<![CDATA[Artemis Media - Articles - Managing a Small Business]]> http://www.amhost.co.uk/articlelive en-us N/A loraine@artemis-media.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:25:34 UTC 20 <![CDATA[Expanding a home based business]]> http://www.amhost.co.uk/articlelive/articles/4/1/Expanding-a-home-based-business/Page1.html Running a business from home has many advantages and disadvantages but overall the plusses can far out way the minuses.   One of the biggest problems facing the home worker is “How to expand the business” particularly if space and time are at a premium.

Home is now the most popular location for new start up businesses and around 2000 of them are formed every week in the UK; all you need is

  • a room or part of a room,
  • a phone line with an Internet connection, and
  • a computer and possibly
  • a decent website

Once you have all four, you’re in business.   But what about when you want to grow the business, what happends then if you don't have much room at home?   In this article David explores some alternatives and provides a few answers that the average owner may not have thought of........

]]> no@spam.com (David Birchall) Tue, 08 May 2007 12:59:57 UTC http://www.amhost.co.uk/articlelive/articles/4/1/Expanding-a-home-based-business/Page1.html <![CDATA[The Route to Success - Is it down to Strategy or Serendipity?]]> http://www.amhost.co.uk/articlelive/articles/3/1/The-Route-to-Success---Is-it-down-to-Strategy-or-Serendipity/Page1.html The Route to Success - Is it Strategy or Serendipity? by David Birchall is a 22 page article covering in outline all the factors necessary for building a successful business with the right level of work/life balance.

In this article are some useful tips and tools to review your own circumstances and your firms, all the tools have been tried and tested by the author and others.
 
The article poses some searching questions while at the same time offering solutions for consideration and ideas on:-

  • Taking Stock
  • Personal Development
  • Objective Setting, Goals and Strategy – what's the difference
  • SWOT's
  • Getting the Attitude Right
  • Concentrating on Client Needs
  • Work Life Balance
  • Making it Happen
  • Practice Makes Perfect
The article is easy to read and follow being written in David's chatty style.   He asks of us some questions and points out why we need to embrace new technologies, whatever we are doing if we wan to stay ahead of the game.   His starting point is to Stop and Think, to give life and work a good coat of looking at and then to set objectives, goals and strategies to achieve what you want in life and at work.

To view and download the full artilce FREE of Charge go to www.cumbriabusinessportal.org.uk and click on the Downloads link on the right hand side of the page
 ]]> no@spam.com (David Birchall) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:31:32 UTC http://www.amhost.co.uk/articlelive/articles/3/1/The-Route-to-Success---Is-it-down-to-Strategy-or-Serendipity/Page1.html