The importance of financial planning for SMEs
A well-thought-out financial plan is crucial for the success of a small business. It's a road map, a guideline, and a reminder of what you want to accomplish in the short and long term. It sets out your potential costs and attempts to explore ways to manage them....
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4 Useful tips for planning your 2022 marketing content
Content marketing plays an important role in the business marketing mix. Major changes in consumers’ behaviour and needs for information, thanks to the pandemic, have catapulted content marketing trends and opportunities. In the past, content marketing revolved around...
5 Ways to prepare your business for festive season sales
The festive season is synonymous with an increase in shopping behaviour and the best way to leverage on all the activity is to be prepared. Even with specials and promotions from other businesses creating tough competition, you can give your business an edge...
The Guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The Guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs, is an overview of trends that will likely impact businesses in 2022. Download our complete guide to 2022’s Most Important Trends for SMEs ...
The SME Guide to Managing Business Finances over the Festive Season
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The SME Guide to Managing Business Finances over the Festive Season, is an overview of how seasonal businesses can improve their business finance operations over the festive season. Download our complete...
4 Ways to Optimize your Digital Marketing
If you want to make the most of your digital marketing efforts, you have to make all your tools and platforms work for you. This is why it's important to understand how to optimize your digital platforms. Here are our 4 ways you can optimize your digital platform to...
4 Ways to manage the low season
With winter just around the corner, many businesses will be going into the low season. This means fewer customers, therefore, less revenue. The trick to not just surviving this period, but making it work to your advantage, is to have a plan for managing your cash flow...
365 Days of Covid-19: The year that’s been
27 March 2021 marked one year since the introduction of the five-tiered Alert Level system and South Africa’s move to Alert Level 5. Like many people, we're reflecting on the year that's been. One year later and many businesses are still feeling the effects of...
The SME Guide to Cash Flow Management
The latest guide in our Business High Five series, The SME Guide to Cash Flow Management offers practical guidance on building and maintaining a healthy cash flow. Download our complete guide to Cash Flow Management here. Some of the important questions...
Practical cost-saving tips for your business
Reducing the cost of supplies, inventory, or business operations is common practice amongst many small business owners. Not preserving enough cash could land your business in deep waters, leaving you with a desperate call for a lifeline. Curbing your expenditure is a...
The rise of eCommerce
There has been a permanent change in the way that people shop and, in turn, the way that businesses need to operate. In the absence of brick-and-mortar stores being open during the lockdown, as well as a general fear of crowded malls when things were able to re-open,...
