Happy New Year! What better time to make some New Year’s Resolutions for your small business? It will help ensure your business stays on track and continues growing and improving this year. It will help to keep you positive and focused, and ensure you keep taking a pride in your pride and joy!
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Those 10 Resolutions and extra details…
1) Make a Plan for the year… and stick to it!
For help writing a business plan, see https://www.gov.uk/write-business-plan
2) Get out there and meet people
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3) Improve your website – for your visitors and for Google
Yoast SEO: https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/
Google Webmaster Tools: https://www.google.com/webmasters/
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4) Get a Proper email address with your domain!
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5) Improve efficiency within your business with collaborative tools like Google Calendar, Sheets, Docs, etc.
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6) Use technology to be smarter – Automate mundane tasks to save time
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7) Take online payments better
Stripe: https://stripe.com/
GoCardless: https://gocardless.com
8) Engage better with your customers & make good use of online video
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10) Take time off to recharge & chill out!
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