Business podcasts are like short radio shows and designed to be subscribed to, listened to or downloaded on any digital devices such as computers, Mac’s, laptops, tablets, phones or MP3 players.
As small business owners we are just really, really busy and time is the one thing we can’t make more of. So in ‘Your Best Kept Business Secret’ Podcast, we’ll be answering different business problems from very different perspectives so you can get on and monetise, grow and market your business faster and easier.
We’ll cover Small Business News, Small Business Marketing, Small Business Branding, Small Business Finance, Small Business HR, Small Business Success Mindsets, Interviews and Features to help you get the business your hard work deserves.
Anneka Hicks, Founder of Excluded UK talks about why she had to leave and the devastating effect it’s had on her personally
Chris Ducker talks about the Rise of the Youpreneur and future proofing your business
Mike Michalowicz talks about How to Fix Your Business and How He Failed ‘Big Time’
Employees are finally getting what many self employed business owners have almost taken for granted – working from home. But there is a growing realisation for the employees and employers that will not only be familiar to the self employed small business owners, but what potentially happens next could effect them for years to come.
With optimism coming from the vaccine rollout programme, UK SMEs expect to be hiring 1.2m staff over the next year.
Renewed optimism is the driving force behind these hiring plans, with an added desire for SMEs to grow their workforce diversity and prioritise employee wellbeing.
“Don’t quit” is popular advice for anyone who is trying to start or grow a business (or, frankly, achieve any other goal.) And I think it’s good advice… up to a point. Giving up too quickly or not persevering through difficulties is pretty much a guarantee of failure. Setbacks are a part of life, and certainly a part of business. But when is there a right time to quit?
Some say everything needs to be online. And they have led you to believe that everything is now actually online and you won’t succeed unless it is. Yet, as we look across the business landscape at how customers and clients are coming back to businesses, there is still a very healthy demand for face to face contact and relationship building. So the sensible and and logical thing to do is to build a business that can offer both.
None of us have lived through anything like this before (and hopefully we never will again!)
What does this mean for your business? It means that you need to make a conscious effort to support your staff as the pandemic ends and beyond. Many of them will have struggled over the last year, including in ways that you can’t see and won’t necessarily know about.
Here are a few of our top tips to help you do right by your people.
Some say everything needs to be online. And they have led you to believe that everything is now actually online and you won’t succeed unless it is. Yet, as we look across the business landscape at how customers and clients are coming back to businesses, there is still a very healthy demand for face to face contact and relationship building. So the sensible and and logical thing to do is to build a business that can offer both.
