Should work be fun? What drives people in an emotional, experience economy?
The psychological contract between employers and employees is changing. There is no long-term job security anymore but, in any case, people no longer want to do boring work day-in and day-out simply in order to earn a big enough pension to retire. Work has to have meaning, be an extension of one’s personality and dreams. Read more
Skills Development Levies – To Claim or not to Claim
All companies who are paying out more than R38 500-00 per month (Assuming a thirteenth cheque is being paid) in salaries and wages contribute 1% of their payroll in Skills Development Levies. Read more
Why email is phasing out as an online billing medium
By Kevin Meltzer, Business Development Director at Consology
Web-based online Self-Service is eclipsing email as the electronic channel of choice for delivering statements, bills and invoices to customers because it offers a richer user experience and a more secure environment than email. Read more
Automated debt collecting
Are you having a hard time collecting money from your clients? Do you feel like it is taking too much of your precious time? Do you simply hate following up on people and asking for money? Read more
Verification Frustration?
BBBEE verification is arguably one of the most frustrating steps of the entire BBBEE process. Business owners painstakingly spend months, if not years, to meet policy requirements and build a scorecard that should be verified; only to be met by a maze of inconsistency, questionable conduct, incompetence and incapacity. Keith Levenstein, CEO of EconoBEE urges you not to give up but to empower yourself with knowledge before attempting the verification process. Read more
Getting-Paid
Small business support
Text: Mike Hendrikse
If there’s one aspect about running a business that I could choose to do without- that would be payment collection – no doubt about it. Collecting payments are a real pain in the neck. There’s something so awkward about chasing people for money that nobody, not even any of my staff, feel comfortable doing it.
Within the past few years, my business has experienced steady growth. Clients have poured in, sales have soared, but ironically, my cash flow showed a completely different picture. Business was looking good, but when it came to cash flow, it really looked grim. Invoices were not being paid and there was a lot of VERY overdue payments to be chased. It was getting out of hand. To keep our company from going bust, I needed to find a system that works – Really FAST! Read more
