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In the battle for market share and domination over your competitors, the right information can be your best defence and most potent offensive weapon. Now that you know who your competitor is, with an intimate knowledge of what makes him tick and how he is placed in your market, the next step would be the battle for perception. This is where inspired marketing, clever information dissemination and a feel for the pulse of your market will come into play. The questions that you would need to ask when dealing with perception is: How does my competitor position himself? ...



Business is a chess game. As you plot your moves, you also need to anticipate your opponent’s plans, and block them — knowing full well that he is doing the same thing. Sun Tzu said it best: “If you know your enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” This kind of strategic thinking lets you stay two steps ahead of competition. The first question to ask is: who are my competitors ? Direct competitors offer the same product or service to the same market, e.g. two travel agencies selling tickets to ...



Company formation professionals and business solutions experts agree that the entrepreneur plays a very big factor in the ultimate success of any start-up business venture. The successful entrepreneur must acquire certain characteristics that would ensure that he has the right disposition to handle his business and face any obstacles that may come his way. Here are some more characteristics a successful entrepreneur must possess: Goal setting – The willingness and ability to set realistic yet specific business goals. It also means having the foresight to make the necessary plans to achieve the goals that have been set. Flexibility ...



There are many factors involved in making a business successful. But there is a common misconception that most of the factors that do matter are all external – part of the environment of which the entrepreneur has no total control. But both company formation and business solutions professionals agree that the most important factor hits much closer to home. It is the entrepreneur himself who is the initial barometer of business success. In order to prepare for success an entrepreneur has to acquire the following characteristics: Innovation – Entrepreneurs should have a creative mind and be ...



Business solutions experts reveal that over 10,000 businesses fail every year because of late payments. It is for this reason that the Better Payment Practice Group has embarked on a campaign, the goal of which is to advise businesses to be more alert in noticing signs of a credit management policy that’s about to fail so as not to meet failure with the company they have failed and ultimately throw away the efforts that were exerted in forming the company. Here are some signs/warning signals that would mean the credit management policy of a ...



Regardless of what the original goal or motivation was for setting up a business it is a given that a business exists to make money. A business that generates insufficient revenue will obviously fail. With business solutions experts saying that one-third of new businesses fail within three years, it really drives home the point that managing profit margin levels is an important consideration for business owners. What businesses charge for their products or service plays a huge role on the profitability and success of a business. Too much and a business loses customers, too little ...



You know all about it – how to increase your credit score and keep it that way. Times do change, however, and with it, ideas. Here are some new ideas which might shock you, but experts say that they work to increase your credit scores. I’m not saying you SHOULD do them, but I think they’re worth a shot. Method 1: Get more credit cards. This is dangerous – very dangerous if you do not know what you are doing. The idea is to open ...



My day job requires a lot of proofreading on a regular basis. Indeed, proofreading has become so much of a habit that I do it all the time. Sometimes, the habit actually becomes irritating, especially when I am reading for the sheer pleasure of it. Still, no one can deny the importance of this task. I am pretty sure that the editing staff at Penguin Group Australia is beating themselves up for a “slight” proofreading error. What happened? A cookbook dubbed the Pasta Bible ...



Who’s the King of Beers? Americans will definitely say Budweiser, but this time around, the monarch might have to step down, courtesy of the Tactical Nuclear Penguin. This is NOT a joke, buddy. That quirky name just might hit you where it matters. Tactical Nuclear Penguin is a new beer created by a Scottish microbrewery, and it is being touted as the strongest beer in the world. With a 32% alcohol content, it has set a new record for beers! The beer was actually ...



Like many young people, I never thought I would find myself facing serious credit card debt. In my early twenties, I told myself that I would never fall into any debt trap. I had heard so many horror stories, and I just knew I would not live out one of those. Boy, was I wrong! Many many years later, I am struggling with credit card debt, and if I don’t get a grip on things, I just might get buried. Naturally, I have been looking ...



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