Benefits of having a website for your business

January 9, 2010 by Victorino Q. Abrugar  
Filed under Business Online

What are the benefits of a business website? The following are 10 advantages you can gain from putting your company online:

1. Global exposure. Having a website will bring your business to the global audience. This means a website will place your company on the Internet where billions of users online can access.

2. Easy access. Anyone who has an Internet connection can access your company right at their fingertips. You may also have the option to restrict your website to certain users for security purposes.

3. Reduction of cost in information distribution. The Internet is a real-time and low cost medium of information. A business owner can easily distribute information through his website and email at a cost cheaper than the traditional offsite distribution process. Marketing, selling, customer service and useful public data are examples of information you may elect to distribute to promote your business and uphold your social responsibilities. Read more

Beyond competition: Cooperation and innovation

November 5, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar  
Filed under Business Expressions

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“Rather than compete, let us cooperate and innovate. The Earth has still vast and deep blue oceans to be discovered. Moreover, if we look the blue skies above…do you think there can be no more enough space for each of us?”

Top ten reasons why business fails

September 7, 2009 by Victorino Q. Abrugar  
Filed under Business Success, Business Tips

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We build our businesses to let them live, run and grow. That’s why business failure is a happening that we always wish and pray to never come out into reality. But how can we avoid it? Even the giant companies fail despite of their gigantic assets and equities. More and more small entities also become unsuccessful. However, this doesn’t mean business success is an impossible dream. We can be successful entrepreneurs. To achieve that, we should learn the reasons why business fails, and do our best to overcome them. Here is the list of the top ten causes why businesses do not succeed:

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Difference between Business and Entrepreneurship: Businessman versus Entrepreneur

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What is the difference between a business and an entrepreneurship? How about a business owner from an entrepreneur? These terms are commonly used interchangeably. However, these terms have different meaning – and those differences are what we will try to find out. To illustrate and understand simply and clearly the difference between business and entrepreneurship, we will have a face-off between a businessman and an entrepreneur. So the showdown begins.

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How to Keep Business Success in Times of Global Economic Recession

ayala-makati-cityAs small to large companies are coping with our slumping global economic condition, I believe this is just the right time that we share each other’s ideas and strengths. For me, when things get worst and there are no other solutions we can find in our brain banks, we need to go back to what are basic and fundamentals. I believe that the following basic solutions will make it through the road of business success despite of any unfavorable and negative economic forces.

1. Have no fear. The first thing we should do is to eliminate our fear with this negative economic phenomenon. In this battle of financial crisis, the first thing that we need to conquer is our own fear. Besides, so much fear will just eat your time and energy into nothing – what a waste! Isn’t it? Read more