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Monthly Archives: December 2016
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Two thirds of traders say December is worst month for delayed invoices
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Improved cash flow could be the cornerstone of SME and sole trader success in the UK according to new research carried out by mobile card payment app, SmartTrade App. Delayed invoices or non-payment is a hinderance to SMEs and sole traders throughout the UK with four in ten applying for loans or other finance, citing
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How to run a children’s shoe-fitting service
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The entrepreneur Sam runs CeeCee & Me, a mobile shoe-fitting service for children. Previous career Sam worked in the City in financial PR for many years but wanted to spend more time at home as her job involved very long hours. After the birth of her second child she decided to stop the juggling act
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USANA Selects Three New Vice Presidents
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USANA announced the promotion of three executive directors to vice president of their respective areas.
Ashley Collins, former executive director of PR & social media, has been named vice president of marketing & PR; Amy Haran, former executive director of communications, has been named vice president of communications; and Howard Gurney, former executive director of quality systems and regulatory affairs, has been named vice president of product development process.
“I have had the pleasure of working with these proven leaders for many years now and know firsthand their dedication and commitment to our employees, stakeholders, distributors and customers,” said Kevin Guest, CEO of USANA. “These talented and ambitious individuals have been essential in hitting key benchmarks within the company and will continue taking us to the next level of excellence.”
Ashley Collins began her
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Morinda Announces Highest Sales Day Of 2016
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Morinda jumped into the Cyber Monday game for the first time in 2015, when the promotion brought in a sales day that was 300 percent higher than the highest previous sales day of the year and provided a huge boost to the income of the company’s distributors. This year, Morinda upped their Cyber Monday game with product releases, gift bundles, new packaging, charity initiatives and free shipping.
“Cyber Monday is the Black Friday of the internet,” Morinda’s VP of Sales and Marketing Shon Whitney recalls saying last year. “It was a huge opportunity for our Independent Product Consultants last year, and we wanted to make that opportunity even more accessible this year.”
What made Cyber Monday shopping so appealing to Morinda’s IPCs was their introduction of the “buy more, spend less, make more” program.
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Zija International Receives 2016 MarCom Award
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Zija International recently received a prestigious 2016 MarCom Award, which recognizes excellence in marketing communications, design, branding, product packaging, etc. Platinum is the highest award possible, followed by Gold.
Zija received a Gold MarCom Award honoring our recent brand refresh.
The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world, with over 6,000 entries per year. Winning companies range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies.
MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.
It’s been a huge year of growth and momentum at Zija International and the company shows no sign of slowing down!
Zija is honored to be recognized for the efforts and hard work that was
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ForeverGreen Appoints New General Counsel And CIO
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ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation, a leading direct marketing company and provider of health-centered products, announced today the appointments of Shane Manwaring as General Counsel and Dan Eastman as CIO.
Manwaring most recently served as Vice President of Legal of ForeverGreen. With his years of meticulous and expert work, Manwaring is naturally the best decision to be named as ForeverGreen’s General Counsel. He brings ForeverGreen more than nine years of legal experience on both a domestic and international level, with seven years’ experience in the Direct Selling industry.
Manwaring received his juris doctor from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is a licensed attorney in both Idaho and Utah. Manwaring commented, “I am pleased to continue supporting ForeverGreen and its members around the world. The opportunities and challenges that come from the
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Dark or Dysfunctional? The Two Types of Bad Bosses
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Where are the best hotspot start up areas for SMEs in London?
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Flexioffices have recently conducted comprehensive research into the distribution of small to medium enterprises (SMEs) across London out-codes. SMEs were segmented based upon their sector, which allowed the study to compare the distribution of SMEs in each sector based on their out-code. The study used Flexioffices’ data from the past two years to determine that
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