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- Starting a New Business in a Small Town By Cathy Goodwin
Q. I am a former pastor who left the ministry after sixteen years to spend more time with my family. We moved to a very small town (less than ten thousand people) and I want to start an internet café business and also offer PC repair. How can I investigate and then promote this business?A. In a big city, you'll make decisions by numbers and neigh…
- 11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer By David Handler
1. Everyone Makes A Difference – Despite not letting him play in their games, the other reindeer came to understand Rudolph’s importance. Look for the talents in each of your employees.2. Have Courage And Confidence – At first Rudolph ran from his problems, then he came back to face them. When things are tough, keep working hard and believing in …
- How To Accept Credit Cards By Matthew Coers
If you plan to do business online, then your website will need to accept credit cards. For many, the idea of applying for a merchant account sounds like a daunting task, but the truth is that building an online store is incredibly easy these days. The major credit card processing companies have improved and streamlined the process of setting up a…
- Essential Points to Remember While Selecting Merchant Services By Jack Chevalier
According to sbinformation, all small businesses require some form of payment processing. Understanding how to select merchant services can impact your sales revenue and profit. Learn the hidden rules of the merchant account business.1: What are merchant services?
Merchant services enable you to process credit card payments from your customers. I…
- 11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Tiger By David Handler
1. There Are No “gimmes” – They count two-foot putts on the PGA Tour. Hold your small business team accountable for completing everything they commit to starting.2. Set Priorities – Like Jack Nicklaus before him, Tiger plans his schedule around peaking at the majors. Make time to prioritize your daily, weekly and monthly goals for maximum results…
- Starting a Small Business: Balancing Risk and Reward By Richard Cunningham
In a perfect world, starting a small business would be risk free, but just as with everything else; the degree of risk determines the value of the reward.According to the National Commission on Entrepreneurship, at any given time, 6% to 9% of the United States adult population is involved in planning for a new business. Most of these aspiring en…
- Drop Shipping - What Is Your Goal? By Gary Granai
Your business plan is your path to your goal. What is your goal; to be a drop shipper or to make money?To be a drop shipper is probably not your real goal. Drop shipping is just a solution to an order fulfillment problem. Your goal is really something that you have probably already defined and you think that drop shipping is the way to achieve …
- How to Find Success in the Import Export Business By Randy Wilson
Take advantage of world politics today and start your own import export business. Are you organized, efficient, and ready to make your future in an opportunity all your own? Import Export Business Opportunities are expanding and there is room for you!In the early nineteen eighties, one of the most popular things in Soviet Russia was American made…
- Computer Tips that Help Small Businesses Operate Profitably By Sharron Senter
When working properly, computers enable small businesses to make big business profits; however, get booted off your computer and you’re suddenly starving. In most instances, computers usually act up due to lack of care by its owners. Here are four computer tips that’ll keep you up and running smoothly.Tip #1 -- Back up your computer’s data no les…
- Do You Make These 7 Deadly Cash Flow Mistakes? By Caroline Jordan
Managing cash flow is every small business owner’s most important function. Avoid these seven deadly mistakes to make sure you aren’t creating cash flow problems in your business.1. Using the “Fly By The Seat of Your Pants” Accounting Method.When tax time rolls around do you find yourself pawing through piles of paper on your desk looking for cre…
- How to Protect Yourself & Your Business By Vishal P. Rao
As a business owner, you already know how important it is for your customers to feel safe about doing business with you. After all, if a customer even suspects he may not receive everything he was promised, then chances are he's taking his business elsewhere. So to prevent that you offer guarantees, secure payment methods, prompt customer service…
- Old Data in Database Marketing Software By Lance Winslow
Database Problems in MarketingI have been working on a direct mail campaign for our team in many areas and we are finding that the yellow page listings and business list CDROMS contain so many closed companies that we are spending too much on the mailings, which are opened a little less because of the anthrax scare. Even customized lists are of l…
- Over Disclosure Hurts Businesses By Lance Winslow
Many investors and business ethics professionals are calling for more transparency and regulators are calling for more disclosure. Yet in the franchising industry this can spell disaster indeed. Often Competitors seeking information about companies will collect these documents and use it to the disadvantage of franchising companies.In my company …
- Employee Relations Manual Sample Outline By Lance Winslow
Most smart entrepreneurs and all large corporations have Employee Relations Manuals. Nearly all businesses with over five or more employees have some sort of employee manuals but not all have Employee Relations Manuals for their managers. It is important in today’s litigious lawyer trap to have a good policy in place to protect you from a bad dec…
- Mobile Carwash; Senior Citizens and Mobile Homes By Lance Winslow
Senior citizens are generally not a large marketing segment for mobile detailers or car washers, however, they should not be ignored. You will find in a near by area a seniors-only mobile home park. You will also find square dance clubs and senior centers. All of these places can be extremely good places to look for new business. If you want …
- Lubbock TX Good Market for a Service Business By Lance Winslow
We very much like what we see in Lubbock, TX as a good place for a service business. The city is a very well designed and laid out town with growth in the 4-5% per year range, growth in the Northwest quadrant of the city is steady and good. We are bullish on Lubbock and see how a service company could advance forces into the area to seize market…
- Small Business Is Very, Very Big By Larry Holmes
When people leave a job and say that they're "going in business for themselves," it is often assumed that they simply can't find another job and are trying to make it on their own as an act of desperation. But the facts say that nothing could be further from the truth.Scott Hodge, the president of The Tax Foundation, has written a very interestin…
- Drop Shipping Beginner Intermediate Advanced By Gary Granai
Drop shipping is neither a sport nor a game. It is a business. And in business, customers neither want to deal with beginners nor intermediates.Customers want advanced service, advanced communications and advanced reliability. Simply stated they want to deal with someone in the advanced class.When you start your drop shipping business it is lik…
- Private Investigator Tactics By Ryan Bombard
A Private Investigator is a professional trained in the art of investigations and surveillance. Otherwise known as Private eyes or, these professionals are for hire 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Many investigators have backgrounds in CIA, FBI, military, special forces, police, and government. I assume you all have heard of the famous Sherlock Hol…
- How to Select an Excellent Virtual Assistant, Offsite Specialist, or Remote Professional By Angela Parker
When you seek the professional services of a specialized offsite provider, virtual assistant, or freelance artist (rather than a generalist) you should be picky. Do you need specific skills? Do you want the best in the business? Then consider the following:
Always require and check references. Check every single one.Don’t hire a generalist. Outs…
- Predicting Business Retirement Satisfaction for Business Owners By Richard Jackim
Most business owners do not think of selling their companies as "retiring". Instead, these vital entrepreneurs see selling their business as a "transition." For most business owners this does not mean slowing down or endless days of rest and relaxation. Rather they see “retirement” as a new, active stage in their lives characterized by continue…
- Beginning an Internship Program By Andrew E. Schwartz
CONSIDERATIONS FOR YOUR INTERN: Specify the number of hours the intern will be needed each week. Will specific hours be adhered to, or will the schedule be more flexible? Applicants want to know up front what they will be paid, if anything. At this point specify whether the intern will be paid by project, by the hour, a stipend, or not at all. Re…
- Inexpensive Money: Why Aren't You Factoring? By Eric P. Barnes
Put simply, FACTORING IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE MONEY YOU CAN GET TO RUN YOUR BUSINESS!This is a situation which boggles my mind. Literally hundreds of thousands of businesses in the U.S. alone could - and should - use factoring to extensively reduce their costs of money and operation, and still they don't do it. I have watched companies go into b…
- Collection Downfalls of Small Business Owners and How They Can Avoid Bad Debt and Make More Money By Michelle Dunn
Small business owners sometimes make common mistakes when just starting out, and trying to get paid. Some small business owners depend on that income more than someone who gets a check each week. This is because when you work for yourself, the work and therefore the payments are sporadic.Small business owners just starting out are sometime so e…
- Expanding Franchisee Advice By Lance Winslow
Franchisor expansion policies are not as simple as one might think. On the mind of every businessperson is the idea of expansion. We think we will make more money when you expand to a second, third, fourth, etc. unit, store or work truck. So you would think if you are franchisee of a large franchise system that the franchisor would want to help…
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