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Being local, thinking global
Nurturing strategic partnerships to build your business
Navigating a founder buy-out
How to effectively manage your home office (plus remember the tax benefits!)
Kickstarting your SEO
Fuelling growth in the auto sector

Put the 'spring' back in your business with the October/November 2022 edition of Your Business Magazine.

August/September 2022 edition of Your Business Magazine.

Get your digital copy of the JUNE/JULY 2022 issue of Your Business – out now! Free to you for online reading or download. 

👉 In a challenging time for our youth, we celebrate some of our young treps for #YouthMonth that are solving problems in their communities, promoting #sustainability and creating employment opportunities for their peers. The message is clear – our youth are willing, innovative motivated and resilient - they just need our support. 

👉 We take a look at how to do #CustomerJourneyMapping: how to be your own customer and gain real insights to keep up with the modern consumer.
👉 Your professional and personal credibility can affect your ability to secure #finance for your small business. Here’s how build your trust score.

👉 Phishing...and now also smishing, vishing and spear-phishing - all forms of online attack to watch for. Plus how to avoid business e-mail compromise – still the costliest internet scam.

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The April/May 2022 issue of Your Business is hot off the (digital) press! As always, jam-packed with practical and actionable advice for SMEs, plus business and franchise opportunities for would-be entrepreneurs.

In this issue we aim to inspire, advise and provide practical information to help your business thrive – in spite of the challenges that we have all experienced. With change comes unlimited opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs.

Annual Franchise Focus, Pricing Strategies, Growth Strategies for SMEs, Business Lessons for 2022 and beyond, How to unlock commercial value from your IP, and more.

The success of business owners is critical to South Africa’s economic future, and transforming a startup into a growth company isn’t easy.  Your Business Magazine aims to motivate, inspire, educate and advise to help you on your entrepreneurial journey.

The August/September 2021 issue of Your Business Magazine is out now.

South Africa truly has a range of inspirational and innovative entrepreneurs, and in this issue we talk to our motivational business owners, who in the face of a pandemic and economic downturn, are still achieving growth and uplifting their fellow South Africans in the process.

Featured this issue: Franchise opportunities, pricing strategies, how to tell your brand story, and more!

This issue features great advice from our expert contributors to empower SMEs and business owners to tackle the coming year with the vigour and knowledge to face our ongoing challenges.

We look at the lessons we have learned in 2020 and how to formulate strategies based on these insights; How to reset and reboot to become a customer-centric business; And how building a ‘circular business’ will positively impact your partners, profits and customers.

The Dec/Jan issue features great advice to help you get ready for 2021, including:

Planning for 2021: Business planning and goal-setting for the coming trading year remains as relevant and vital as it has ever been – perhaps even more so now. ActionCOACH Kathi Clarke tells us how to do it.

Tips to break into a competitive market: With consumer behaviour in flux during the pandemic, this could be an ideal time to break into a market with an exciting offering.

2021 Trends – optimise your digital platforms: There are several ways for brands to increase visibility, attract and retain clients, and improve online ranking against competitors.

The 5 habits of highly resilient businesses: These common traits allow companies to emerge successfully, whatever their industry.

How to use incentives to drive sales: Sales incentives are an ever-popular, tried-and-true tool used to energise sales teams to sell more by qualifiying for and winning great prizes.

Annual Franchise Focus: The franchise sector is adapting to thrive, and focussing on strong collaborations. Our annual franchise focus features advice, inspiration, and of course, an array of exciting franchise opportunities.

PLUS: How to use lead and lag indicators; Why mentorship is a leg-up for startups, and how to find a mentor; Why it may be time to jack up your website; Why many SMEs got turned down for crisis funding, and more!

The Oct/Nov issue  features some truly inspiring  business owners, who share their advice and journeys for starting up with little or no money; Remembering the 'basics' of a successful SME; How to avoid tone-deaf marketing and how to stand out in the crowded digital space; leadership tips to inspire trust and respect through 'cultuneering'; Re-imaging the future of work; Advice for forming your remote working policies; How to pick the perfect business coach, and more. 

The August/September issue of Your Business is available now. Inspiration, Advice, and Opportunities.

Effective leadership for tough times | Digital transformation fast-tracked | Managing your cash flow | Inspiration, Advice, Opportunities and more.


Insight, Advice, Inspiration, Opportunities

Business Trends, Tips, Leading for the business of the future; The State of Late Payments, Customer Experience, Remarketing, Success Stories, Focus on Kids' Businesses, and more.

Don’t miss our inspiring articles issue – written to help you shake off 2019’s challenges, and start the new with renewed vigour and armed with the tools to make 2020 your best year yet.

It starts with evaluating both your successes and failures, and then leaving the bad behind and building on the rest.

Engaging articles this issue includes:

Lindsay and Shelley Mentor – power partners in life and business
Alternative Finance – Fintech lenders fill the SME Funding Gap
How to avoid entrepreneurial burnout
Find the growth opportunities for your business
Are you in a business rut? Here’s how to get unstuck…
Tips to avoid entrepreneurial burnout
How to avoid an online campaign disaster
Th marketing mechanics that drives topline growth
Focus on Training and Education: Innovative opportunities abound

- Empowering our youth entrepreneurs - how you can help?
- Succession planning: Be proactive to ensure your company's future
- Cheap, free ways to grow your social media followers and newsletter subscribers
- Positioning your business for a future sale
- Franchise and BizOpps Guide
- ...and more!

Leading for growth – Reinforce the foundation
Getting ready for the challenges of expansion
How to protect your intellectual property
5 Tips to create the perfect social media post 
Lead with emotional intelligence 
How to keep your customers… and more

Highlights in this issue:

MONEY MATTERS
7 steps to get your business ready for funding
How we did it: ‘Treps share their funding lessons Own a franchise?
3 big trends to watch in 2019
How to choose the best social media platform to reach your customers
Engage and Inspire your staff to boost productivity + Myths about motivating employees
Franchise & BizOpps Finder
+ much more!

Highlights in this issue:

- David Botha from Corner Bakery share his insights on bakeries and their future
- Strategic moves to boost your profitability in 2019
- Lesson from top African entrepreneurs
- How to turn those leads into customers!
- Making VAT work for you in your business
- Digital media marketing trends for 2019
- THE FRANCHISE FOCUS: How to investigate a franchise; Launch Tips; Trends in franchising; The growth of multi-unit franchising; Exciting Franchise Opportunities


Highlights in this issue:

. Holiday madness is upon us! Here’s how to prepare your business, and maximise your growth over this period.
. Business mistakes you can learn from
. How to manage creative projects like a PRO
. 7 Ways you can leverage technology to scale up your business
. What it takes to succeed as a franchisee
. Business and Franchise Opportunity Guide – you might just find the business that is right for you!
+ much more!

Celebrating Women's Month - our #BOSS LADIES tell us how it's done; 
Critical budgeting tips for lean times;
8 Quick fixes to improve your small business; 
Trends and Tips for the changing retail landscape, 
Should you expand through franchising?
How to handle toxic clients
...and more

Dont’ miss out on these great articles and features:

• Young Stars: Why there is so much to love about SA’s youth entrepreneurs
• Ask the Experts: Resources and Tools for business success
• Get them in! How to draw customers off the street and into your store.
• The Leadership skills that will be need for the future
• 5 Ways to keep business partnerships healthy
• Plan your exit strategy from the beginning
• SPOTLIGHT: Food Franchising: Tried and tested recipes for success
• FEATURE: Starting up in the ever-growing health and beauty industry
• A-Z GUIDE: Business Opportunities Under R300K

Dont’ miss out on these great articles and features:

• Alternative Finance Solutions for SMEs + How to get your business funding ready
• How to upsell in a tough economy
• Digital marketing metrics : Track, check and measure
• Social Media safety tips for small business
• Make your website work for you
• Non-monetary rewards to encourage staff and keep them motivated
• SPOTLIGHT: Business and Franchise Opportunities in the Home, Office and Building services’ sector.

+ much more!

ont’ miss out on these great articles and features:

• SME Survival Guide
• Are you spending too much?
• Get a grip on bad debt
• Become more innovative in 2018
• Is it time to diversify by offering additional products or services?
• THE 2018 BIZOPPS GUIDE – Over 150 agencies, licences, franchises, distributorships, dealerships and other opportunities.
• Spotlight on the Kiddie Market: Child at heart? Entrepreneur in Spirit?
This annual feature gives great advice and opportunities for those looking to start a kiddie-orientated business!

+ much more!

Strategic moves to make 2018 your most profitable year ever; 
Business Success: Luck, hard work or strategy?
Digital Marketing Trends; VIDEO IS BIG!
Solidify what your business stands for' 

... and more...

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February/March 2021

December 2020/January 2021

October/November 2020

August/September 2020

June/July 2020

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