Holiday Season, Holiday Gift and New Year's Advice for Your Business
Want to learn how to manage holiday stress, pick up business holiday party tips or find out how to properly address business Christmas cards? This collection of business articles on the holiday season and New Year's has this and more, including holiday gift advice and New Year's resolutions to help you and your business have the best year ever.
Year End Checklist for Small Businesses
We all know how important business planning is, but it’s easy to put off in the press of daily events. This year end checklist will inspire you to get to it and make your business planning easier.
We all know how important business planning is, but it’s easy to put off in the press of daily events. This year end checklist will inspire you to get to it and make your business planning easier.
Increase Christmas Sales by Gifting Your Customers
The competition for Christmas shopping dollars is fierce, so small retailers really have to go the extra mile to bring in Christmas sales. Here are five ideas for gifting your customers that will help increase Christmas sales and possibly increase customer loyalty, too.
The competition for Christmas shopping dollars is fierce, so small retailers really have to go the extra mile to bring in Christmas sales. Here are five ideas for gifting your customers that will help increase Christmas sales and possibly increase customer loyalty, too.
Business Christmas Card Dos and Don’ts
Not only are Christmas cards a tradition, but sending a business Christmas card lets your clients and/or customers know that they are important to you. Here are the ins and outs of choosing and sending business Christmas cards, including what kinds of cards to send and how to properly address business Christmas cards.
Not only are Christmas cards a tradition, but sending a business Christmas card lets your clients and/or customers know that they are important to you. Here are the ins and outs of choosing and sending business Christmas cards, including what kinds of cards to send and how to properly address business Christmas cards.
Christmas Cards For Business
Mark McGregor explains why you should send your clients and customers a business Christmas card - and why you should include a business card with your Christmas card as well.
Mark McGregor explains why you should send your clients and customers a business Christmas card - and why you should include a business card with your Christmas card as well.
Company Christmas Party Ideas
Looking for company Christmas party ideas? Make your company Christmas party an event that staff want to attend rather than avoid with these ideas for hosting a successful company Christmas party.
Looking for company Christmas party ideas? Make your company Christmas party an event that staff want to attend rather than avoid with these ideas for hosting a successful company Christmas party.
Create Your Own Christmas Window Display
An attractive Christmas window display can be a real customer draw, luring customers into your store who might not have stopped otherwise – customers who are in a festive, spending mood. Use these five Christmas window display tips to create your own Christmas window display.
An attractive Christmas window display can be a real customer draw, luring customers into your store who might not have stopped otherwise – customers who are in a festive, spending mood. Use these five Christmas window display tips to create your own Christmas window display.
How to Have a Happy Holiday
Are you the sort of person who finds it hard not to make or take calls during Christmas dinner? If so, you need these ten tongue-in-cheek rules for "Type A" people to ensure harmony in your household over the holiday season.
Are you the sort of person who finds it hard not to make or take calls during Christmas dinner? If so, you need these ten tongue-in-cheek rules for "Type A" people to ensure harmony in your household over the holiday season.
Strategies for Holiday Stress Relief
Does the holiday season make you feel more frazzled than festive? Reduce your holiday stress with these stress management strategies so you feel in control and can enjoy the holiday season.
Does the holiday season make you feel more frazzled than festive? Reduce your holiday stress with these stress management strategies so you feel in control and can enjoy the holiday season.
Credit Card Fraud Behavior Tip-Offs
Credit card fraud tends to increase over the holiday season. One way that your business can help prevent credit card fraud is by ensuring that all your staff are aware of these suspicious behaviors that may indicate someone’s about to try paying for a purchase with a counterfeit or stolen credit card.
Credit card fraud tends to increase over the holiday season. One way that your business can help prevent credit card fraud is by ensuring that all your staff are aware of these suspicious behaviors that may indicate someone’s about to try paying for a purchase with a counterfeit or stolen credit card.
Top 10 New Year's Resolutions
Ten resolutions to help you not only increase your business's success in the coming year, but enjoy your success more by keeping work-life balance in mind while you're goal setting.
Ten resolutions to help you not only increase your business's success in the coming year, but enjoy your success more by keeping work-life balance in mind while you're goal setting.
Achieve More With SMART Goal Setting
Setting goals isn't a complicated process but you need to set the right kind of goals. These goal setting techniques for setting smart goals from Kelley Robertson will help you hit your targets and achieve more.
Setting goals isn't a complicated process but you need to set the right kind of goals. These goal setting techniques for setting smart goals from Kelley Robertson will help you hit your targets and achieve more.
About Small Business Canada Free Online Courses
Shape up your speech, increase your success, or learn how to organize your office or start a business with one of these free online courses from Susan Ward, About Small Business Canada guide.
Shape up your speech, increase your success, or learn how to organize your office or start a business with one of these free online courses from Susan Ward, About Small Business Canada guide.
Setting Goals Is Just The First Step to Achievement
Do you have trouble actually accomplishing the goals you set?Learn how to set specific goals that are designed to help you succeed and make it easy for you to evaluate your success. The secret is in the goal setting formula.
Do you have trouble actually accomplishing the goals you set?Learn how to set specific goals that are designed to help you succeed and make it easy for you to evaluate your success. The secret is in the goal setting formula.
Explode Your Sales With an Internet Marketing Campaign
Successful holiday season Internet marketing campaigns are within the reach of any business, no matter what your budget. By following these basic marketing plan steps and committing to the follow-through, you can create a cost effective marketing campaign with a substantial return on investment.
Successful holiday season Internet marketing campaigns are within the reach of any business, no matter what your budget. By following these basic marketing plan steps and committing to the follow-through, you can create a cost effective marketing campaign with a substantial return on investment.
Make Your Year End Review a Morale Booster
If you’re feeling stressed about your business and don’t feel that you’re getting anywhere, taking stock and reviewing your accomplishments can be a great morale booster. These year end review tips from Tana Woodward will help you see what you've truly achieved.
If you’re feeling stressed about your business and don’t feel that you’re getting anywhere, taking stock and reviewing your accomplishments can be a great morale booster. These year end review tips from Tana Woodward will help you see what you've truly achieved.
Social Host Liability and Your Holiday Business Party
Having a business party over the holiday season? If your guests drink and then injure themselves or others, you could be held responsible. Here's an outline of your potential liability as a business party host, in light of two Canadian social host liability cases.
Having a business party over the holiday season? If your guests drink and then injure themselves or others, you could be held responsible. Here's an outline of your potential liability as a business party host, in light of two Canadian social host liability cases.
Top Business Gift Baskets
Gift baskets are an ideal way to say "thank you" - and these business and corporate gift baskets will make your clients and/or employees think of you fondly long after the basket is empty.
Gift baskets are an ideal way to say "thank you" - and these business and corporate gift baskets will make your clients and/or employees think of you fondly long after the basket is empty.
Top Client Gifts
Giving business gifts to your clients lets them know that their patronage is important to you, and helps cement your business relationship - if you get the right gift. Impress them with these business gift ideas.
Giving business gifts to your clients lets them know that their patronage is important to you, and helps cement your business relationship - if you get the right gift. Impress them with these business gift ideas.
Top Small Business Gifts
When you buy a gift for business use, you get to enjoy the double benefits of enjoying a practical gift that will make every working day easier for you and your staff and of being able to write off a portion of the business gift's expense on your income tax. Here are 10 business gift ideas from your About.com Guide.
When you buy a gift for business use, you get to enjoy the double benefits of enjoying a practical gift that will make every working day easier for you and your staff and of being able to write off a portion of the business gift's expense on your income tax. Here are 10 business gift ideas from your About.com Guide.
10 Ways to Increase eBay Holiday Sales
There’s no difference now between eBay’s holiday season and offline retailers’ in terms of sales – November and December are the hottest months of the year. Pump up your eBay holiday sales with these tips to make the holidays your hottest eBay sales season too.
There’s no difference now between eBay’s holiday season and offline retailers’ in terms of sales – November and December are the hottest months of the year. Pump up your eBay holiday sales with these tips to make the holidays your hottest eBay sales season too.
11 Ways to Sell Online Well and Cash in on the Holiday Sales Boom
Just being online is no guarantee of selling online. To make an investment in e-commerce pay off, your small business has to capitalize on the holiday spending season and make as many holiday sales as possible. Learn how to sell online well and boost your revenues this holiday season with these tips from SAP Canada.
Just being online is no guarantee of selling online. To make an investment in e-commerce pay off, your small business has to capitalize on the holiday spending season and make as many holiday sales as possible. Learn how to sell online well and boost your revenues this holiday season with these tips from SAP Canada.