Tips for Successful Benchmarking
If you haven’t already started to benchmark your small business, then now is the time to do so. While large businesses are more likely to benchmark than their smaller counterparts, it can be hugely beneficial for small businesses, too. Benchmarking…
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Wholesalers: how to get more customers to order online
As a B2B wholesaler, how much of your sales is being submitted electronically by your customers themselves? Probably not much. Why are retailers and business customers not more open to using B2B wholesalers’ online sales channels? Traditionally, B2B wholesale was…
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Why are SMEs more susceptible to data breaches?
Cyber attacks and data breaches can happen to any business, of any size, operating within any industry. However, security risks do appear to be slightly higher for small businesses in particular, with 42% of SMEs experiencing at least one cyber…
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What should B2B small businesses do with customer feedback?
Many small businesses already know that customer feedback isn’t just important in B2C environments, but in B2B environments, too. According to the recent studies, B2B reviews are amongst the most vital information buyers use when making a purchasing decision. However,…
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How to improve your interviewer skills
Finding the right talent, at the right time, for the right job can sometimes be a difficult task. However, it’s small businesses in particular that are really feeling the brunt of recruitment issues. It’s reported that more than half of…
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Advanced security assessments to help protect your business data
Most businesses experience some kind of cyber attack each and every year. While the widespread adoption of new technologies certainly brings many benefits and unrivalled value to businesses, it also opens up a whole new can of worms; it increases…
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Should you use contractors in your business?
As your small business begins to grow, you may be starting to identify gaps in the workplace resulting in the need for skilled, dedicated staff to manage specific operations or tasks. That’s a normal part of business growth, but ask…
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Overcoming growth obstacles for small businesses
Growth is a top priority for the majority of today’s small businesses, and this is a top priority for business owners. In fact, research shows that half of all SME owners are kept up at night thinking about growth opportunities,…
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Useful metrics for measuring trade show success
Love them or hate them, trade shows can be a key component of finding success as a B2B wholesaler – ‘can’ being an important word here. The problem with trade shows is that B2B sellers spend a great deal of…
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Should your small business hire a Chief Technology Officer?
With new technologies come new business needs, and with new business needs come a significant change to in-house skills requirements. While a non-tech focused business may once have thrived under the watchful eye of a small IT team, increasing use…
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