The world is changing in case you hadn’t noticed, and a digital marketing and social media opportunity is looming large for those that want to take the entrepreneurial step. Marketing is favouring the brave who want to take advantage of the internet and digital marketing. Social media is driving people to correctly optimised websites and [...]
A limited number of green business opportunities exist in the Water Rhapsody franchise to run a business helping others conserve water. This exciting business employs a range of Water Rhapsody products to harvest rainwater, and from the storage thereof, use this water in the home reducing the need for municipal water use. Other water conservation [...]
After 19 years in business, Water Rhapsody know exactly what they’re doing. With a range of systems designed to save water, Water Rhapsody are encouraging potential ecopreneurs around South Africa to help the country conserve water and save them a good few bucks. Learn more about their products and how they work on their website [...]
Many of the supreme inventors and business people confess to having failed at some point in their careers, but Richard Christensen, entrepreneur and author of The Zig Zag Principle (McGraw-Hill, 2011) claims that while failure may be a normal part of business and life in general, most of us are ill-equipped to deal with it. [...]
As a start-up, it is easy to forget the rules. But as your company takes off, its vital to make sure good policies and procedures are set up. The following should be on your checklist as a growing venture: 1. Make an operations manual. 2. Write an employee handbook. 3. Make a disaster plan.
There are two kinds of entrepreneurs; those who know exactly what they want their businesses name to be and those who aren’t sure. Either way, be aware of making your company’s name too broad (or too confining). The challenge is to form an idea with your business name and not make it inappropriate and at the same [...]
Ideas come in when we least expect it and in any shape or form. But winning ideas (ideas that make money, are quick and easy to license, and cost effective to venture) have specific traits. That is to say, they clear the way to success by removing the most difficult obstacles that are associated with [...]
Why are written agreements so important these days? Attorney Nina Kaufman claims that the days of shaking on a deal are over. These days its all in writing and you have to sign on the dotted line. Not only is this a safety mechanism in case (touch wood) something goes wrong, but it also helps [...]
Most of us use YouTube on a semi-daily basis. For personal life, to keep up with celebrity gossip, etc. But most importantly, business. Marketing is more important than ever and YouTube is a great marketing tool. Shira Lazar, host of Whats Trending, says you can’t just try to make a viral video. Rather be authentic and [...]
Email is particularly known for disrupting your productivity. But there is a way in which you could use your email as a tool to stay more industrious, rather than letting it distract you. Here are three impressive strategies that will assist you in making your email inbox one of your best productivity tools: 1. Create [...]
