Your #1 concern as a business owner is how to increase sales. This article provides practical advice for helping you achieve just that.
4 Tips to Power Up Your Online Service-Based Business
A lot of time and effort goes into creating an online service-based business, especially if you’re working alone. What do you do when you want to take your online service-based business to the next level? I ask myself this question daily. As a full-time freelance writer, my business journey is filled with new daily discoveries.... Continue Reading →
5 Powerful Strategies for Creating a Great Customer Experience
Have you ever heard the phrase "the customer is always right"? It was puzzling to me when I first heard it about 15 years ago because no one is ever right 100 percent of the time. What happens when an organization has done everything possible to make the customer happy yet the customer still complains?... Continue Reading →
5 Money Management Tips for an Online Freelancer
Online freelancing is one of the best ways to use your skills to make money online. In fact, freelancing contributed $1 trillion to the US economy in 2019. There aren't any statistics on how online freelancers have contributed to Jamaica's economy. However, I believe the impact freelancing has on the US economy can be replicated... Continue Reading →
Teaching What You Know: Growing Your Business in Jamaica
You were blessed with a special talent. Something that only you can do in exact way that you do. Too often we downplay our gifts because we feel that there are already so many other people out there who have the same talent and use it well. Throw those excuses through the window! Leave them... Continue Reading →
How I Earn (On Average) $1,000 Monthly As An Online Freelancer
You may have read the heading for this blog article and laughed. A thousand dollars per month is nothing when you could probably earn close to $4,000 monthly selling products online. But, you see the truth is that some people are better at selling services instead of products. I happen to be one of those... Continue Reading →
How to Develop Your Personal Brand in 2020 and Beyond
Personal branding is trending. The coronavirus pandemic has given many of us an abundance of free time. Those who are wise have been using this newfound freedom to figure out what they really want to do with their lives and how they can better leverage their skills to make money. This strategic shift forms a... Continue Reading →
The Economic Benefits of Castor Oil
A few decades ago when a Jamaican heard the term castor oil, they would think of a thick, not particularly pleasant smelling oil that was famed to cure any affliction of the scalp and transform limp wispy hair into luscious locks. I remember very clearly a time in primary school when my mother was ‘gifted’... Continue Reading →
How to Use Your Artistic Talent to Make Money Online
Art isn't limited to face-to-face sales. There are a myriad of online platforms that allow talented individuals to gain income through maximizing their artistic skills. But what separates the winners from the losers? People who take the time to deliberately hone their artistic talent turn out to be the ones who are able to transfer their... Continue Reading →
5 Ways Your Small Business in Jamaica Can Survive the Coronavirus
Each small business in Jamaica is unique. There are car marts, cook shops, restaurants, boutique hotels, clothing stores, street side vendors and the list goes on. Each small business in Jamaica plays a critical role in fueling the country's micro-economic framework. The coronavirus came in like a flood, washing away a lot of what these... Continue Reading →