Favourite Links for July 2014

While trolling my daily business blog feed, perusing pinterest for business infographs, doing research for my book or just surfing youtube I come across many interesting links that I just had to share with you!! Here are my favourite links for July2014.

Money Matters

4 Easy and Unexpected Ways to Cut Small Business Costs from Wasp Barcode Technologies
Small businesses need to be very careful about how they are spending their hard earned revenues. Here are 4 tips on how to cut costs in ways you probably never thought of.

Customer Service

Survey Says: Few Companies use Social Media for Customer Service from Round Peg
Many companies use social media to connect and send information to their followers but very few use it to deal with customer service issues or questions. Learn more about why that is.

Innovation

These Teens are Ready to Take on Google from The Good Men Project
These young men have been working with the internet and coding since grade 5 and after winning a hacking competition bought a booth at New York TechDay. They think they have created the next big thing to come to the internet search industry.

Reputation is Everything: How to Research a Business Before you do Business with Them from Epic Launch
Learn how to research a business before you sign with them. This step-by-step guide will help you protect yourself and your company from scams or poor business owners.

Strategic Planning Tips for Small Business Owners from Small Business Bonfire
Planning is so important to small business owners but not enough of them take the time to really lay it out. This article breaks down what is important to think about when developing a strategic plan.

Marketing

The Power of Communication: Get Smart and Cut Through the Noise from Small Business Bonfire
With so many different types of social media, websites, blogs, etc it can be hard to get your message across, or even seen! This article helps you wade through the noise and make meaningful connections.

Have you come across any blogs, articles, videos or other links that you think are share worthy? Let us know about it on Facebook or leave a comment on our blog.

Taya de Baat
Owner
TayLynn Bookkeeping

Taylynnbooks@shaw.ca
Like us on Facebook

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Office renovation series - part 2

Image
Well it's been a couple weeks and things are moving along with the office renovations. With the craziness of Christmas it's been hard to find time to work on the new office let alone blog about it... But here we are to give you an update! Last time we checked in we had just decided to renovate a new office space and were just in planning stages of the whole process. Since then we've picked the flooring, moved all the furniture out of the room and begun ripping out the old ratty carpet. In case you forget, this is what the room started out looking like: Picking the flooring It tools us a long time to decide on flooring. The carpet that was in there had definitely seen better days and we figured if we were going to use the space as an office carpet wasn't ideal. Its hard to move around on rolling chairs, furniture sinks into carpet and becomes unstable and its just not as clean of a finish as we wanted. After weighing the pros and cons of other flooring o...
Read more

What is a small business?

Image
What constitutes a "small" business  is not always easy to define and can vary greatly between countries. In Australia it is defined as less than 15 employees, less than 50 employees in the European Union and less than 500 employees in the wholesale sector  according to the U.S. Small Business Administration but  500 to 1500 employees in the manufacturing sector. In all cases, to be considered small the business must be privately owned and for profit. Small businesses are more common than we might think. They often take the form of convenience stores, bakeries, delis, hairdressers, tradesmen, lawyers, accountants (and bookkeepers :) ), restaurants, B&Bs, photographers and online businesses. Small businesses are often confused with and in some cases may overlap in definition with "entrepreneurships". (Stay tuned for an upcoming article defining entrepreneurship.) Canadian small business stats Industry Canada, using data from Statistics Canada, divides...
Read more

How badly do you want to succeed?

Image
Being an entrepreneur can look so glamorous! You get to make all the decisions for the company, you get all the glory of closing a big deal or you get the thrill of expanding the business. On the flip side, you have  to make all the decisions for your company, if a big deal falls through or you expand too quickly there is no one to blame but you . Being an entrepreneur can be a completely liberating but also stressful experience. The trick is to never lose sight of why you started a company and why you continue with it everyday. Don't let the struggle of hard days knock you off your path. People have two responses to stress... Fight or flight. Fighting through hard times is a great way to deal with stress. Get your nose to the pavement and get some results. Don't give up! Flight in the face of stress is not as ideal of a response. Turning your back on stressful situations within your company is not usually going to make them any better. In fact, ignoring a problem usua...
Read more