platforms, you can access the other one. If you are looking at a shipped order on unleashed you can immediately click on the Xero logo and it will bring up the customer invoice on Xero, and vice versa. Even though they are two completely different platforms they interact as one.
Read MoreEven though you are at home, these are still your Employers, Colleagues or Direct reports, treat them accordingly
Read MoreThe average UK worker has gained on the average an hour a day, which over a year is 221 Hours or 9.2 Days of extra time. And this saving does not include the extra time saved due to higher productivity.
Read MoreThis can be remedied relatively quickly and inexpensively by moving to a VOIP PBX. This would convert your phone lines from physical lines to virtual lines, and in most cases, this will provide to be more economical than a conventional system
Read MoreThe key is to utilize what you have and adapt it work for you in new ways, there is no sense in re-inventing the wheel. Most companies that do B2B can move to a successful B2C strategy with only some minor and inexpensive adjustments. In the butcher's case they already had;
Read MoreWhile your first instinct is to circle the wagons and ride out the storm, there is much that can and should be achieved. This is not the time to just survive, it is time to develop the foundation for the future.
Read MoreI do not doubt that within the next decade there will be more people working from home than commuters. COVID-19 has now accelerated this trend by a decade. As the benefits from work from home become more evident I predict that at the end of this crisis we will see fewer people return to their workplace physically, permanently.
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