How to Measure Your Business Success: Choosing the Right KPIs to Track
When you’re running a small business, it’s important to track data and measure your business success. But how do you do that? What should you track? And how will you know whether you’re successful? The answer lies in KPIs—key performance indicators. Without tracking your KPIs, your business could be floating around without a direction. After […]
How to Choose a Service Vendor for Your Small Business
As a small business owner, it can be hard to make the decision to build your team or outsource—and even harder to choose a service vendor if you decide to do so! It’s tempting to try to do everything on your own. But realistically, you have a limited amount of time and resources. That time […]
Client Spotlight: Ahead Coach—The Journey of a Trading Success and Mindset Coach
From the time she was a child, Agnieszka Wood was a born entrepreneur. Even when she entered the corporate world, she always had a drive to envision business ideas and implement them. She studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming and began to learn about psychology, self-empowerment, and personal development—themes that led her to understand why people strive, succeed, […]
Successful Business Owners Have These Things in Common
So you want to launch a business? You’ve come up with an idea, and you’re ready to get started! But do you have what it takes to start a successful business? Despite what you may think, business success isn’t just about having experience, investors, or money. Of course those are helpful, but they aren’t everything! […]
Why You Should Choose a Custom-Build WordPress Website Instead of a WordPress Theme for Your Business Website
Building a website for your business on WordPress can be a great choice. You’ll get scalability and plenty of options! One of those options is how to set up your site. You can choose to purchase or use a free pre-built theme, or you can hire a developer to create a custom-build site for you. […]
Exiting Your Product Business: How and Why to Make a Shutdown Plan Before You Launch
If you’re launching a product business, the last thing you want to think about is what happens if you fail. But part of starting a business is planning ahead for all contingencies—including exiting your business. Somewhere down the line, you might come to the point where your business is no longer growing or bringing in […]
Should you start your business with a co-founder?
One of the most important decisions you’ll make when starting your business is whether to share it with one or more co-founders. Starting a business with a partner means you’ll have more support and resources, but you won’t have the same autonomy and you’ll be sharing your profits with someone else. Therefore, with such high […]
Learn how to research and analyze your competitors
Competitor research is crucial to the success of your brand. Not only will it help you understand your competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, but position your business in a way that is equal parts competitive as it is intelligent. This way, you can ensure that your business is continuously innovating and staying ahead of the curve. […]
A New Year’s Resolution for your Business?
What are Business Resolutions? New year, new resolutions. At some point, nearly everyone tries to make resolutions to see improvements in their life at the start of a new year. Whether it’s starting a new diet, picking up a new hobby, or simply just trying to be more open-minded, resolutions are usually personal. But […]
Top 7 Tips to Protect Your Brand from Counterfeiting
What You Need to Know About Protecting Your Brand from Counterfeiting Counterfeiting has become a widespread issue for brands, particularly luxury brands, as it results in billions of dollars in lost revenue ever year. And with the skyrocketing popularity of social media in recent years, this problem has only continued to worsen as counterfeiters find […]