Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
This section provides helpful guides and tips on how to find and sell to customers as a small business. Find expert advice on a variety of strategies to attract customers plus ideas on client retention and selling techniques. If you are looking to acquire new business or expand your existing customer base, these pages provide invaluable information to help you on your way. Want to know how to get more clients? Read on…!
More complex or short-term sales tactics have arisen from the competitiveness of the Software as a Service market. Adam Reynolds explores what this means for businesses and clients.
Finding and selling to customers
Finding and selling to customers
For B2B companies, predicting the wrong LTV may be loss making. Here's how to stay on a safer side of forecasting future value of a relationship.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, three small companies reveal their preparations for what could be the biggest retail day of the year.
Finding and selling to customers
Andy Richley explores the measures you must take to have a successful Black Friday as an online retail business.
Finding and selling to customers
Steve Rafferty touches on the importance of taking a customer-centric approach to digital transformation.
Finding and selling to customers
Paying attention to online reviews and utilising a good strategy for managing websites and phones is the best way to maximise sales during Black Friday, says Reuben Singh.
Finding and selling to customers
These days, social media is king and engaging with your customers online is essential. But what is the best way to engage with your audience, and how should you adapt your outreach programme to target different groups?
Finding and selling to customers
As traditional retailers grapple with the realities of modern marketing, online-only businesses are beginning to venture into the physical world, says Elizabetta Camilleri.
Finding and selling to customers
These days, social media is king and engaging with your customers online is essential. But what is the best way to engage with your audience, and how should you adapt your outreach programme to target different groups?
Finding and selling to customers
As traditional retailers grapple with the realities of modern marketing, online-only businesses are beginning to venture into the physical world, says Elizabetta Camilleri.
Finding and selling to customers
In this piece, we speak to three businesses for a first-hand view of how they use data, and the benefits they enjoy.
Finding and selling to customers
In this piece, Julian Betts shares his thoughts on how dropping the hard sell can improve your sales figures in the digital age.
Finding and selling to customers
Here, we look at how to take your business further by harnessing the power of a customer-centric company ethos.
Finding and selling to customers
Steven Timberlake demystifies the sales process for small business owners and gives some tips on making sales easier to approach.
Business Technology
Landlines as we know them will be scrapped in 2027 – along with a raft of upcoming business changes. Here's how to ensure your communications set-up is fit for whatever the future brings
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
With the landline shutdown coming fast, there’s never been a better time to switch to VoIP. Don’t let your small business be left behind!
Export & Import
Many factors can affect products’ journeys from A to B. Here are some tips for best practice for successful shipping in the modern world