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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Applying for Coronavirus UIF Benefits? Here’s Everything Your SME Needs to Know
The Unemployment Insurance Fund has set aside R30 billion to help South African workers in distress due to the coronavirus. If you’re a qualifying SME, your employees will get no less than R3,500 per month. However, many business owners are struggling to access the...
SA online retailer Granadilla Swim on adapting business during COVID-19
Joshua Meltz and Adam Duxbury have been running Granadilla Swim for the last five years, along with other businesses Rooftop on Bree and Sunn Kombucha. When news stories of the coronavirus and its impact on European countries like Italy and the UK started appearing,...
Business High Five: Online hangouts for South African business owners
The coronavirus lockdown is in full swing in South Africa. Some of us are still working remotely, whilst others are unable to work at all. It’s uncharted territory, and we’re all still working out how we make this time meaningful. Maybe you’re trying to set...
Live Q & A: Should I take a payment holiday?
The impact of the coronavirus on people’s ability to earn an income and remain committed to their financial obligations has been huge. A number of financial institutions have offered South Africans a payment holiday or an opportunity to pause or reduce monthly...
COVID-19 Support for South African SMEs: Do you Qualify for Tax Relief?
If you’re a South African SME, you can apply for the government's COVID-19 tax relief. As part of its coronavirus COVID-19 support for South African SMEs, the National Treasury has launched tax relief measures. In this article, Lulalend’s team of finance experts...
Could COVID-19 present recruitment opportunities for small businesses?
The last week has been an uncertain time for the thousands of South Africans who run and are employed by small businesses. The narrative we’ve all been seeing play out online and on social media paints a bleak picture of possible retrenchments and job losses, but what...
