Social Capital: A Different Kind of Unsecured Investment
At Advance Funds Network (AFN), we spent a lot of time talking to you about how unsecured business lines of credit can help restore, rejuvenate, or maintain your business. Did you know that financial capital isn’t the only kind of capital that can benefit your business? These days social capital is proving just as, if not […]
How To Best Utlize Your Business Loan
When accepting a loan for your small business, never forget that this is a loan and not a golden ticket to explore the world. The money should be considered a tool to help you to grow. Spend the money on things that will gain you a return. In other words it is time to invest […]
5 Reasons Taking a Vacation Can Actually Improve Your Business
Everyone needs a vacation to refresh their minds and rejuvenate their spirits, to heal their bodies and restore their vision of possibilities, but small business owners often worry that if they leave for a week or more, their business will suffer irrevocable damage. Sometimes, too, it’s not the fear of things falling apart in […]
Achieving Professional Greatness: Moving from an Unattainable Concept to Sustainable Success
Good management is about more than money. Obtaining a business loan to keep your business afloat won’t automatically make it successful. Why? A good manager knows a thriving business depends on how employees feel on a day-to-day basis and whether they’re supported and motivated by “higher-ups.”
Should You Take a Loan to Meet Holiday Season Demand?
Perhaps the busiest and most exciting time of the year to be a small business owner is during the holiday shopping season, which seems to kick off earlier and earlier every year. The weeks that characterize the heart of holiday shopping can actually make or break a business’ budget for the entire year, since customers […]
Why an Unsecured Business Line of Credit may be Right for You
When businesses need fast access to cash, one outlet they often overlook is that of an unsecured business line of credit. Why is this? Well, for starters, acquiring funds via this way sometimes seems like it’s too good to be true. On the bright side, however, sometimes in life, something too good to be true […]
Team Building without Trust Exercises: 5 Real-World Tips You Can Use
Freight factoring can involve multiple players from a team. Supporting this type of factoring may take your sales team, your account receivables team, your shipping and receiving team, and your support team. As cut and dry as this arrangement seems, Advanced Funds Network (AFN) would like to ask one question: what happens if there’s no […]
Tips to Keep Customers Coming Back
Attracting new customers isn’t the only thing small business owners have to think about. In fact, retaining customers is even more important (and cheaper) than getting new ones. Most people understand how to drive in new customers through advertisement, but how can a business keep customers coming back? This is a tough question to answer, […]
Tips for Franchising Success
Getting a business off the ground is one thing, but taking it to the next level is another. Small business owners looking to expand and jump there business up a level or two may be considering franchising as a growth mechanism. Before you begin looking for potential business partners, you need to fully understand this […]
