Global Survey reveals that 51% of South African companies are using social networks, blogs, micro blogs and forums to win new business. Having your website or usinginternet marketing services is no longer a matter of choice but an essential need for any business regardless of its size.

Yes customers are hard to find and those you have even harder to keep. Then how to you grow and keep the customer base you have? My tip to all SMME businesses striving to maintain their customer base is: Identify three basic things/principals/policies/procedures that you have to get right all the time. Make  sure you get those right all the time and every time, until it becomes a norm.

One major problem for small businesses

My experience in working with small businesses has taught me that there is one major problem faced by the owners of small businesses, the  lack of valid, complete and accurate financial and non-financial information to make sound business decisions.

 All started in 2009.  I am a qualified bookkeeper and I stopped working end of 2009.  I started doing my photography as a hobby and favours for friends at their functions and parties.

I kept myself busy with some loose design work and photography projects. 

Two weeks ago my ISP asked me if I can help with their new website.  They also have clients who need websites.  So I jumped in and designed their website within 3 days.  I have in between done mine and it’s finished as well.

We've started a new blog  for Pastel Accounting Partner and Xpress software users,  we put varied tips and hints HERE.Examples of the types information you will find: TCP/IP configuration ->  stabilize and optimize your network. Pervasive Configuration -> Ensure Data Integrity and Optimize Data AccessStep By Step How To's Its new as at this blog date, so we would love...

If you get tax related errors in Pastel, please change your Tax end date.Feel free to contact us on 0833091154 for more assistance!...

Today I awoke to the sun peeking its head out from behind the Hottentot Mountains greeting the earth and blessing us with its rays.Birds sing going about their business of being birds.  Snails snailing along the wet grass avoiding being gobbled up from the beings above.Yes a beautiful morning in Cape...

I was literally speechless when a complete stranger called me up and said that he wanted to donate money to BizStart. He’d listened to me talk about my project on the radio and liked what he heard. He also wanted me to introduce an additional component and his organisation would pay!...

How many of us sitting here today have a dream, a goal they want to reach? Be it big or small, short term or long term? I’m sure we all do …

My name is Martin Trevor Brown … And I had a DREAM ……..

13 years ago on a scorcher of a Saturday morning I gently dived off a jetty at the Vaal river and struck a submerged sandbank …it was instant …

 

The Karoo as an Economic Region : The Karoo is a semi-desert region that encompasses some of the most historically impoverished rural areas of the country. Due to recent political policies that focused mainly on urban development there has been very little economic investment in the region. The Karoo is brimming with unrecognised economic potential, such as alternative power opportunities, tourism and craft development. However, although the apartheid regime has ended, many of the previously disadvantaged people lack the business knowledge, skills and general support to start entrepreneurial ventures.