All "strategies" articles
- Call for content-management standardisation
- A lack of standardisation in enterprise content management is fundamentally compromising the value of ECM investments, insists Ben Richmond, CEO and Founder of The Content Group.
- See more in: business, standards, ECM, standardisation, Vendors, technology, enterprise content management, strategies, implementation, the content group, ben richmond
- Maximising the value of your business
- Running a small business in the current climate, it's even more important to focus on strategy - so says Jamie Hope of Catalyst Finance.
- See more in: planning, strategy, sell a business, selling, strategic reviews, guides
- Efficiency: big lessons for small businesses
- Adam Howarth of OMS explains why sophisticated strategies used by multinationals can apply equally, in principle, to any small business - and enhance its value.
- See more in: efficiency, guides, auditing
- Catching the candidates
- High employment levels are great for the workforce, but recruiting staff is highly competitive as a result. A new approach is needed, says Bond International Software.
- See more in: recruitment, HR, staff, employees, employment, hiring, news analysis
- Building customer relationships
- If cashflow is the lifeblood of your business then customers are the heart pumping it around. Know them, appreciate them, look after them.
- See more in: sales, marketing, customers, CRM, market research, guides, news analysis
- Buying a franchise start-up
- Advice on buying a franchise business from Mundays LLP.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchisees, franchises, franchise agreement, tips
- When the tail wags the dog
- Employers have to accomodate an ever greater set of employee demands, either due to legislation or through fear of missing out on the best staff.
- See more in: flexible working, flexi-time, EU, working hours, Working Time Directive, work-life balance, employees, staff, HR, guides
- Don’t outsource your customers
- Be careful about which parts of your business you outsource, says Joe Venkataraman, cultural differences can make things difficult.
- See more in: outsourcing, outsource, offshoring, offshore, India, BPO, business process outsourcing, IT, customer services, customers, cutting costs, guides
- Getting your website high on internet searches
- The equivalent of getting your shop on the high street instead of a back alley in the middle of nowhere, getting your website high on internet search engines can make the world of difference to your website - and your business as a whole.
- See more in: websites, SEO, search engines, internet, online, IT, guides
- Buying friends reunited and other silly decisions
- New-media mistakes made by people who are usually surefooted.
- See more in: new media, internet, online, technology, social networking, MySpace, Facebook, Friends Reunited, ITV, Mark Zuckerberg, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates, Microsoft
- Making your business card
- Business-card expert Kaye Z Marks explains the kind of thought process you should go through when designing your business card.
- See more in: business cards, guides
- Preparing your franchise business plan
- How franchise buyers should write a business plan, by BFA-affiliated accountant Andrew Small.
- See more in: franchising, buy a franchise, business plans, marketing, guides
- Data risk assessment service launched
- Increased security threats have driven Pentura to release its new data risk assessment service.
- See more in: security, technology, risk, data, IT, information technology, advertorial
- Exit strategy: planning the future sale of your franchise
- The biggest challenge of any business is establishing it. But what might not have occurred to you is to plan for selling it - and that, too, is important.
- See more in: buy a franchise, franchises, franchisees, exit strategy, selling, guides
- Getting the stationery right
- Trivial as it might sound, getting your company stationery right means complying with legal requirements. Andrew Small of Franaccounts takes you through it...
- See more in: stationery, guides, start a business, startups, legal
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