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- The End -- Fireworks or Fizzle? By Denise O'Berry
Seems as though there are a lot of business closings going around lately. Everywhere I look small businesses -- one on top of another -- are closing their doors.On small marquee signs, empty storefronts, and in the newspaper it's common to see the message, "ABC Company Closes It's Doors After 35 Years."Is that what you want the newspaper to print…
- Image of Your Franchise Automotive Outlet is So Important By Lance Winslow
Image of your franchise automotive outlet is so important. Some say image is everything, well then if you buy a franchise you should be constantly thinking of image and cleanliness. If you read Ray Kroc’s book “Grinding it Out” (McDonalds Visionary) or Tom Monahan’s (Founder of Dominos Pizza) book “Franchising for Dummies” or Howard Shultz’s book…
- 1-2-3 Steps To A Successful Joint Venture By Habiba Abubakar
A successful joint venture marketing effort is the goal of many small businesses, and is a great way to increase market visibility and profits.Joint venture marketing is rising in popularity everyday, but it does take some skill, good planning and foresight to execute. Here are the steps a business owner should take to be successful in this aren…
- When to Say NO! By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
When is it a good thing to say no to a request?Balance in one's life is perhaps the most important goal for busy people. They can take on many more projects that most others. They also have the ability to say no if they feel they cannot do a good enough job based on their own criteria. They will often say no if the potential project falls outside…
- The Skills Gap: It Pays to Use Experts By Debbie Jenkins
By outsourcing to skilled professionals you'll be able to grow your business without adding overhead.Here are some of the costs associated with growing a business through acquiring staff:* recruitment* payroll and tax obligations* national insurance* employers liability* benefits (pension, car, medical, dental)* holiday pay / sick pay / maternity…
- Schatzlein's Saddle--A Thriving Business and Community Landmark for 98 Years By John Anderson
When Emil Schatzlein left Kilzschein in the Bavarian Wine country, he came to Minneapolis with several others from his hometown. He was a leather maker and he wanted to set up a business in a central location. At the time, Minneapolis was a thriving milling and lumber center set on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi. It was a small commercial ar…
- Business Scents - Do They Work? By Thomas Yoon
You see it often in large shopping complexes. Customers
seem to be flocking to a certain stall in large droves.
There is a special attraction that cannot be explained.Isn't it great to see your own customers flocking to you
in droves, like bees to honey? Could you do with some extra
attraction to your business?In most of our marketing efforts,…
- Creative Business Card Marketing By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
Announcements can be handed out as a business cardAnnouncements can be more than just a press release that lets the world know that something special has occurred at your place of business or to you personally. You can make announcements for almost anything. You can use it to invite people to a seminar, declare a promotion, or even the appointmen…
- Serious About Writing A Business Plan... Start A Business Plan Library By Michael Elia
Tap these treasures of ideas. The best money you can spend
is money invested in your business plan education. Don't
shortchange yourself when it comes to investing in your
dream. Start gathering samples of business plans and collect
business plan books and get a business plan library started,
it can change your future. Here's what your libra…
- 7 Habits of Highly Successful Small Business Owners By Lorraine Pirihi
Do you spend every waking minute in your business? Do you find it difficult to take time out for you? Are you constantly working in a mess?Unfortunately there are far too many business owners working too long and too hard. They tend to be involved in every aspect of their business from being the bookkeeper, marketer, human resources manager, medi…
- Buying a Business By Nalina Kanthi
Start thinking about buying an established business if you want to avoid the immense risks involved in starting one. Not everyone wants to start a business from scratch, and buying a business with the infrastructure in place lets you focus on building it up, as opposed to getting a new business off the ground. This is not to say that it’s easy to…
- Doing Business With Friends: Five Tips for Preserving the Friendship... and Your Sanity! By Ann Zuccardy
My colleague, Jane, recently lamented to me an all too familiar story about mixing business and friendship. Jane subcontracted copywriting work out her friend, Joan. Jane’s copywriting business was blossoming (partly in response to her most recent brilliant article marketing campaign) and giving the work to Joan seemed like a win-win for both of…
- How to Avoid the Most Common Reasons for Small Business Failure By Caroline Jordan
The life cycle of the typical small business is short and painful. It starts out with a dream and ends with a whimper. And in between, a struggle of Herculean proportions is played out as the owner tries to figure out why the business isn’t succeeding.Depending on which survey you read, up to 80% of small businesses fail. Most fail within the fir…
- The History of Invoice Factoring By David Springer
Factoring is one of the oldest business practices known. We know that it was used at least as long ago as the time of the Ancient Roman Empire, when merchants would enlist the help of collectors in order to settle trade debts. The primary reason for factoring’s long history is that it addresses a very fundamental problem in business itself: cash …
- Batting Cages Business - Making Profits With The Swing Of A Bat By Randy Wilson
There is a Batting Cages Business for those people who love baseball and/or softball. This business will make you a profit and will help raise the self-esteem of the children who come to your facility. Batting Cage complexes are popping up all over the world.A Batting Cages Business requires conviction on the part of the business owner. There …
- Get Out Of The Rut And Back On the Track By Jim Donovan
Do you sometimes find yourself just going "through the motions" of your business from day to day? Has the excitement gone out of your daily routine?What happened? Remember way back when you began doing this? You were excited and enthusiastic about what you were going to do. What went wrong? Where did the excitement and enthusiasm go? More importa…
- Where Can I Get Clients From? By Sue and Chuck DeFiore
The following tips have come from a wide variety of sources; some from other successful businesses we know, some from our Home-Based and Small Business Support Group meetings and some we've developed by trial and error.Some of the ways to get clients are:contact previous employers;mailing lists;cold call your target market;attend group meetings a…
- Boat Hull Cleaning Procedures for Owners and Detailers By Lance Winslow
For really tough boat hull cleaning you will need to break out the acid. Muratic acid is the best for this. You'll want to have a 50/50 mix of muratic acid of 6-8% concentrated (12% is the highest concentration you can legally buy over the counter), water and a good strong sprayer. You can purchase muratic acid at Wal*Mart, K-Mart, Pool Supply S…
- Building A Business That Works For You By Gordon Goh
Before you want to build your business, you need to know why you are in this business.Many of us entered business as a technician. You know the technical nature of this business; you do it everyday; over and over again. The question is: How can you do this technical work with the highest level of efficiency and effectiveness so that you'll have a…
- What Direction Is Your Business Headed By Mark Wardell
You’re the first one there in the morning and the last to leave at night. You work 60 hours a week without complaining, but you wish your employees would put in half of the effort you do.Your commitment to growing your business has produced results, yet finding the right employees, managing your finances and satisfying your growing list of custo…
- Creative Ways to Finance a Business Purchase By Mark Smock
You’ve just walked out of a business owner’s office, who has
grown an established, profitable business that he is willing to
sell to you, for very favorable purchase terms, at a fair
price, but you have no clue how you are going to raise the
necessary capital required to complete the purchase. Sound
familiar?Pursuing a viable company to purchase …
- The ABC's of Fundraising By Cassie Kale
There are many little details that go into making sure your fundraising event is a successful event. The key is to have all your fundraising details laid out in front of you before you even start. Below are some tips to help you get started on the right foot for your fundraiser:What is the purpose of your fundraiser? While this is the easiest que…
- Consistency Builds Trust By John Jantsch
You know your prospects need what you sell. You know they want what you sell. Heck, you know that they even sent away for information on your service and requested a quote.But the fact is you are missing one major piece of the puzzle.Want to know what it is?No matter what else you know, often, the missing piece is knowing when your hot little pro…
- Starting a Pressure Washing Business By Lance Winslow
Are you thinking of starting a small pressure washer business to help clean up the world and make a little money? You might be surprised how many mobile pressure washers companies there are in the United States; approximately 45,000 of them. And since God made dirt on the Third Day; Genisis 1:9 – 1:12. Obviously since God created the dirt it keep…
- How to Recognize When You're in Over Your Head By Stephen Parezo
Unlike executives with publicly-traded companies who are accountable to its shareholders, small business owners don’t have the luxury of resigning at the first signs of trouble. Instead they have to come to grips with whatever problems have hit their business and hopefully seek help from a professional to repair the damage before it’s too late.M…
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