Thursday, December 22, 2011

Small Business Grant | "5 Ways Microsoft Excel Can Help Small Businesses Increase Sales This Holiday Season"

By :  Brooklyn, NY
Source : http://www.expertclick.com
Category : Small Business Grant


Small Businesses
are consistently trumpeted as the backbone and economic engine of the economy. However, many small businesses lack the information needed to capitalize on opportunities to grow. A white paper titled, "5 Ways Excel Can Help Business Make Money" aims to educate small businesses on how this common tool can be used to attain exponential growth.

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield," said Warren Buffet. One application of Microsoft Excel is by taking data from the past and making inferences about the future. Decisions should be based on data rather than intuition, facts not fiction. Small Business owners routinely make decisions based on intuition rather than data.

Point number one on the white paper is a case for analytics. "Business - Analytics = Extinction, small businesses can only grow and compete if analytics are used. Measure everything from the number of turns of a door knob to the flushes of the toilet; everything is valuable information," said Othniel Denis, Principal of Excellent Ones Consulting. 

Source : http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/5_Ways_Microsoft_Excel_Can_Help_Small_Businesses_Increase_Sales_This_Holiday_Season,201138745.aspx