A Story of Resilience
Some of the greatest business legends have shared their stories of resilience, about never giving up and about how winning is just getting up one more time than you were knocked down. Beautiful, thought-provoking quotes that can be much harder to live through and by....
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Women Powering SA: Ann Clarke, options in training
Ann Clarke MD of options in training The Business options in training offers training that covers everything from an introduction to computing in business to intermediate and specialised Microsoft office courses, often tailored to meet an exact business or personal...
Increasing Your Business’s Resilience to Come Back Stronger
In the face of COVID-19 most businesses have already been taking some steps, out of pure necessity, to increase their resilience. However, as we settle into the uncertainty and prolonged semi-locked down period, we thought we would highlight the areas most experts...
Does Alternative Lending Make Sense as a Cashflow Management Tool for Your Business?
Running a small business is hard, especially now during lock down. One of the biggest challenges that faces small and medium-sized businesses is cash flow – how does one keep the lights on when cash flow is tight? For business owners, managing business operations is...
Small Business Marketing Strategies: Google vs Facebook
Finding the best small business marketing strategies isn’t easy. But what if you don’t have a massive budget? Or, maybe you’re a small business owner who doesn’t have in-house marketing expertise. The good news is you can get started small. And a key step in that...
COVID-19 SME Support: Business Brightspot Listing
In this edition of the Business Brighspot blog, we’re covering two traditional South African SMEs who have taken a knock during lock down but have managed to keep their doors open. Imelda Kekana, The Muff'n Lady About your business We are an artisan bakery offering...
5 Digital Marketing Strategy Tips: COVID-19 SME Support
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing your customer’s behaviour. Studies show more people are shopping online than before the pandemic. And statistics reveal climbing internet traffic since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown in March. But does this all what does this all...
Business Funding: Is Equipment Finance Right for Your SME?
Looking for equipment finance to grow your business? Equipment finance is one of the most common types of business funding. And if you’re in the market for this form of business funding, you have a few options available to you. The best type of equipment finance for...
Open For Business Campaign – SMME Support
A new countrywide SME support campaign will offer small businesses free marketing exposure, financial management tools, and support to digitally transform their business as they attempt to re-open following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. As a growing number of small...
COVID-19 SME Support: Business Brightspot Listing
Small businesses owners are often wearing so many hats that they don't have enough time to take on big, strategic thinking. In the current climate we have seen some incredible transformations done either on-the-go or through a complete pivot. In this edition of the...
Business Funding: An overview of how SME’s can access funding in SA
Searching for business funding for your SME can be a complicated journey. But it doesn’t need to be. In this post, you’ll learn more about the most common ways you can get business funding in South Africa. Jump to the section to learn more about: How to find COVID-19...
