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Assisting in the Promotion of Your Business
Our role at Halton Region Small Business Centre is to work with entrepreneurs and small business owners as they bring their business ideas to life and continue to grow those business ventures. In addition to assisting our customers through consultations, … Continue reading
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Tagged assistance, business card, consultants, entrepreneurs, facebook, Halton, help, information, network, plaque, RBC, Resources, Royal Bank, seminars, small business, Success, Twitter, Wall of Fame
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Target Specifically When Tackling World Markets
When we speak with clients who are thinking of trading domestically, we advise them to choose: specific geographic regions with appropriate demographics, and psychographics that match their highest probability buyers. This allows companies to make sure they are selling products … Continue reading
Looking To Take That Next Step In E-Business? Check Out The Small Business Internship Program
A few months ago, we hosted an E-business series that included topics ranging from creating a website to selling products online and how to measure the success of your website. Many of the participants left the series with hopes of … Continue reading
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Tagged business strategy, competitiveness, e-business, expertise, financial support, incorporated, internship program, marketplace, online, owner, planning, product, productivity, reimburse, sell, small business, SME, sole proprietor, wages, website, youth
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Tax time tips: keep up today to avoid playing catch up tomorrow
It’s tax time. Are you relaxed? Hopefully you have already issued T4s to your employees. We’re now in that small window of time where you may not yet be feeling the pressure of the April 30 payment deadline (or your … Continue reading
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Tagged Entrepreneur, small business, tax time, taxes
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Creating and Sticking to a Budget Doesn’t Have to be Difficult
One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is to stick to a diet and lose weight. It’s also the one that most of us don’t achieve. I’m no exception. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve tried … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, balance, budget, cost, diet, estimate, expenses, financial health, insurance, legal, microsoft, new year's resolution, rent, sales, small business, transportation, weight
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Business Plans – A Roadmap to Success
Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential Winston Churchill Writing a business plan can be an intimidating task and from time to time we will meet small business clients who ask us to write the business plan for … Continue reading
“Would you like fries with that?” Increasing Revenue Through Associated Products
Have you had that printer buying experience-the one where you visit your favourite big electronics retailer to pick up the $69 special but walk out spending $150? You leave with a full extra set of ink cartridges, a few packages … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, customers, expensive, increase, money, products, retailers, revenue, sales, sales people, shopper, small business, spend, store, transaction
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Efficiency is time and time is money
I met a business consultant recently who told me, “Do what you do best and outsource the rest”. Owning a business puts the accountability directly on you as the entrepreneur to fulfill dozens of roles, some very far detached from … Continue reading
Are You Connected?
Social media is having an impact on the way we do business. It is changing the way we market, interact, network and communicate with others. It has evolved so quickly that people find it difficult to keep up. This has … Continue reading
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Tagged BDC, blog, clients, communicate, consumer, download, efficiency, Entrepreneur, facebook, Flickr, linkedin, marketing, MySpace, photo, productivity, Promotion, ROI, small business, social media, tools, tweet, Twitter, YouTube
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Looking for Small Business Resources? Start here!
As a small business owner you are always looking for resourceful ways of growing your business. At the Halton Small Business Centre, we help new and existing entrepreneurs find the right resources. Whether developing a business or marketing plan, finding … Continue reading
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