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- Time to Sell your Restaurant? Some Advice from Restaurant Consultants, Inc. By Kevin Moll
As a specialist in getting restaurants open, it is surprising how many people ask, “How can I get out of my restaurant?” Reasons for this question vary greatly, from a death in the family to a merger with another firm, to the end of a lease.Selling your restaurant requires quality prior planning if you are going to realize the maximum value for t…
- Public Relations: Antidote for Small Business Failure By Robert A. Kelly
When small businesses fail, the wreckage is often assigned to
undercapitalization, among other mistakes. Seldom is failure
attributed to a lack of effective communications that might have
modified the behavior of sales prospects in a positive way, thus
averting bankruptcy.In my view, raising money for new businesses is a skill best
left to o…
- An Example of Business Automation - eCards with pizazz By Elvin Picardo
The last time I spoke and went into a bit of detail on business automation. Today I would like to give you some details of how I actually used it personally so you get to see first-hand what I wanted, how I went about doing it and finally executing it.Last month was Christmas. Of course, having a lot of customers, friends, family and associates I…
- Product Trademarks By Mikki Barry
So, you've just come up with a snappy product name and you've decided you want to trademark it. What should you do next? Is it really as easy as the website at the US Patent and Trademark Office says it is? Can I really do it without a trademark lawyer? These and other questions will be answered in this article.Once you come up with your prod…
- 10 Best Practices to Consider as Your SBIR Negotations Approach Contract Signature By Lisa DeMaio
10 Best Practices to consider as your SBIR negotiations approach contract signature:1. Draft your confirmation of negotiations, be sure to memorialize that this is an SBIR type contract along with the applicable data rights and SBIR related terms and conditions.2. Firm up the actual start date. There is not time to waste, everyday counts when you…
- How to Start an Office Support Service By Randy Wilson
Office support services can range from basic data entry to a fully-staffed office handling all the details of a client's business.An office support service company can start very small, offering only a limited selection of services and expanding as you gain the capacity to do so. This modular approach makes office support services very attractiv…
- Alliances: What works, what does not By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
Why Alliances FailWhen do you know an alliance is falling apart?An alliance will surely fail without good communication on both sides. It will also fail if the alliance partner is not capable of completing the tasks set out in the service level agreement. Service level agreements are usually put in place so that milestones in the process can be m…
- Q and A: Personalized Birthday Cards from Paul Leonard By Kristin Johnson
Paul Leonard's BirthdayCards2Go.com paid greeting card service offers convenience when you're rushing to send birthday wishes. While nothing can beat a personalized poem to add that extra touch of thoughtfulness, we can all agree that in this busy world, any connection we can make with each other, even just to say "Thinking of you," is worthwhile…
- How to Effectively Design Your Business Image By Faith Seekings
In many industries, image is one of the last things business owner looks at. If business is not booming, they assume there is something wrong with the sales method, as opposed to the image. "If we just sent out a few thousand more fliers" they say, "we will get some more clients". When in reality, they should be looking at how the message they're…
- Pressure Washing Market Niche By Lance Winslow
Those who are in the pressure washer business should not neglect the Hotel exterior cleaning niche. Many five-star hotels spend significant dollars in making sure that their grounds are meticulously cleaned. There are also many regular hotels, which take pride in their hotels. It would be wise to have a customized sales letter and/or brochure mad…
- Routine Maintenance of High Pressure Hot Water Motors By Lance Winslow
If you run a pressure washer business you need complete uptime on your equipment, break downs can be costly if your billing rates are $100 to $150.00 per hour. If you are bidding by the job there are times when it is absolutely a great profession to be in. That is if your equipment is working properly. Here are some preventative maintenance for y…
- How To Cut Expenses And Manage Your Business By Arun Pal Singh
If you own a small business, you should know that often times it can be the little things, rather than the large expenses, that can eat away at your budget. But many times, small business owners will try and increase their profits by looking around at what larger expenses they can cut.If you are looking to save some cash in your business, why not…
- Tell Me a Story: A Simple But Powerful Tool to Build Your Business By Caroline Jordan
Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s the story of your vacation to an exotic place, the story of how you met your spouse, or the story of your small business, people get drawn in and feel involved. Storytelling is as old as civilization itself.I participated in a seminar a couple of weeks ago and met Rob Nicoll the owner of a Meadery. “A Mea…
- 15 Questions for People Who Are Considering A Partnership By Dorene Lehavi
Is the person you are considering the right one to be your partner? Here are some important questions to ask each other before you sign an agreement.Suggestion: It is better to answer them alone, in writing before you discuss them out loud preferably in the presence of an unbiased trained observer who can point out the subtle differences importan…
- Look Like Sizzle, Be The Steak By Monikah Ogando
You've heard marketing and advertising gurus quip, "Sell the sizzle, not the steak." Advertising initiatives best reach their target audience with benefits and the "wow" effect, not the value or features of their product or service. This may work well to get customers in the door. But once they're in, you better have some substance. How can you e…
- How To Ruin Your Business By K.R. Nadreau
If you're like the rest of us, you've spent a lot of time trying different things to make your online business come together. There are countless methods of conducting a viable marketing career, but there are also as many ways to destroy one as well.In any endeavor, there are costs. You need to weigh the costs before even getting started. Oh, you…
- Round Pegs In Round Holes: The Amazing Secret of Succeeding in Any Business Every Time! By Chadrack Irobogo
Success is the desire of everyman on the face of this earth.
There is no normal human being without this yearning.
Unfortunately, statistics shows that just about 4% (some even
quote 2%) of the human race experience real success. I hope
your dream is to be among this 4%. The fact that you are
reading this article right now shows your des…
- Small Business - Is The Accounting Profession Ripping Them Off? By Kelvyn Peters
My 16 year-old daughter said, “Gee Dad! You look just like an accountant”
And she wasn’t being complimentary.
Accountants are perceived to be boring, stodgy and conservative.
Over the years we’ve been the butt of many jokes. I’ve heard them all.
Why did the accountant cross the road? Because he looked up the file and that’s what they did last…
- Presentations and Sales Automotive Detailers By Lance Winslow
Many auto detailers fall short in their sales presentations. I have often shopped the competition to see what their knowledge base was to gage their worthiness as a formidable competitor in the market place. What I have found is that many auto detailers lack the specific knowledge needed to help their business grow and to present themselves as ex…
- Should You Use an LLC for Your Small Business? Probably--and Here's Why By Stephen Nelson
Accountants and attorneys love limited liability companies. But do limited liability companies—LLCs for short—really make sense for small business owners. Probably. And for two almost unknown reasons.
The Big Legal Benefit of an LLC: Limited Liability…
The big legal benefit of an LLC is that limited liability companies provide all the same liabil…
- Small Business Marketing Case Study: How We Built Our Business On $200 By Jimmy Vee
We started our business with $200. When we opened our bank account, we each deposited a whopping $100. That was the only capital investment we eve made. Everything else that has ever flowed into that account has been earned - albeit, sometimes it seemed as though by rubbing 2 sticks together.I should note: we began with no clients in hand, no sto…
- Credit Cards: Plastic on Net By Jack Chevalier
As credit card use grows in the real world, plastic already dominates the world of Web shopping. This breakdown of how people pay for online purchases demonstrates that credit cards are the key to e-commerce:Credit card online - 85%
Check mailed - 10%
Credit card via phone - 2%
Credit card via mail - 1%
Other method - 2%The Future of PlasticMarke…
- Franchise Company Operations Manual Sample Outline By Lance Winslow
Many companies wish to expand and a few wish to use franchising as a method of expansion. Not a bad idea, but one must consider the importance of the fine details. One book I recommend you read is the “E-Myth” by Gerber it is available at all the usual places. You see when going from a small business to a franchise company it is important to make…
- Challenging the Gospel of Growth -- Must Business Grow to Survive? By John Abrams
A cherished business doctrine is that growth must be a primary business purpose: “grow or perish” is a mostly unquestioned truth. At South Mountain we favor certain kinds of growth, but not expansion for its own sake, which author Edward Abbey described as “the ideology of the cancer cell.” We embrace growth to achieve specific goals, but always …
- Profits are within 6 Degrees of Freedom By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
How far away is the person you need to meet?We have spent some time discussing your inner circle and have suggested that you take time to list all of the people that you know and that KNOW YOU. This inner circle is the start of finding out who knows a person that you need to meet. You will need to take time to contact your list with news and make…
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