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Starting A Franchise

Written by Paul Stanford on July 21, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Startup, Success Thinking

Share Put yourself in a situation where you have decided to start up your own carpet cleaning business. The next step is to ask yourself an important question – Should I go with a franchise or remain independent? This decision should be made with great care after exploring all the factors involved as it is [...]

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Small Business Advertising Campaign

Written by Paul Stanford on July 18, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Growth, Business Marketing, Business Sales, Success Thinking

Share Have you ever thought “My advertising campaign is boring?” That is because you are not being creative and you are not having fun doing it. When you create a fun and exciting advertising campaign, it doesn’t have to take forever and it doesn’t have to be difficult. Business owners must create an advertising campaign [...]

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Buying A Franchise Due Diligence Exercise

Written by Paul Stanford on July 17, 2008 - 4 Comments
Categories: Business Funding, Business Growth, Business Startup, Success Thinking

Share Let us first understand what is meant by due diligence – the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary explains “Due Diligence” as “the care that a reasonable person exercises under the circumstances to avoid harm to other persons or their property.” Through due diligence, a prospective buyer of a franchise gathers detailed information about the business potential [...]

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Small Business Surviving The Credit Crunch

Written by Paul Stanford on July 16, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Funding, Business Growth, Business People, Business Sales, Success Thinking

Share If you want to grow your business whilst your customers are struggling from the lack of liquidity in capital markets, then you might find that there are things you can do to ensure your balance sheet remains strong, and your business continues to grow. Through following my top 7 tips you’ll find that not [...]

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Small Business PR

Written by Paul Stanford on July 15, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Success Thinking

Share Small business PR is a great way to raise the profile of your business in a cost effective way. Integrated with your other marketing activities it can be powerful and productive. If you have been thinking about using PR to help promote your business, but don’t know where to start, then here are some [...]

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Small Business The Importance Of Cash Flow

Written by Paul Stanford on July 14, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Funding, Business Growth, Success Thinking

Share For a business, whether they are a start up business or an established business cash acts as their lifeline; it is the one aspect that allows a business to survive. The amount of cash that a business has at its disposal often demonstrates the health of a business. A business, especially a start-up business [...]

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Naming Your Business

Written by Paul Stanford on July 13, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Startup, Success Thinking

Share After nearly twenty years of corporate branding experience, the same question still arises when naming a new business – “What is the most important factor when deciding on the best company name?” Some naming experts would argue it’s the length of the name, or the ease of pronunciation or the uniqueness. Others would say [...]

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Advertising For Small Businesses

Written by Paul Stanford on July 12, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Growth, Business Marketing, Business Sales, Business Startup, Success Thinking

Share First of all, let me give you a pat on the back for taking the bold step forward. As a person who has been through it myself, I know making the decision to start your own small home-based business is not an easy one. So, congratulations, from the bottom of my heart, is in [...]

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Finance For Small Businesses

Written by Paul Stanford on July 11, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Funding, Business Growth, Business Startup

Share Raising finance is a constant headache that I am told about whenever I see my clients and is for most small businesses whether that be starting off afresh or trying to grow to the next stage of development. For those of you that have ever tried to raise finance for such occasions you will [...]

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Small Business Beating The Competition

Written by Paul Stanford on July 10, 2008 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Sales, Success Thinking

Share Setting Yourself Apart Most small businesses face a great deal of competition. Often, that competition comes, at least in part, from big businesses. In order to set yourself apart – especially among larger competitors – you must give customers something different. You must differentiate yourself and your business from your competitors. First, you must [...]

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