Making Business Easier



In t
Ways to make business path easier
he process of building and running our businesses, and providing services to other companies, we come across ideas that are worth sharing to help you as you travel the road to prosperity. These topics range from building up sales in Asia, to planning for your business, to specifics such as assessing your business’ needs for different support systems and services.


Asian Sales Distribution Networks


Have you been debating whether your company is ready to sell into Asia - the fastest growing market in the world? Want to know what you might have to think about related to your products, finding partners or setting up your own sales offices and hiring your own staff? You can find out about these topics from a businessman with nearly 30 years experience growing businesses’ sales networks in Asia by clicking here.


Thinking and Planning


Would you like to have a tool to help you organize your thoughts, plan your activities and even set up a project plan and later track it? Then you really should try mindmapping as a technique, and NovaMind software to assist the documentation of the process. NovaMind provides a range of packages so you get started cost effectively and upgrade as you see the need for more functionality. (The software can even be used by writers to organize their works.) Click on this link to find out more about mindmapping.

If you are planning for a project and have defined the main tasks, resources, timing etc, you can then export that plan to the Merlin project management software and track the project in great detail. Both products work extremely well and have lately been extensively improved to make them some of the very best products for these tasks.


Evaluating Accounting Software


Without a doubt sifting through the wide variety of accounting packages, and comparing them to just using a spreadsheet, can be a tedious process. Unfortunately, many people just immediately start evaluating software without first thinking through what they do in their business and what they want the accounting package to do. Do you want to use it across multiple offices? Are you fine just letting your accountant or accounting firm handle the software interaction or will you be accessing it for reports on the state of the business? How many people need to use it? Does it need to handle multi-currency and taxes similar to Goods and Services Taxes? How many digits must it handle (have you seen how many zeroes are in some currencies such as Indian and Indonesian)? We went through this process and assisted in putting together a manual describing the process for considering your requirements and the various options appropriate to your options. You can find out more about this manual at this site.