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Your business faces a constant threat. An ever-present menace that’s snapping at your heels even when you’re at the top of your game. And every time you let a customer down, every time you miss out on an opportunity and every time your standards lapse, they gain a little more ground. We’re talking of course about your competitors. Competition is a good thing. It helps to keep you at the top of your game and deliver excellence to your customers. But if you give them just an inch of ground, your competitors won’t think twice about poaching your customers and putting you out of business. Competitors are never going to let up, which is why your approach to them shouldn’t either. It’s up to you to keep delivering value, striving for operational excellence, delighting customers and generating … [Read more...] about 5 Ways to Leave Your Competitors in the Dust in 2020

We all know that one of the very best passive income options out there is to have property in your name. There are so many ways to earn money consistently and reliably from property - buy-to-let, long-term investments, and so on - but it can be challenging to know exactly how you can make as much money as possible from these methods. Nonetheless, there are some things you can focus on to make this easier. In this post, we’ll take a look at what you can do to earn more money from properties in your name. Find More Valuable Properties Everyone has to start somewhere, and it is likely that your first properties in your portfolio are going to be relatively low-value compared to later on. However, it doesn’t have to be this way, and you might want to think about starting to find more valuable … [Read more...] about How To Earn More Money From Properties

Businesses used to be paper-based, and until the rise of technology, each and every business would have a pile of paperwork to be dealt with every single day. And while many companies would have been organized and thriving even with this task, we have come along way since then. Plenty of businesses are now completely paperless and are happily running with only the Internet and hard drives for their records. Even the processes that are in place in most companies are now turning to automation, and every day a new type of technology arrives to be able to speed up the overall productivity of the company. Technology and business, however, is obviously not a new concept. And even the small companies who make and sell on Etsy, for example, cannot do so without technology on their side. But how … [Read more...] about Improving Productivity Through Tech

Unfortunately, life isn’t always very pleasant, and doesn’t always go the way you would like it to – sometimes not even a little bit close the way you would like it to. When things are looking bleak, such as if you have to contact estate sales companies to dispose of all your assets, for example, it can be exceptionally difficult to maintain any degree of optimism, or to figure out how you could ever pull yourself back to a positive situation in life. Here are a few things to remember when you seem to have hit rock bottom – to give you a sense of perspective, and to remind you of the importance of hope and resilience.   As long as you are alive, there is still potential, and opportunities to be explored     As long as you live, your existence is still … [Read more...] about 3 Things to Remember When You Seem to Have Hit Rock Bottom

Whether you’re a new business or fairly established, you’ll want to see your company grow and reach its full potential. Your staff are at the heart of your ongoing success, so choosing your talent wisely is the first step. Beyond this, these three-pointers could well be what you need to grow your HVAC company. 1 . Keep quality consistent  To grow your business, you need to keep on drawing in new customers. You’ll only manage this if you keep your quality consistent. Your customers should feel satisfied the entire way through the process. One thing that you can do to focus on quality is to gather and utilize customer feedback. Data from your customers will allow you to improve your processes and therefore increase the quality of your services. You can provide options to review and … [Read more...] about 3 Ideas To Grow Your HVAC Business

Every entrepreneur must understand the importance of customers. Without people buying the products that you sell, your venture would be pointless. That is why business owners invest thousands in marketing every year. While marketing might be effective at getting people in the doors, you must keep them coming back. After all, loyal customers are worth more than any one-time consumer. With that in mind, here are six great ways to improve customer retention.  Give Rewards For Purchases After making a purchase, some customers will need a push before doing so again. Having a loyalty program provides that encouragement. Essentially, this program would be put in place to reward customers who make repeat purchases. Whether customers collect points or stamps, they would eventually be … [Read more...] about Customer Retention: How To Keep Customers Coming Back