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How a Small Business can be More Eco-Friendly

by Emma Hannay at Stamped With Love At Stamped With Love, we have always been conscious of our impact on the environment on both a personal and a business level.   Changes At home We have used Cloth Nappies for both Mini SWL1 and 2 and the stash is still going strong almost 6 years on. We…

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Five quick wins to get more organised and nail your business goals

by Laura Parker of Shoreway Business Support Well, the past six months has been quite the ride hasn’t it? Is there any business owner out there who hasn’t been put in a tailspin from the Coronacoaster? If you have been pivoting, multitasking, thriving, panicking, peaking, reacting (or maybe a combination of all of the above,…

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4 Reasons Why You Should Have a Blog

by Debz from Get Virtual Assistance The way we use the internet is constantly changing and over recent years people have certainly become more aware of social media. Most businesses now recognise that a presence on social media is essential, and even if they all approach this differently – they do so in a way…

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We Are Approaching the Last Quarter of 2020 – Our Review of the Year So Far.

What a year 2020 has been so far. It’s probably been one of the most challenging years that most of us have experienced. We may have experienced challenging events at other times but 2020 has seen us face a prolonged challenge that may have affected or still be affecting us physical, emotionally, financially and for a lot of us it will have changed all or some part of how we do business.

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3 Real Life Examples of How Having a Decent Website Can Really Improve Your Business

Having a decent website really can make a big difference to your business. We have three examples of clients or Ready Steady Websites® members who we have worked with where they noticed an immediate impact of having a decent website.

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How Are You Improving Your Business?

We really think that businesses should always be doing something to improve. Sometimes this might be big obvious changes that everyone is aware of. Sometimes it will be small subtle changes behind the scenes. However it is done, it should be done.

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Why You Should Invest in Your Business Even if Budgets are Tight

A business will only grow if you invest in it. You need to invest time. You need to invest effort and sometimes it is a good idea to invest money. There will be times when you might not need to invest money. You can put in a lot of time and effort into social media…

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Do You Love Your Business?

We have been in business for nearly 10 years (see our “Our Business Journey” blog post) and the thing that has really kept us interested in what we do is that we love it. I think it’s hard to keep a digital business going without truly having a passion for it. Our business constantly has…

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Our Business Journey

How did we get here? Well, that’s a deep philosophical question. It is one that I won’t attempt to answer, especially as the philosophy module of my degree was my weakest by far. I will instead tell you our journey of how we got to the point of creating Ready Steady Websites®. Perhaps there will…

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How We Build Trust in Our Business

If people don’t trust you or your business, then it won’t be a success. I truly believe that. You might have a flurry of business, perhaps when it’s new and exciting or when you put an unbelievably good offer out there but unless you really deliver and build up trust with your customers or clients…