Promotional Products: An essential element to increase sales

Promotional products can become your silent salesman, even without your presence

Ordering strategy of promotional products should be developed on occasion

Some company owners, especially startups could find it hard to get potential clients to enhance the sales during the first year of their business. This doesn’t necessarily happen overnight. In reality, to enhance sales takes many working hours to discover business strategies that work. Planning is an essential element in order to increase sales. Read more

Methods for attracting customers to your business

There is a simple rule of business stating that if you don’t get regular customers, your business will eventually fail. In order to get the attention and confidence of potential customers, it is very important to present your business and your own self in the friendliest way. Your friendly and courteous attitude will act as a source of inspiration for your customers and will compel them to be your regular customers. There are many factors that play a major role in the promotion of any business. These vital factors help you in creating a regular customer base. Some of them are discussed below: Read more

HR & Business: Human Capital Trends

New advanced technologies, such as cloud services, social media, mobile and analytics are driving many companies to advance their human resource (HR) capabilities and enhance performance.

Strategically integrating social media and mobile devices into a company is now a necessity. HR organizations need to act immediately to help improve performance and drive business growth. Read more

Investors will get immediate 120 days business license in Dubai

DED set to launch ‘120 days hassle free license’ by end of year

Move, along with changes in company ownership laws, will dramatically improve ease of doing business in Dubai

The Department of Economic Development (DED) will implement the ‘120 days hassle free license’ initiative, aimed to give businesses in Dubai a head start and promote the emirate’s competitiveness, by the end of 2012. The initiative, being implemented under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, will simplify procedures and facilitate business in Dubai. Read more

Why does your sales team badly need training

Nothing can replace the work of a motivated, self confident and skilled sales champion

Advertising spending in the UAE reached $ 1.45 billion in 2011, up from $ 1.43 billion in 2010. This means that the UAE are on top of Arabic Countries, followed by Saudi Arabia in which advertising spending touched $ 1.28 billion in 2011.

These figures reflect the huge effort that companies are putting in terms of strategy and planning. Read more

DIFC Courts invites Public Consultation on guidelines

The DIFC Courts, the English language, common law judicial system based in Dubai, have sent out a new professional Code of Conduct for public consultation. The Code will act as a guide to professional behavior for lawyers using the Courts and those working within the DIFC. Read more

Top 5 Small Businesses to start in Dubai

Good earning business opportunities for start-ups

Here is Dubai Chronicle’s editor suggestion for Top 5 small to medium size of businesses that can provide good earning opportunities for start-ups in Dubai in the current economic climate. Please read the Top 5 businesses doomed to fail in Dubai article before taking a decision.

Education: Training courses & After-school activity classes

Education is a big business in the United Arab Emirates, because the larger portion of expat population is young and has young children.

Reasonably priced, real quality training courses and after-school activity classes for children of all ages and young adults are in high demand. Dubai’s middle class is constantly growing and more families can afford to spend for life quality improvements. Read more

Emirates inaugurates new customer contact centre in Dubai

 Emirates airline has officially inaugurated its dedicated customer contact centre in the Outsource Zone Dubai, following a visit to the facility by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates airline and Group.

Acting as a global information hub for its valued customers’, Emirates’ 770 seat contact centre has been purpose built utilising state-of-the-art technology, in keeping with the airline’s commitment to quality. Read more

Front door post box, but it costs

Emirates Post has announced four new improved post box service options for individuals, starting January 1, 2012. Personal P.O. Box services for residents of villas are now available in selected areas of Dubai.

Of the four individual P.O. Box bundles, the all-new ‘My Home’ service allows residents of villas to have a personal mail-box installed on their compound wall, so that mail can be delivered directly to and collected from their doorstep. The initial annual rent is AED750, with additional options available for additional fees up to  AED1,550.

So, having the mail delivered to your front door can cost you up to AED2,300 (US $625). Comfort comes with a price tag! Read more

Emirates ID Cards on The Spot

The Emirates Identity Authority (Emirates ID) will start printing and delivering ID cards on the spot within three months. The process will be very similar to the issuance of driving licences. It is aimed at saving time for both, customers and authorities.

At first the new procedure will be implemented to Emiratis ID cards applicants, and later will be extended to expatriates.

As of now, applicants have to apply for renewal either online or at a typing centre and the ID card is issued through post offices.

Renewal of Emirates ID cards will be instantly provided. Applicants will be able to renew their ID cards at the Emirates ID registration centres on the spot, once the new system is launched. Walk-in customers for renewal will not need appointments.

In future, when on the spot printing starts for first-time applicants, they can get instant delivery of their cards at Emirates ID registration centres after completing the pre-registration process online or at typing centres and completing the biometrics and photograph procedures.

On the spot printing will begin at selected Emirates ID registration centres in Abu Dhabi for Emiratis within three months. Subsequently, more registration centres will be selected in the rest of the emirates.

Gradually, all centres across the country will offer on the spot printing, especially after the necessary data has already been acquired and fed into the database.

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