A quarter (24 per cent) of small business owners in the UK will miss Christmas celebrations this year, due to business and work load commitments. This is according to new research from Ultimate Finance which shines a spotlight on the personal strains that British SMEs are under. Nearly a quarter of UK small business owners
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Monthly Archives: December 2017
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How do your customers feel about data sharing?
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
The UK population can be grouped into four distinct categories when it comes to their attitudes towards to sharing their data with organisations. Experian’s comprehensive new study has identified four distinct groups of people; ‘the unaware’, ‘the acceptor’, ‘the cautious’ and ‘the incognito’ – demonstrating that there are varying levels of trust and engagement with
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Piggyback content: top tips for small businesses to get it right
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Piggybacking is an old staple in a content marketer’s toolkit. I’m sure most of us can think of some truly inspired, ingenious and downright hilarious examples of brands tying their names to events, popular culture or trends to piggyback on their popularity. When a brand gets it right, it can work brilliantly, showing your business
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UK fintech beginning to take market share
by Owen Gough • • 0 Comments
Ogury, the mobile data platform, today released its Mobile Banking Study 2017 – an analysis of over 1,265,000 mobile users active during July – September 2017 in the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. The study reveals that UK fintechs are increasing their market share amongst mobile banking users, with 8.8 per cent having
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Tupperware Brands Announces Sale Of Beauticontrol Assets To Youngevity International
by Ted Nuyten • • 0 Comments
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) and Youngevity International, Inc. (NASDAQ: YGYI) today announced they have reached an agreement whereby Tupperware Brands will sell Beauticontrol assets to Youngevity, a leading omni-direct lifestyle company.
As part of the deal, Youngevity will integrate Beauticontrol’s sales force into its company, marketing Beauticontrol branded products, as well as the other brands in Youngevity’s extensive product portfolio.
Youngevity will also market Beauticontrol branded products to its existing member base. Tupperware will earn a royalty based on future sales of the Beauticontrol sales force, and sales of the Beauticontrol product line by the existing Youngevity members.
“We couldn’t be more pleased to reach this agreement with Youngevity.
We feel Youngevity’s 20 year history and impressive track record make them the ideal company to welcome Beauticontrol into its family of brands. The agreement will allow Beauticontrol’s sales force to again be able to purchase many of the products that they and their customers love.
As part of Youngevity, the Beauticontrol product line will have an even wider audience through its existing members and by joining Youngevity, the Beauticontrol sales force members will be able to enjoy a terrific direct selling earning opportunity.
While likely to be modest in any particular year, monetizing these
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5 Entrepreneurs Who Started With Nothing – and 3 Lessons to Learn
by Jayson DeMers • • 0 Comments
Sam Walton. George Soros. Kevin Plank. Jan Koum. What can these successful entrepreneurs teach you?
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This Entrepreneur Sells $355 Bars of Chocolate. Is He Crazy or a Genius?
by Ximena N. Larkin • • 0 Comments
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The FCC Has Repealed Net Neutrality, But Nobody Is Certain What Happens Next
by Peter Page • • 0 Comments
You can expect litigation, a criminal investigation, states making their own laws and to hear political candidates talking about net neutrality, but how soon any changes will be noticed online is unclear.
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How to Make Over $100,000 a Month From Writing a Book
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19 Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Cementing a Business Relationship
by Angela Ruth • • 0 Comments
A small gift is a thoughtful way of telling someone you work or do business with that you appreciate them.