The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. You should never put a family member on the payroll unless they are actively contributing to your business in a visible manner. 2. Don’t just hand out supply contracts to relatives without competition. Make sure you consider every offer you receive. 3. Avoid giving  family employees any special treatment as this will only serve... 

The winner of this week’s WinWeb Pitch of the Week competition is Martin Everard, son of Barbara Everard who was regarded as one of the leading botanical artists of the 20th Century. Martin has created a virtual gallery of his mothers’ work after facing difficulties when trying to display the work in a more traditional manner. Martin took a problem, and his passion, and developed a great way to overcome his obstacle. Do you have... 

The intentions of small business owners vary tremendously; some entrepreneurs want to conquer the world, building a global brand, where as others want to run their business in a way that allows their family to live comfortably, while working on something that they love. Whether the aim of your business is global domination in your sector, or to run a lifestyle business, putting your business…  Read More →

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Focus on describing the benefits of your product for purchasers, instead of just using your sales pitch to list features. 2. Take the opportunity to learn more about the wants and needs of potential customers by asking them questions and actually listening to their answers. 3. Try to perfect your sales pitch by recording it and playing... 

Last week, here in the UK, our 18 year olds who have remained in full-time education received their ‘A-Level’ results; these are the results that ultimately decide whether or not the young person will be allowed in to the University of their choice, have to go through a system called ‘clearing’ to find a different University place, or if their dreams …  Read More →

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Write articles, either about recent developments in your industry or which provide advice.  Submit them to sites such as Digg to increase their popularity. 2. Use Twitter and other social media to connect with customers on a personal basis and generate real-time feedback. 3. Start using StumbleUpon so that you can get more targeted traffic... 

Small businesses often focus on how much money they are going to make, the amount of turnaround and, significantly, how much profit their business is going to generate. However, in looking at the bigger picture, many small businesses lose sight of the day-to-day cashflow of their business; which can cause major problems for both fledging and established businesses. Of course, as a business it is vital to have clear figures with regards to cash... 

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Never purchase stock or supplies before you are absolutely certain that you will need to use them. Unused stock is absolutely useless to your business until you do something with it. 2. Try to find equipment that will perform multiple functions to cut down on cost. There are many printers that double as scanners and fax machines that... 

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Simon Malone, co-founder of VirtualStudio.TV , a company who stumbled across technology that allows them to place a presenter in any virtual environment using green screen technology. VirtualStudio.TV saw this as an ideal product for training videos, webinars and instructive videos. Read more about VirtualStudio.TV here and if you would like to enter WinWeb’s Pitch... 

Many people dream of starting their own business, and in the UK alone over half a million people do so each year. But what holds the other would-be entrepreneurs back? Is there ever, really, a reason not to follow your dreams? Over the years I have spoken to many people who have business ideas and goals they would love to achieve. Numerous reasons are listed as practicalities that are holding them back. I believe, however, that for most problems... 

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Everyone in a small business is part of the selling team. They all have to do their part by providing excellent customer service. 2. Without exception, all of your staff need an in-depth knowledge of the product or service that you provide. Explaining it to potential customers should become second nature to them. 3. Plan your …  Read More →

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Gordon Shaw, founder of Waste Notes , a company that recognises the problem that excess waste causes many businesses, and looks to solve this problem through their Waste Notes- which ensure that waste is safely and correctly disposed of in line with all relevant legalities . Read more about Waste Notes here and if you would like to enter WinWeb’s Pitch  Read More →

Entrepreneurship and small business have been making news recently; with banks being tackled to lend more to small businesses, and television shows such as Dragons’ Den dividing the nation over the way small businesses are portrayed and helped. My views on such television programmes are one for another day, but for now all this has highlighted a real sense of enterprising throughout the UK. In a time when unemployment is high, and job security... 

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make certain that you have strong, unconfusing policies on employment. These must be well communicated to employees and strictly enforced. 2. Stay within legal guidelines regarding employment. Discrimination or harassment in the workplace will result in big trouble. 3. Consider Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) to cover... 

The winner of WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition this week is Monoj Phatak, founder of Domoticware , a company that is that are innovative from a customer perspective, not just from an engineering perspective . Read more about Domoticware here and if you would like to enter WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week competition visit our Facebook page for more information – you could win superb free publicity for your small business! winweb.com...