The Entrepreneurship & Small Business Learning Bundle, 5 Courses - RRP £1245 Now Only £349 Limited Time

Get Entrepreneurship, Small Business Masterclass, Critical Thinking, Supervising Others and Managing Human Resources in this Bundle!

1. Entrepreneurship : Make Your Business Venture an Astounding Success!

By the end of this Entrepreneurship Online Short Course, you will be able to:

• Understand how to start a business
• Develop a business plan
• Get financing for your business
• Hire and train employees
• Run your business
• Grow your business

2. Small Business Masterclass: Learn Marketing & Branding strategies to Make Your Business Successful!

With The Small Business Masterclass you will learn:

• Strategies to get your business off the ground Quickly, so you are Making Money Sooner
• How to get your image right so your customers are confident to deal with you and Keep Coming Back
• How to make your customers Remember Your Business
• What is happening with your sales, which customers are profitable and which customers are eating into your Profits
• How to profile your customers to identify your Valuable Customers
• How to merchandise to Increase Profitability
• Learn how to develop a system that will let your business almost run itself, freeing up your time to put in place New Marketing Strategies
• How systems increase Productivity and Profitability
• How to sell features, advantages, and benefits of products to Increase Sales
• How to communicate your unique selling position to your customers to constantly Beat Competitors
• How to write hypnotic sales copy to Achieve Higher Conversions
• How to market your products and services to Keep Business Growing
• How to use the web to promote your business and create Awareness For Your Brand
• 7 key marketing strategies that are easy to follow and put into action for Long Term Growth

3. Critical Thinking: Analyze and Evaluate Information to Boost Your Performance

By the end of this Critical Thinking Online Short Course, you will be able to:

• Understand the components of critical thinking
• Utilise non-linear thinking
• Use logical thinking
• Recognise what it means to be a critical thinker
• Evaluate information using critical thinking skills
• Identify the benefits of critical thinking
• Revise perspective, when necessary
• Comprehend problem solving abilities

4. Supervising Others: Effectively Manage Your Staff to get More out of Them

By the end of this Supervising Others Online Short Course, you will be able to:

• Define requirements for required work.
• Set the expectations for your staff.
• Establish SMART goals for yourself.
• Help your staff set SMART goals.
• Learn to delegate appropriately.
• Provide effective feedback to your staff.
• Utilise effective time management techniques.
• Perform effective conflict resolution.
• Understand how to manage effectively in different situations.
• Understand what a new supervisor needs to become an effective supervisor.

5. Managing Human Resources: Manage Human Resources In Your Workplace

By the end of this Managing Human Resources Online Course, you will be able to:

• Describe different aspects of Human Resource Management
• Define Human Resources Management terms
• Recruit, interview, and retain employees
• Follow up effectively new employees
• Be an advocate for your employees’ health and safety
• Provide articulate feedback to employees
• Correctly manage situations requiring discipline and termination
• Evaluate some of the strengths and opportunities for Human Resources in your own workplace

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This is an incredible opportunity to invest in yourself and your future, sharpen your training skills and learn what it takes to create your own success today!

Course Fast Facts:

1. All courses are easy to follow and understand
2. Only 6 to 8 hours of study is required per course
3. Unlimited lifetime access to course materials
4. Study as many courses as you want
5. Delivered 100% on-line and accessible 24/7 from any computer or smartphone
6. You can study from home or at work, at your own pace, in your own time
7. Download printer friendly course content
8. Certificates (IAOTS Accredited)

Course Delivery

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Recognition & Accreditation

These courses are internationally recognized and accredited by the International Association of Online Training Standards (IAOTS). The courses offered are unique as they are taught in a step by step process enabling students to complete them quickly and easily, so that you can obtain your qualification sooner. All students who complete the course receive a certificate of completion.

The Ultimate Entrepreneurship & Small Business Learning 5 Course Bundle includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:

Course 1 - Entrepreneurship

Module One: Getting Started

Module Two: Decide on the Type of Business

Module Three: What Is the Market/Competition Like?

Module Four: Basics of Starting a Business

Module Five: Create a Business Plan

Module Six: Get Financing

Module Seven: Hire Employees

Module Eight: Training Employees

Module Nine: Market the Business

Module Ten: Run the Business

Module Eleven: Grow the Business

Module Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 2 - Small Business Masterclass

Module 1: Getting Your Image Right

• Learn how to change your image and your business image.
• Learn how to make your customers remember your business.
• Learn what colors suit your business and will attract your target customers.
• Learn how to act like a winner and not like a loser.
• Are you a possibility thinker or an impossibility thinker?
• Does your logo or slogan sell your business?

Module 2: Know Your Business

• Learn how to focus on your customers, not your products.
• Learn how to choose your ideal customer.
• Learn how to price your products based on your ideal customers.
• Learn which of the three pricing structures will suit your business.
• Learn the four essential parts to making money in business.
• Learn how to use risk management to guide your expansion.
• Learn how to merchandise to increase profitability.

Module 3: Systematize Your Business

• Learn techniques to give your business measurable consistency.
• Learn systems that will allow you to duplicate or franchise your business.
• Learn how systems will increase the value of your business to the potential buyer.
• Learn the ten steps to systematizing your business.
• Learn how systems will increase staff productivity.

Module 4: Sales Team Training

• Staff members can contribute to the culture of your team
• To train your staff on selling the features, advantages, and benefits of products
• To communicate your unique selling position to your customers
• To attract repeat customers
• To decide between part-time or full-time sales staff
• To match the personality of your sales staff to your products
• To recapture lost sales
• To develop business friendships
• To use telemarketing successfully
• To use testimonials to sell your products or services
• Your business has the potential to lose customers
• To manage the integrity and reputation of your business
• Staff meetings can boost your sales team's performance

Module 5: Marketing your Business

• Find your niche and dominate it.
• Learn to blow your competition out of the water.
• Learn what your unique selling position is.
• Know the benefits of your products and how to market them.
• Learn how to write an attention-grabbing headline.
• Learn the ten biggest marketing mistakes businesses make.
• Learn how to write hypnotic sales copy.
• Learn how to grow your mailing list.
• Learn when it is best to market.

Module 6: Website Ranking

• To use the web to promote your business
• To use ad words to laser guide your marketing on the web
• Search engines work
• Sponsored links work and their benefits
• To get high natural ranking for free
• The rules of search engine optimization are achieved
• Your keywords can help get you to the top
• To make your website relevant to the search term
• To use testimonials to get more out of searches
• To use links to get higher rankings
• To use e-articles to link to your site

Module 7: Bullet Proof your Customers

• Why you should know your customer
• Who your most loyal customers are
• How to develop a system to identify your most valuable customers
• How to put together a customer evaluation form
• What customer rewards programs work
• How to create a mystery shopper program
• How often to contact your customer
• How to identify when you are losing a customer
• Why an interesting newsletter that will cement relationships with your customers
• Eye-catching formats for your newsletters
• How to use your newsletter as a sales tool
• How to track the sales of your customers
• How to alter staff behavior to increase your sales
• How to use a competitor analysis to your advantage

Module 8: Print Advertising (including yellow pages)

• What will appeal to your customers
• How to make your advert stand out from your competitors
• What the Yellow Pages sales team will not tell you
• How to negotiate the best price for your advert
• How to design your advert for your target customer
• Which classification headings will generate more inquiries
• What fonts to use for impact headlines and body copy
• What graphics work best
• What style of advert to avoid
• How to tell your customers why they should call you
• Why Yellow Pages advertising works
• How to track and measure the success of your Yellow Pages advert

Module 9: 7 Key Marketing Strategies

Course 3 - Critical Thinking

Course 4 - Supervising Others

Section One: Getting Started

• Objectives

Section Two: Setting Expectations

• Criteria for Success
• Spotting Opportunities for Improvement
• Setting Expectations Verbally
• Documenting Expectations

Section Three: Setting Goals

• Understanding Cascading Goals
• Creating SMART Goals
• Helping Others Set Goals

Section Four: Assigning/Delegating Work

• General Principles
• The Dictatorial Approach
• The Apple-Picking Approach
• The Collaborative Approach

Section Five: Three Degrees of Delegation

• First Degree: Complete
• Second Degree: Partial
• Third Degree: Complete

Section Six: Implementing Delegation

• When to Delegate
• Who Should I Delegate to?
• Providing Instructions
• Monitoring the Results
• Delegation Dilemmas

Section Seven: High Impact Feedback

• Characteristics of Good Feedback
• Tools for Delivering Feedback
• Informal Feedback
• Formal Feedback

Section Eight: Managing Your Time

• The 80/20 Rule
• Prioritising with the Urgent-Important Matrix
• Using a Productivity Journal
• Using a Productivity Journal

Section Nine: Resolving Conflict

• Understanding the Effective Conflict Resolution Process
• Maintaining Fairness
• Examining Root Causes
• Creating Mutual Gain Options and Multiple Option Solutions

Section Ten: Establishing Yourself

• Dealing with Promotion from within a Team
• Supervising a Brand New Team
• Dealing with an Established Team

Section Eleven: Survival Tips for a New Supervisor

• Ask the Right Questions
• Go to Gemba
• Keep Learning!

Section Twelve: Wrapping Up

Course 5 - Managing Human Resources

Section One: Getting Started

Section Two: What is HR?

Section Three: Recruiting and Interviewing

• Interview for what exactly?
• Setting the scene to Interview
• Five Steps to a Successful Interview
• Behaviourally Based Questions

Section Four: Induction and Retention

• Start as you mean to go on
• Induction/Orientation Checklist

Section Five: Keeping Track

• The Follow Up
• Follow Up Schedules
• Scary Statistics

Section Six: Health & Safety in the Workplace

Section Seven: Workplace Discrimination & Harassment

• Definitions
• Bullying in the Workplace
• A Manager has Responsibilities
• An Employer has Greater Responsibility

Section Eight: Wellness in the Workplace

• The Business Benefits of Wellness in the Workplace
• Steps to Implementing a Wellness Program

Section Nine: Feedback

• Characteristics of Good Feedback
• Constructive Criticism
• Encouraging Growth and Development

Section Ten: Employee Discipline

• The General Discipline Process
• Progressive Discipline
• How to Prepare & Conduct Disciplinary Meetings
• Following Up

Section Eleven: The Dreaded D Word

• Making the Decision
• What to Say When Terminating an Employee

Section Twelve: Wrapping Up

This course is for those who seek to start their own business, or for those who have already started, and turn their business into a success.

Entry requirements

Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Minimum education

Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.

Computer requirements

Students will need access to a computer and the internet.

Students will also need access the following applications:

Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included