GROWING your BUSINESS

Resources – Growing your Business

Resources – Growing your Business2022-04-12T21:09:53-04:00
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    How to Avoid Burnout As an Entrepreneur

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    According to a recent survey of small business owners, 42% of respondents report experiencing burnout, especially after navigating entrepreneurship through two years of a pandemic. Furthermore, 53% of business owners say burnout hinders them from succeeding in their business—just one of the reasons why it’s so important to understand the signs and causes of burnout and how to avoid burnout in the first place.

  • Thinkific Online Learning Trends Report

    E Learning Trends Report from Thinkific

    The 2022 Online Learning Trends Report is a flagship piece of marketing content from Thinkific. This is the first edition of the annual report, with industry insights based on original research and data from the Thinkific platform. The report features analysis of the top 20% of Thinkific creators, and aims to uncover what they’re doing differently to make them so successful.

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    How 2022 Consumer Trends Can Inform your Marketing Efforts

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    A great report to find inspiration for your marketing campaigns and to better understand your target audiences. With this data you can be ahead of the curve in realizing opportunities for your business and to capitalize on these marketing ideas.

  • Shop Local This Holiday

    Shop Small Yourself this Holiday Season

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    It's no surprise that the Holiday Season is the time of year where retailers make the biggest part of their revenues for the year. As a small business owner, you can be the change and choose to invest your dollars with small businesses for both your personal and business needs. When you shop small, the majority of your dollars stay in your community and create wealth and jobs for your neighbours and keep small businesses in business.

  • Essential Legal Agreements for your Small Business

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    When starting a small business there are many considerations and decisions to make about your business, least of all the legal contracts or documents you need as well. Here is a list of standard legal contracts and policies that are important and might be required for your business.

  • Hiring: Do you need an Employee or Independent Contractor?

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    Businesses need to know their legal obligations as an employer before deciding the best way to grow by hiring a new employee or engaging the services of an independent contractor.

  • Grow your business with Importing & Exporting

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    Are you ready to expand your small business? If you are considering importing or exporting products and services as a growth strategy for your business there are a number of resources listed here.

  • Grants and Funding for Small Business & Entrepreneurs

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    While there has been additional grants during COVID-19 for small businesses, there is in reality a reduction in the number of grants available to general business for start-up in the past few years.

  • Putting together a Business Plan

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    A business plan is a written document that describes your business, its goals & objectives, your target market and financial requirements.   A business plan helps you map out your mission and vision for your business.

  • How to Protect your Intellectual Property

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    The term Intellectual property (IP) covers original ideas, designs, discoveries, inventions and creative work produced by an individual or group.

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