The economy of the Philippines is booming and everyone’s spending mood is high. This current state makes it a good time to start a business. My readers always ask me what businesses they can get into. So I ask them what they want to do. Most of them tell me they want to start something easy to do and will not take much of their time. After several interactions with readers, I have noticed a trend in the business ideas I normally advice them to do. Continue reading
OK, so I have been thinking lately, how do you start a business with almost nothing? I want to make an article on this because I do always get this question from my readers. My short answer to this inquiry is, yes you can. Starting with very little happens all the time and has happened to today’s richest people like Gokongwei, Henry Sy and Nanay Coring Ramos of National bookstore. Here, I will show you the different ways on how to raise resources to get your business going. Continue reading
Did you know that there are 255 babies born in the world every minute? If you are a business minded person you will automatically think of selling diapers to the parents of the babies. The number of babies born is part of the demographics data. Demographics are numbers that give you a picture of a country or society; It can give a description of the population using numbers. In business there are different uses for demographics which I will show in this article. Continue reading
Marketing is a very important function in any business. Its sole purpose is to bring in customers, old and new. Our notion of effective marketing campaign equates to spending plenty of money. If this is the case, no small business with limited budget will ever succeed. The key to a great marketing campaign is not the amount of money spent, but how it effectively drives the message to its target market. Continue reading
Winners know that failure can bring life’s most valuable lessons. Though this is the case, many still fear losing because of the mental pain and stigma that come with it. What we need to understand is that both success and failure are temporary. This means that one cannot forever get stuck in a particular situation. And that no matter how good we are, failure is an inevitable part of life, so we might as well take home the lessons that come with it.
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