How to forceast financials

One of the key parts of any business plan for a start – especially if you are looking for investment or funding from a bank or third party – is to look at how to forecast the financial side of things.

What goes into the perfect business plan?

Having a strong business plan is vital for achieving sustainable business growth and also for securing finance from potential investors. Where do you start and what do you need to include?

10 tips for pitching for funding

Once you have chosen your preferred method of generating funding for your business, the hard work begins: you have to sell your company to get the funding.

How to not build a dodgy app

There are many things that you can do wrong with your app, making it a total nightmare for users: which is a sure fire way to put people off using it.

How do people find your app?

If you go down the route of developing an app for your business, you need to make sure that people can find it – and that they keep using it. Getting your app discovered is not as easy as you might think.

How do I get an app built?

If you think an app will grow the reach of your business, you really need to look carefully at how to go about getting it built – or building it yourself if you are that way inclined.

Nine kick-ass ways to get more from eBay

Whether you’re already trading on eBay, or if you haven’t started yet, there’s sure to be some additional ways you can use this channel to boost your sales.

The best way to handle a complaint

It is an unavoidable fact of running any business that customers will complain. Whether it is a legitimate complaint or not, how you handle these ‘negative inputs’ can help your business, or utterly destroy your reputation.

How to write yourself more sales

For any e-commerce business, interaction centres around the website, and while a lot of effort is put into its design, text that populates it is the most important thing. Yet getting it right is no easy matter.

Five ways to optimise YouTube

Many of us grow up dreaming of appearing on the television, with the buzz of being seen by the masses. Luckily for us, the internet is the new TV and it’s never been easier to get yourself seen by a global audience.