Disorganization is the nemesis of your business. It costs you time and money to not know when you’re supposed to complete a task, turn something in, or where you’ve placed a file. This isn’t “new news” to any business owner. But decluttering the business domain may seem an insurmountable task. Here are few quick tips for getting your disorder orderly and keeping it that [...]

Whatever type of business it is that you operate, it’s extremely likely that at some point, you’re going to need to raise an invoice. If you’re part of a large organization, chances are you’ll have your own finance department to deal with the actual creation of the invoice and all you’ll have to do is pass over the details. And if you’ve been running your small business [...]

When small businesses, particularly those without a great deal of internet knowledge, hear the phrase Search Engine Optimization (or SEO), their natural reaction is more often than not to tense up, become clammy and start to panic at even the thought of learning about SEO – never mind implementing it. However, whilst SEO is without doubt something that requires for a lot of in-depth knowledge [...]

When working in a traditional 9 to 5 role, separating your business and personal lives isn’t a particularly difficult task. You get up, commute to work, spend 8 hours working, commute home and then you’re free to enjoy your own time as you wish, until you repeat the same work process the following day. When you work for yourself, however (whether that’s in a freelance role or you [...]

No matter what industry you operate in, there’s always the possibility of you coming into contact with an angry customer. Whether it’s because you’ve done something wrong, the customer has got the wrong end of the stick on a matter or they’re simply having a bad day, dealing with angry customers is something that is never welcomed (as proof of this, take a look at telephone [...]

I’m Jessie, and I’ll be helping you establish and maintain order for your business with monthly posts on organization and productivity. If you’ve ever decided to be more organized and productive, you’ve encountered a veritable cornucopia of terminology that takes the right out of good advice. This post will touch on some of the most frequently buzzed about words and what they [...]

One of the hardest problems for anyone to deal with throughout life is being told you’re not good at what you’re doing.  Right from when you were in school and received your first sub-par grade along with a list of what needs improving, no matter how accepting you are of change, it’s difficult to take criticism on board in a positive manner. If you’re struggling to deal with some criticism [...]

With August kicking off our official relaunch of BizAmmo’s small business blog, I’d like to introduce you to the two writers who will be helping me run the show. Dan Smith — You might remember Dan from his previous posts here. Well, he’s back! And from now on Dan will post here every Tuesday with how-to articles for small business owners. Jessie Haynes — Jessie used to [...]

While this blog was recently being updated again after a long break, I’ve been pretty hands-off. We had a half-finished design, and it had been months since I personally posted to BizAmmo. That’s all changing. BizAmmo.com is being officially relaunched. As you can see the new design is almost finished (just some minor tweaks to make as I find problems or come up with new ideas). I’ll [...]

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re in the position where you’re in a full time job that you don’t particularly like, have been offering a service outside of this employment on a self-employed basis for a while now and are contemplating making the move to being full time self-employed. If this is you, then you’ve also probably thought about ditching your employment [...]