Author: Small Business Desk
Question and Answer About Small Business with Stephanie Lynch
Stephanie Lynch is the CEO and Founder of OnTheQT.ie, a website dedicated to finding and showcasing the best out of the way places in Ireland. Stephanie talks about how she started and why ‘off the beaten track’ tourism is growing. So what is On The QT all about? We’re a tourism website with a difference. So we promote the places that are out of the way and where people go back again and again. ItRead More
Small Business Column: Budget 2015
As the dust settles, Kehlan Kirwan looks at Budget 2015, and what it may mean for Irish small businesses The intention of Budget 2015 was to make sure that most people felt money was staying in their pockets rather than haemorrhaging as a result of further government money gathering. The exercise worked. Over the ensuing days of review, it became apparent, that for the first time in seven years, people seemed upbeat about what theRead More
Must Have For Small Businesses
Besides the company that I founded, Onevest, which is a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses, there are other great tools out there that every small business should use in order to increase the growth of their company over the course of time. Starting a new business can be tough, as roadblocks you never thought to imagine crop up. Limited time, manpower, and budgets can all be a factor as the workload starts toRead More
Small Business Saturday Becomes Holiday Tradition in Communities Across the Country in Only Five Years
Since 2010, customers and small businesses alike have been able to kick start their holiday shopping season on a day celebrating the uniqueness, charm and economic impact that small businesses bring to communities nationwide. Recognized as Small Business Saturday – taking place the Saturday following Thanksgiving each year – this celebratory day was founded to encourage consumers across the country to support local, small businesses within their hometowns and beyond. In only five years, SmallRead More
5 WordPress CMS Plugins You may use in your small business websites
A website’s back end or CMS (Content Management System) is its backbone. Without the administrative options provided by the CMS, company personnel could only perform a fraction of the tasks the platform has to offer. Functions such as appointment forms, event signups, and other major interactive items are usually handled through plugins activated within the CMS. These plugins also enable marketing professionals to perform a variety of tasks. Plugins assist with email marketing, video embedding,Read More
Small Business Merchants: Obama Announces EMV Program
President Obama today signed an Executive Order launching the new BuySecure initiative, to help businesses and consumers keep financial data secure. The initiative is designed to reduce identity theft. And there’s important news of interest to small business merchants. The initiative is intended to accelerate the move to EMV chip-based credit cards and charge cards. Speaking at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this morning, President Obama noted that more than 100 million Americans have hadRead More
Should freelancers and small business owners work for free?
Now that we can all create our own websites, blog about our lives and share our photographs, the price for doing these things professionally has dramatically fallen. Not only that, but being asked to work for free is something most home business owners will have encountered, even those in a profession such as accountancy or the law. It’s a difficult decision to make, bearing in mind you want to balance a good reputation with theRead More
How to find the best bank account for your business
A bank account is a must for all businesses, but the idea of shopping around and getting a good deal on one still seems alien to many of us. It is often quoted that a person is more likely to change their husband or wife than their bank account. But greater liquidity and competition would do wonders for the UK business environment. Entrepreneurs need to look beyond the well-known banks, or at least compare theirRead More
Bitcoin: a beginner’s guide for entrepreneurs
From pints in the pub to seats on private jets, businesses are using this new currency with great success Bitcoin emerged in 2009; it is a peer-to-peer currency created solely by software. It means that one individual or business can pay another without the need to involve a bank. Transactions can take place anywhere in the world and can be concluded very quickly – usually in less than 10 minutes and can potentially involve veryRead More
Small business in the spotlight: What attributes should you possess to start a career in events?
Just how organised do you have to be to run an events company? I am big on lists and scheduling, so my diary has to be in step with that. My diary is pretty busy and I like it when it flows seamlessly from one meeting to another. However, my to-do list is relatively short, as I get things done rather than leaving things hanging – as the poet Edward Young once said, procrastination isRead More