Tips from a futurist: Seven ways to prepare your business for the future
Here, author and futurist, James Wallman, has provided seven essential tips for the small business future.
Advice
Here, author and futurist, James Wallman, has provided seven essential tips for the small business future.
Advice
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More often than not, small business owners are rationalists. They care about sustainable plans, deals, taxes, product, marketing, and promotion; they invent concepts, rely on data, and consider metrics rather than emotions when taking decisions for success. And that's where their biggest mistake lies because emotions are what makes people remember a brand and buy from it.
Advice
Here, author and futurist, James Wallman, has provided seven essential tips for the small business future.
Partner content
More often than not, small business owners are rationalists. They care about sustainable plans, deals, taxes, product, marketing, and promotion; they invent concepts, rely on data, and consider metrics rather than emotions when taking decisions for success. And that's where their biggest mistake lies because emotions are what makes people remember a brand and buy from it.
Marketing
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Marketing
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Marketing
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News
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