Your Business – May 01, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE

News and Inspiration

6 UPCOMING EVENTS
AND EXPOS TO DIARISE

8 EXPLORING THE GAP
BETWEEN IDEAS AND
REALITY

10 MAKING WAVES IN THE
MEDIA WORLD
We talk to Minnie-Lee Tagwirei
and Tsholo Mokobe who are
carving a niche in a competitive
space.

12 BRIDGING THE
SKILLS GAP
In a disrupted recruitment
sector the way individuals sell
their skills and the way they are
found has changed dramatically.
We chat to entrepreneurs who
are building businesses doing
just this...

14 BIZRESOURCES

16 THE FORD KUGA OR
THE NISSAN X-TRAIL
What's your flavour?

18 FRANCHISE ADVICE
As a franchisee, like most other
business owners, it is of great
importance for you to build up
cash reserves and savings for
future projects and unexpected
expenditure.

Focus on

Funding Solutions

20 OPPORTUNITY

OVER OBSTACLES

ReichmansCapital is

committed to helping SMEs

get funding to boost their

performance.

22 HOW TO GET

FUNDING READY

Get your company

ready for and worthy of

investment.

27 A BOOST FOR

YOUR BUSINESS

Merchant Capital helps

entrepreneurs achieve

smooth cash flow cycles,

in good times and bad.

28 CASH FLOW

How to better manage

this crucial element.

29 THE CASH YOUR

BUSINESS NEEDS

Retail Capital offers a

flexible, accessible and

convenient solution.

April/May 2018

ON THE

COVER

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Through providing
a comprehensive
offering of outsourced
services and
solutions, the
INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS
GROUP™
is able to ensure
that businesses
reach their full
potential...
Marketing
54 HOW TO UPSELL
IN A TOUGH ECONOMY
If you know what your customers
value, you can create offerings to
meet their needs.
56 ARE YOU GROWING THE
MOST IMPORTANT ASSET IN
YOUR BUSINESS?
Hint: You're it!
Management
32 WHAT YOUR
BUSINESS DOES
VS WHY IT MATTERS
What matters to your
customers should
become the heart of
what matters to your
business...
34 TUNING INTO
THE ESSENCE
OF INNOVATION
Simplify, keep your eye
on your target market,
use the resources that
you have and stay ready
to execute.
36 CONVERT
EMPLOYEES
INTO
INTRAPRENEURS
A culture of
intrapreneurship
means an empowered
workforce that is ready
to step up and help grow
your business. And, who
wouldn't want that?
56
How to
effectively
measure
your digital
marketing
efforts