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| Accounting & Finance [26] |
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS!
- Preparing Financial Statements - Basic Concepts
- Implementing an effective collections system
- 10 Steps to Effective Collections
- Cash Flow Triage
- How to Read a Business Credit Report
- Credit Terms at a Glance
- Pricing Q&A's
- Tactics to Avoid Lowering Your Prices
- Managing Debt
- How to Protect and Improve Your Business Credit Rating
- Budgeting as a Control Tool
- Projecting Cash Flow
- 10 Ways to Help Increase Your Cash Flow
- Preventing Employee Fraud
- Guarding Your Intellectual Property
- Effective Billing Practices
- Business Valuation Methods
- Bookkeeping and Record Keeping Basics
- Insuring debt and liability
- A guide to the UIF
- Assessing your company's financial position
- Good record-keeping is key
- The Small Retailers VAT Package
- Positive cashflow leads to success
- Turnover Tax
| Business Planning [56] |
| Investing in You [18] |
- Being assertive is good for business
- Managing workplace negativity
- Build your confidence as a leader
- Where can I find a business mentor?
- Learning to Delegate
- What makes a good project manager?
- How to Run a Formal Meeting
- Re-invent yourself
- Self-confidence – a skill for success
- Resilience – learning to roll with the punches
- Short daily meetings to improve the efficiency of your bu...
- Keep Yourself Organized
- Preserve your wealth
- What to charge for your skills
- Breathe new life into your business
- Get the most out of your working day
- A solid reputation is as good as gold
- Guidelines for choosing a Financial Planning Advisor
| Marketing & Sales [39] |
- Make sure your website is a good one
- Tips for marketing your home-based business
- Tips for marketing your Guest House or B&B
- Alternative ways to market your tourism business
- Get recognised for excellent value and service
- Create Your Marketing Plan
- Online Tools for SMMEs and SOHOs
- Elements for a Successful Press Campaign
- Stop hard selling and start networking!
- Effective Trade Show Planning
- How to Learn Your Prospect's Needs
- Market Research Techniques
- Market Research Worksheet
- Successful Sales Letters
- Write a Successful Press Release
- Pricing Q&A's
- Hone Your Sales Presentation Skills
- Online Marketing Checklists
- Effective Competitive Analysis
- Get Ready to Sell Online
- How to Handle a Potential Client with Bad Credit
- Get Better Customer Input
- Trade Shows Without a Booth
- Low Cost Market Research
- Segment Your Audience
- Find Your Highest Potential Customers
- How to Follow Up with Customers
- How to Sell at Trade Shows
- Closing the Sale
- Providing Superior Customer Service
- Making Cold Calls
- Common Web Site Misconceptions
- Selling your product or service
- How to ensure your business can be found online
- Simple rules for marketing your business
- Who is your customer?
- Your employees are the first impression
- Using social media to market your business
- How to network effectively
| Human Resources [19] |
- Hiring: Do You Know How to Pick Them?
- Creating an Effective Job Description
- Tips for Managing Termination
- How to Create an Effective Employee Handbook
- Bonuses: How To Be Fair
- Tips for Performance Appraisal
- Tips for Retention Strategy
- Little-Known Hiring Resources
- Tips for Successful Interviewing
- Sample Offer Letter
- Organisation structure and job specifications
- It's all to do with people - choose your employees wisely
- A guide to the UIF
- The benefits of outsourcing
- Set individual goals for your employees
- A guide to the Occupational Accidents and Compensation Fund
- SARS E@syfile Software
- What to look for in HR Payoll software
- The employment contract
| Legal & Insurance [16] |
- Choosing the right name for your business
- Compliance in the hospitality industry
- How to Choose and Work with an Attorney
- Writing a Partnership Agreement
- Guarding Your Intellectual Property
- Get ahead of the game - BEE/Corporate Governance
- Insuring debt and liability
- A guide to the UIF
- The Small Retailers VAT Package
- Statutory requirements to register a business
- Insuring your home-based business
- Buy And Sell Agreements - secure your company's future
- Turnover Tax
- A guide to the Occupational Accidents and Compensation Fund
- Key Person Insurance
- The employment contract
| Women in Business [13] |
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS!
- Tips for marketing your home-based business
- Injecting 'newness' into your small business
- Basics of Buying a Business
- Running a business from home - balancing family and work
- Insuring your home-based business
- Thinking of becoming a momtrepreneur?
- Juggling a business and family
- Get the most out of your working day
- The do’s and don'ts of business expansion
- Setting up your home office
- Is your business feasible?
- How to network effectively
| Technology [24] |
- Make sure your website is a good one
- Why your company should go mobile now
- Keep your website secure
- Online Tools for SMMEs and SOHOs
- How to get your office connected
- Search The Web Like A Pro
- Project Charter for Information Technology Project
- Managing an Information Technology Project
- Online Marketing Checklists
- Create an Effective Small Business Web Site
- Get Ready to Sell Online
- E-Commerce Glossary
- What to Look for in a Web Host
- Common Web Site Misconceptions
- Online Safety Tips for SMEs
- Networks and servers: Connect your staff and secure your ...
- How to establish your business online
- Cellphone information backup
- Simple tools that make people work better together
- The benefits of outsourcing
- Wireless Security: Tips on Protecting Your Router/Modem
- Starting an online business
- Selling your product or service
- Using social media to market your business
| Operations [28] |
- Project management in a small business
- Compliance in the hospitality industry
- Creating an Environmental Management System (EMS)
- How to get your office connected
- Keep Yourself Organized
- Post-Project Review Guidelines
- Project Charter for Information Technology Project
- Managing an Information Technology Project
- Securing Your Inventory and Property
- Managing Quality
- Get ahead of the game - BEE/Corporate Governance
- Buying a property for your business
- Wireless Security: Tips on Protecting Your Router/Modem
- Managing Your Materials Requirements
- Managing the Workplace
- Demand Forecasting
- Managing Your Inventory
- Managing Your Materials
- Workplace fire safety
- First Aid at work
- Take your business to GREENer pastures
- Financing your commerical property purchase
- Tips when looking for business premises
- The do’s and don'ts of business expansion
- Setting up your home office
- How safe is your Service Station?
- Preparing Your Production Plan
- Protect your business from crime
| Tourism [11] |
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS!
- Getting your tourism business off the ground
- Things to consider before investing in tourism accommodation
- Gearing your B&B to the Business Traveller
- Compliance in the hospitality industry
- Tips for marketing your Guest House or B&B
- Cash flow management for the tourism business owner
- Get recognised for excellent value and service
- Developing a tourism package
- Producing a tourist brochure
- Starting a tour or tourist transport business
| 2010 Countdown [10] |
- TELL US ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS!
- Alternative ways to market your tourism business
- Developing a tourism package
- Producing a tourist brochure
- How to ensure your business can be found online
- Getting to know your target market
- Get your stars in time for 2010
- Calling all crafters – opportunities during 2010
- The rules around Public Viewing Areas during 2010
- Know this about doing business during 2010
| Wellness at Work [10] |
- Coping with work stress
- Signs of stress
- First Aid at work
- Workplace fire safety
- Dealing with the death of an employee
- A guide to the Occupational Accidents and Compensation Fund
- What to do if an employee discloses his HIV status
- Implementing a Workplace HIV/AIDS Programme - why and how?
- Juggling a business and family
- Get the most out of your working day
| International Business [2] |
| Other [2] |
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