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Tools For Keeping Your Small Business Organised
by: Startacus Admin ~ 23rd October 2020
If you need to become a bit more organised in your business, here are a few tools that you should consider that will help you to do just that
When you’re responsible for running a business, it doesn’t matter if it’s a physical company where you employ staff and work with customers face to face or if it’s just you and a virtual assistant working from your laptops at home,...
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Starting a Business in 2017 - A Beginner Checklist
by: Startacus Admin ~ 9th January 2017If the New Year has given you the motivation to start that new business you’ve been thinking of for a while, there will be a lot to consider and plan in the coming weeks. We have put together this 10 area starting-a-business checklist to help you a little, rounding up some of our most useful beginner articles on the subject, plus some top content from around the internet.
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Tools and Apps to Aid Business Market Research
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th December 2016Whether you are launching a new product, a website, an entire business, or just an advert, market research is crucial to understand what your target audience is interested in, what they react well to, and how your X, Y, and/or Z will fit in that market. With approx 3.4 billion internet users, you would think that this would be easy, but how do you actually go about asking the questions and getting...
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6 Apps and Tools to Aid Productivity
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st May 2016Productivity is crucial to any business. You need to get the most out of the time you have and, where possible, increase that time. Whether it is the ability to scribble down notes the moment you come up with an idea, share files with co-workers without hassle, or spend the least amount of time on social media while getting the most impact, every minute that you can save yourself is another minute...
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6 Apps and Tools to Aid Remote Working and Team Collaboration
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th March 2016Often, an entrepreneur or team member in a startup will find themselves having to work away from the office. Many startups and digital businesses won’t even have an office. If you find yourself on the move, working from home, or collaborating with colleagues or freelancers around the world, you are probably going to need more than just email to keep in touch. With that in mind, here are 6 ap...
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Tools that can help you grow your business
by: Startacus Admin ~ 14th July 2013Patrick Collins, self starter and Founder of recent startup Timely Pa interviewed on Startacus last week (handy link to Startacus interview included here!) and after we put out a call for a new batch of startups to tell their startup tale on Startacus, we were chuffed to hear back from Patrick to say he would in fact be happy to write a weekly blog post on his startup journey. 'Journey' being the ...
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Top 5 Online Survey Tools
by: Startacus Admin ~ 8th January 2013An integral part of any business plan is of course the Market Research. Before you can really move on with your concept or idea, it’s essential to undertake sufficient research so that you can get a real insight into your target market. There are several ways of doing this research - from doing vox pops in the street through to creating focus groups. One of the most efficient and accurate wa...
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Top 5 Social Media Management Tools
by: Startacus Admin ~ 1st November 2012If you’re in the process of starting or running a small business, one of the best resources to help forge customer relationships and create brand awareness is of course Social Media. It’s hard to remember a time when we weren’t using it and for marketing and business development alone its’ impact has been massive. However, actually managing Social Media properly is a job in...
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Top 5 Tools to Stop you Slacking
by: Startacus Admin ~ 10th September 2012If, like many of us, your work requires you to spend more than a few hours every day using a computer, you’ll know only too well how easy it can be to get sidetracked. Of course if you have a boss breathing down your neck, that sidetracking doesn’t always last too long.However, if you work for yourself, it can be a very different story. Staying focused on work can be a pretty impossibl...
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Top 5 Business Travel Gadgets
by: Startacus Admin ~ 6th September 2012One of the realities of running your own business is that there may be occasions when you may need to venture off to meet clients, investors, customers and the like. Whether it involves an overnight trip within the country or a longer journey farther afield, the reality is that you still have to work. After all, your business doesn’t stop when you’re not at the office!
So to help you ...
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