Takis Athanassiou's Blog, page 76

How Your Business Can Participate In The Sharing Economy

Today’s article is written by Emma Lewis. Emma is a loving mother, a devoted wife and a part of the team supporting Spacer – a company helping you find storage space whenever you need it.

If you’re running a business, you probably have your eyes open for opportunities for growth.

The sharing economy might be just the thing you’re looking for. Even if it’s a young field, the sharing economy is a fast growing industry today. Some areas even report the growth to $26 billion – as in the case of...

6 Skills Every Entrepreneur Should Have

This is a guest post written by Bethany Wyatt. Bethany is an Entrepreneur, a Business Advisor Manager and a teacher for essay writing help who writes on different tips and guidelines related to business and entrepreneurs.

Every company needs an efficient entrepreneur to progress further. A businessperson must have a clear understanding of the current trends in the business.

[image error]

Image Source: Pexels

He should have clear thinking without any confusion to avoid any mess in future which could affe...

Avoid Settling For Mediocrity In Educational Life

This is a guest post. The writer of this article is Ronald Thomas, who is a professor and also delivers motivational speeches in educational seminars.  He works with dissertation plus as student organization counselor. 

Have you ever asked yourself if you’re doing great or just fine? Oh yes! There is a lot of difference in these both expressions.

[image error]

Image Source: Pixabay

Being great means that you’re doing some good things in your life and enjoying it to fullest. Whenever you answer a ‘How ar...

3 Big Reasons Why Self-Discipline Is The Best Skill An Entrepreneur Can Develop

Today’s post is contributed by Richard Kao. Richard is the department manager of COSSales, a UK-based office, and tech solutions provider. A fan of digital marketing and workplace productivity, he loves reading blogs like takisathanassiou.com to grow his knowledge and expertise.

We admire the genius of Steve Jobs, the athleticism of Lebron James, and the business acumen of Jeff Bezos. But do you know the common denominator among the most successful people?

All of them are disciplined.

[image error]

Image...

The 4 Best Ways To Gain More Customers Online

Running a business today means that you must have an online presence. Whether you run a small mom and pop shop or a global corporation, customers living in the digital age expect to find all their favorite brands online.

[image error]

Image Source: Pixabay

However, in the competitive world of online marketing, much more than just a website and a social media profile are required to achieve success. We’ve listed some of the best ways to build your customer base through online marketing.

#1. Email Marketi...

Making Your Company As Strong As Possible

There is a tendency for business owners to only look at a few key areas in which to invest their money and improve their business. While this makes sense on some levels, it’s too risky to focus on only one or two factors.

[image error]

Image Source: Pexels

For your company to be as strong as possible, you need to invest across the board, in areas where you could cut back but really shouldn’t.

There are bad ways to invest your money (we’re thinking, insisting on first-class travel for business trips). Th...

Why Is Simplicity A Winning Strategy?

Strategies & Tactics To Lead A More Effective Life

This is the exact question I make to myself when I finish writing my article on simplicity. I’d like to provide value to my audience, and my article ‘On Simplicity‘ raised a lot of questions. To respond properly I had to research more on the subject!

[image error]

Image Source: Pexels

Simplicity came up as a subject after trying to answer various questions and comments in my blog, and in social media. It was I would say I prompt time for me, because, at...

Why People Don’t Trust Your Website

Most people are a little skeptical the first time they visit a business website. And that skepticism is pretty healthy; after all, it’s so easy these days to put a website on the Internet that it’s pretty plausible that a large amount of them are just trying to trick and defraud people. But, assuming your aim isn’t to do this, this skepticism, while understandable, isn’t going to do your business any favors.

[image error]

Image Source: Wikimedia – By Terry Johnston from Grand Rapids, USA (Trust) [CC BY 2....

How To Climb The Ladder Of Your Own Business

A lot of people with ambition and direction in their career understand that there is a certain level of climbing the corporate ladder to get to the top. Starting out as a junior and working hard to get through promotion after promotion is just the way things are in the business world. How then, do you climb the ladder of your own business, when you are already at the top of the chain?

[image error]

Image Source: Max Pixel

A lot of people don’t realize that even owning your own company doesn’t mean you h...

Don’t Quit Your Day Job! [Podcast S01EP02]

An In-depth Interview With Liam Martin

Welcome to Season 1, Episode 2 of the Leadership Execution Podcast. In this episode, today’s guest Liam Martin and I discuss entrepreneurship and what it takes to start a business today.

[image error]

Liam Martin is the co-founder of two companies (TimeDoctor and Staff.com) and he is a really clever guy.

Liam’s main interest is marketing and process design for remote teams while he focuses on online tutoring, business development, data analysis, outsourcing, remote...