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Category: Business Consulting

4 Ideas for Activating Your Donors Over Email

4 Ideas for Activating Your Donors Over Email – In today’s digital world, email is a fundamental tool for engaging your donors and your audience. Here are four tips to help you make the most of your email campaigns and communications! Tip #1: Experiment It’s always a great time to think about experimenting with your emails. When we think about experimentation, consider something like what in marketing is known as ‘A/B testing’: Let’s say you’re sending out our newsletter and you split your group of 1,000 people in half; 500 get one version of the newsletter and 500 get another.…

Mandatory Compliance Checklist For All Companies

Mandatory Compliance Checklist For All Companies – From 1 January 2020 all companies (large or small, trading or dormant, private, public, incorporated, etc.) must complete the CIPC’s new compliance checklist prior to filing its annual return. Annual Returns All companies are compelled to file its annual returns within 30 business days after the anniversary date of its incorporation. The annual return is an administrative fee for maintaining your company’s registration with CIPC. The fee is calculated based on the company’s annual turnover (it will range from R450 per year for small private companies, to R4 000 for larger private companies).…

Business Plan Template for Small Businesses

Business Plan Template for Small Businesses. A business plan template is a document that allows you to quickly write a business plan. Among other things, it includes an introduction, executive summary, company description, and marketing plan. A simple business plan will help grow your business. Create your business plan today using the following template. Growthink’s business plan template is the result of 20+ years of research into the business plans that help entrepreneurs and small businesses attract investors, raise investment capital, and build successful companies.

PSiRA Registration

PSiRA Registration – Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) – Registration division is responsible for receiving and consideration of all applications for registrations as security service providers. The division has been established and mandated , to ensure that all applicants complying with the requirements of registration, in terms of the section 21 and 23 of the PSIRA Act 56 of 2001 are duly registered to provide security services. BUSINESS REGISTRATIONOne of the primary objects of PSIRA is to ensure that the process of registration of security service providers is transparent, fair and objective and concluded timeously. Requirements for Business Registration: Proof…

Small Business Compliance Guide

Small business compliance guide – Being compliant is essential for every business no matter how big or small. Complying with the country’s laws is important and should you fail to follow the laws for a company then you could land up in some hot water or if you want to apply for a tender or loan you may not have the right documentation to do so. Let’s have a look at what you need to be compliant. 1. Register with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) For sole proprietors and informal traders, it is not necessary to register with…

10 Reasons Why You Should NEVER Compete On Price

Here’s some top 10 reasons why you should NEVER lower your price to attract more clients, no matter what. Reason #1: Low fees attract low quality clients. You’ll attract those who are more concerned with price than they are with results. Oh yeah – those folks are definitely not FUN to work with either. Reason #2: Low fees repel high end, value focused clients. Not only do low fees attract the wrong type of clients, but they also actively push away the potential high paying clients that you’re eager to serve. Talk about a double disaster! Reason #3: Low fees…

10 Reasons Why a Business Plan important in your business?

Business plans are like road maps; it’s possible to travel without one, but it will only increase the likelihood of getting lost along the way. Rather than putting yourself in a position where you may have to stop and ask for directions or even circle back and start over, entrepreneurs often use business plans to help guide them. That’s because they help business owners see the bigger picture, plan ahead, make important decisions, and improve the overall likelihood of success. Why is business plan important? A well-written business plan is an important tool because it gives entrepreneurs the ability to…
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