Viewing by month: October 2009
How to promote your business on a budget
Once you’ve established your own business, getting the word out about it the next big challenge. When you’re probably trying to limit your cash flow as much as possible, how do you promote your business? Just like I’ve preached the benefits of a business plan before, you should also have a good marketing strategy in place for your business. If you join a franchise network like Century 21, you obviously...Read complete post
Steps to starting your own business
For many people, owning their own business is a dream. Taking control of your life in a business sense is the way out of working for someone else, which many people find frustrating. Joining a franchise group like Century 21 can make that dream a reality, and quickly. With each office being independently owned and operated, our franchisees are running small businesses within the...Read complete post
The first steps in starting your own business
For many people, owning their own business is a dream. Taking control of your life in a business sense is the way out of working for someone else, which many people find frustrating. Joining a franchise group like Century 21 can make that dream a reality, and quickly. With each office being independently owned and operated, our franchisees are running small businesses within the...Read complete post
Disaster recovery in business
No-one likes to think about bad things happening to their small business, but unfortunately sometimes they do. Even though the small businesses that are each of the Century 21 network has the strength of the international brand behind them, it’s still important to know how you’d cope should something unforeseen happen to your business. Every business...Read complete post
What it takes to make a business work
I have said before that before the market slumped late last year, many people got into real estate to make money, and make it fast. There is still money to be made in real estate of course, and we are seeing the market climb back so chances are those venturing into property because they see it lucrative will start to increase in...Read complete post
Work Cycles and Making Your Work
Most of us work in cycles. There are some jobs which have events that happen cyclically, and then there are our own personal cycles. Usually some days of the week will be more productive for you than others, as will some times of day. When it comes to real estate, there are definite cycles in regards to property inspections, peak enquiry times etc but usually each person will...Read complete post
Small Business Success Takes Work
Welcome to the Century 21 Franchise Development blog! These daily posts are designed to provide useful and (hopefully) interesting information to people considering joining a franchise, starting their own business, or who have already done one of these things. Being part of the international Century 21 network at a business development level means we have exposure to a whole...Read complete post