Monikers like “girlboss” and “boss babe” have been used to describe women in business for some time. Aside from the unfortunate associations with shady business models like pyramid schemes, these well-intentioned attempts at fighting sexism have always seemed… well, kind of sexist…
Small Business Features
A growing small business is one that understands that although it may well in the same industry or niche as other businesses, it’s still unique. It has different perspectives, a different personality and a different way of doing things.
On this part of the platform we take a look at some of the important things that others don’t like to talk about and shed some light, thoughts and strategies on the wider subject of growing a small business.
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Mike Michalowicz – How To Fix Your Small Business Easily
New York Times Bestseller Mike Michalowicz, talks to YBKBS about how to ‘Fix’ your small business easily. A must read for small business owners.
Read/Watch/Listen to the full interview only at YBKBS Small Business News for Smart Business Owners
COVID’s Lasting Small Business Changes (and Why They Can Be Good News)
COVID has brought big changes to the world of small business. Learn why we don’t think they’re all (necessarily) bad news.
From Translator to Business Powerhouse
There comes a point where an opportunity presents itself. Here’s a story about Ciao Beleza who took his and his experience can teach small business owners to see the opportunities in the opportunity.
Alicia de Lange: Meet the Woman Who Started a Sustainable Activewear Brand During Lockdown
Alicia, who is based in Bicester, Oxfordshire, is a figure-skating coach. “My mum was a coach, too, so I was on the ice before I could walk!” she laughs. She started her career as a beauty therapist but has now been teaching skating to children for around 6 years. It was this experience that led her to come up with the idea for Harleco Activewear, which launched in December 2020.
What You Learn From Realising You’re Not Very Good (at Something)
There is something that you need to be honest about…seriously, you don’t have to be good at everything in business. Just admit and see what happens…
Pseudo-Motivation Masquerading as Business Advice Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s Harmful
There’s a pandemic which seems to be spreading. It’s aimed at small business owners and it’s not just annoying, it’s potentially harmful and dangerous.
Marketing
How to Self Promote Your Small Business But Not Be a T*** About It
We all have to sell ourselves at some point – whether it be as a corporate warrior, a small business owner, a ‘disruptor’ or as an individual. But how do we gain a following and self promote WITHOUT looking like a T***?
How To Get Free Customers and Clients
Let’s look at one of the cheapest ways to boost your business status and marketing with networking.
Cool Ways to Use Video Marketing Content
Video marketing is incredibly popular, and still growing. There’s one simple reason for this: because it works!
How to Create a Customer Loyalty Scheme That Works
It can cost up to five times as much to attract a new customer as opposed to retaining an existing one! With numbers like that, it makes sense to focus on customer satisfaction and retention at least as much as you focus on bringing in new leads for your business.
Small Business News
Small Businesses Wait to See What’s in The Budget For Them
Some are saying this is one of the most important budget speeches since World War 2. Others are frustrated at the Governments continuous ‘leaks’ to the press about what’s going to be announced later this afternoon. But there could well be more help for the self-employed which are due to be announced in the Budget, including the possibility of first grants for an estimated 600,000 people.
The Apprentice Levy Has Failed Every Small Business
Since the days of the Youth Training Scheme, the Government has always tried to publicly ‘push’ the idea of Apprentices and what they can do for businesses both large and small. However the reality of Apprenticeships is less a mixed bag of results, more a bag of pitiful re-engineering that is not fit for purpose.
From Kitchen Business to International Award Winner? Paddington Bear Would Be Proud
It’s no surprise that many people have spent more time in the kitchen than at any other time in their lives probably. One of the more old fashioned home based, small businesses has always been jam and marmalade making. Put those two things together and we have brand new entrants for an award marking the finest of breakfast staples; marmalade.
Big Interviews
Mike Michalowicz – How To Fix Your Small Business Easily
New York Times Bestseller Mike Michalowicz, talks to YBKBS about how to ‘Fix’ your small business easily. A must read for small business owners.
Read/Watch/Listen to the full interview only at YBKBS Small Business News for Smart Business Owners
From Translator to Business Powerhouse
There comes a point where an opportunity presents itself. Here’s a story about Ciao Beleza who took his and his experience can teach small business owners to see the opportunities in the opportunity.