Recent content by 78fca

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    Social media as marketing for the small business. Getting outside help...

    @MEAVO the 8 week waiting list was before my first member of staff, now things are easier. We also raised the prices on some of the handsewn bespoke items, which helped massively. It reduced the volume of orders but we make more profit now. Something I never thought would happen when you are...
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    Social media as marketing for the small business. Getting outside help...

    Thank you to you who have replied. I have spoken to a couple of social media management companies today, one offers advice sessions/mentoring and also full management of SEO and social media pages. The full management is quite a lump of money for me as a business atm , £500 P/M plus ad costs (...
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    Social media as marketing for the small business. Getting outside help...

    Hi, I use Facebook and Instagram to engage with my customers and I find the more I do on these platforms, the more I sell on my website. It really does work, the only problem I am having is time to do it. I have my phone with me at all times in my workshop and I take pictures of us working...
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    Sole Trader Tax questions

    Thank you for that Brett, I will certainly take a look at Xero Thanks again
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    Sole Trader Tax questions

    Hi, Thank you all for taking the time to reply, that does make it sound much simpler, than I have been getting confused with. I am getting there... slowly! I tried quickbooks but as I am an online business, I found it quite difficult to get it inline with my business. I may have not been...
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    Sole Trader Tax questions

    Hi, My first post here... I have previously been one of those sole traders where I give receipts etc to my accountant and get my accounts back, keep my fingers crossed for a small tax bill. The money I had month to month was what I had and I was ok with that. Recently as my business has...