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- Are You Thinking Too Small and Dooming Your Small Business To Failure? By Deanna Mascle
One problem that many small business owners run into is simply thinking too small. I often have readers writing to me asking for helping getting their business ideas off the ground. I also often hear from folks who have run their small businesses into the ground. There are five key areas where you can think too small -- and doom your business to …
- 11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Punxsutawney Phil By David Handler
1. Look Over Your Shoulder – Of course, Punxsutawney Phil has to look over his to search for his shadow. You should, too, every so often, to check out your competition…and see whether they’re gaining on (or leading) you.2. Be Unique – While groundhogs normally live six to eight years, legend says there is only one Phil, and he’s been making predi…
- Overcoming Small Business Sales Resistance By J D Moore
He calls it "the Extractor". Last week, my Guerrilla Marketing buddy (and top marketing consultant), Mary Eule went to the South Carolina State Fair. An inventor had set up a booth where he was selling a device he created for extracting nails. He was a contractor and he noticed that he spent too much time in renovations pulling nails.Here's a gre…
- ADH Will Make Your Life More Productive & Your Life More Profitable By Toni Henry
What is a Virtual Assistant?• A Virtual Assistant is that indispensable element of your office staff - a professional that provides high quality administrative services in a highly scalable, value added format.• A Virtual Assistant is not an employee of your company, but rather an independent 1099 contractor who can work either by the hour or by …
- Your Small Business Suggestion Box By Denise O'Berry
A suggestion box is a really good idea for your business. It can help you get valuable feedback from your customers -- feedback that they don't normally think to share with you. Whether your business is a brick and mortar location or purely virtual, it's important to hear from your customers. Here are some tips for success.- The suggestion box sh…
- Are You Ready to Own and Operate a Business? By Kathleen Gage
How often has someone thought of starting a business based solely on the fact they think it will be easier than working for someone else. Fact is, owning and operating a business can be one of the most grueling experiences you will have. Granted, there are many advantages, but unless someone has actually run a business there is much to consider b…
- Is Your Business Fulfilling Your Dream or Creating a Nightmare? The Myth of Hard Work = Success By Beverley Hamilton
You’ve made the break from the chains of working for the corporate machine and have decided to become a consultant in your specialist field, be that marketing, IT, HR or Sales.You want the dream of working for yourself and creating greater freedom in your life.Many Independent Business Consultants (IBC) or those considering becoming an IBC do wha…
- Small Business Survival Tips By Julia Tang
No matter what kind of small business you have, you need read these "small business survival tips" which will help you to succeed.
You may be in Internet business, traditional business, or you may be a local merchant with 150 employees; whichever, however or whatever--you've got to know how to keep your business alive during economic recessi…
- Exploiting The Internet As Money Machine! By Lil Waldner
The internet is the greatest money machine in these days. Google, Yahoo, Amazon or Ebay have achieved a higher market capitalization than many traditional brick and mortar companies. Google has grown within a few year to a value of more than $77 billions. How is most of the money made? The big search engines make most of the money with advertisem…
- Keeping a Partnership ALIVE and THRIVING By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
What are the best methods for keeping a good business relationship?Once you have a business relationship in place, you need to work on that relationship to keep it intact. As a matter of fact, people nurture their business relationships more than they do their families! The first and most obvious method is to follow up with questions and requests…
- Australian Workplace Agreements - How They Work For You By Philip Lye
The employer / employee relations environment has been constantly evolving during the last 25 years. In Australia, as in many western nations, the balance between employers and employees has shifted back and forwards usually in response to supply and demand.At times worker organisations, such as unions, have caused considerable problems for emplo…
- Packing Material That's Cheap! By Michael Temple
Shipping materials can be expensive! Even the styrofoam "peanuts" can cost a great deal. Here's a great idea for packing paterial that is bio-digradable, easy, and best of all...CHEAP!Popcorn! Yep, popcorn! It is a wonderful packing product if it is done right. Here's how to make it the right way for using in your packaging:1. Go down to y…
- Incorporating a Small Business: S corporations versus C corporations By Jacob Wren
If you’ve been considering incorporating your small business, you’ve probably been confused about the difference between S and C corporations.The similarities between S and C corporations are as follows:1. Both S and C corporations are both separate legal entities that offer limited liability protection. If, for example, the corporation is sued …
- Managing Your Small Business By Joe Love
Most small businesses fail within the first three years because of a lack of management on the part of the owner. Most people who start a business love the excitement of the start-up phase but don’t understand that you must have a plan and provide direction for the business.The success of any business depends on people. You can’t build and grow a…
- Avoiding the Small Business Cash Flow Roller Coaster By Rose Hill
A solopreneur I know disappears from my radar screen for weeks on end when she's actively engaged on a project for a client. During this time she is heads down, totally focused, and immersed in delivering her service to her current client. She works long hours each week, sacrificing her personal life, relationships, and self-care to meet her comm…
- Small Business Basics By Mansi Aggarwal
Most large-scale business houses that today stand as giant corporate were once started as small business concerns. Small businesses have always been a key to present successfully running high profile industries. While most of us desire to run a big industry some day very few are actually daring enough to give it a try. Starting a small business i…
- Secrets to Washing Fleets of Trucks from a Nationwide Fleet Washing Service By Lance Winslow
Washing the exterior of a truck. Sounds easy right? Well, it’s not really. When you soap a truck, it is very important that you are careful to soap around all the handles, turn signal lights, steps, and wipers. You want to soap all that stuff by hand. Use a one-foot by one foot lamb’s wool square-not a mitt, they don’t work well. You can use a br…
- Keeping Business Alive By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
Who is responsible for maintaining the business relationship?Nurturing a business relationship will take effort on your part and effort on the part of the other person. If you feel the business is worth having, then you must take the time to make sure you are in touch on a regular basis. I call these touch points. Each touch point you have with t…
- 8 Road Blocks to Success in Your Cleaning Business By Steve Hanson
All business owners face road blocks throughout the life of their business. It's how they deal with and overcome these road blocks that will determine their level of success. The following are 8 common road blocks that cleaning businesses face.1. Not Having a Business PlanTake time to write a business plan. This forces you to take a serious look …
- How To Sell Wholesale Merchandise To Dollar Stores By Donny Lowy
Dollar stores are great customers for wholesalers.They are usually located in high traffic locations which means that they have plenty of customers on a daily basis.A high number of customers translates into large volume sales for dollar stores that have the right selection of wholesale merchandise.This is what makes dollar stores idea customers …
- Financing Sources and Types to Ensure Successful By David Arnold Livingston
Money is of extreme importance nowadays. Almost
everything that we do involves money. The same is true
if one wants to venture into business or buy a home
which is one of the basic needs for survival. Financing
or supplying of funds in business is a must to make it
grow and achieve the desired expected profit (together
with the right planni…
- Boat Detailing Tips and Procedures By Lance Winslow
Auto detailers are often asked to clean boats and detail boat trailers. There is an easy and efficient way to do this with little effort. Washing and waxing boat trailers is an easy sale. Be sure to offer the boat owner a trailer wax. Let the owner know that a heavily waxed trailer is more rust resistant even when used in salt water. They can …
- Joint Venture Your Way to Extraordinary Sales! By Kimberly Stevens
You know what makes me really happy? Drinking a Starbucks latte while doing my grocery shopping at Safeway. Getting my Godiva fix at Barnes & Noble. Cheap thrills, I know!Ever wonder why McDonald’s is inside many WalMart stores? Or why you can buy the board game, Cranium, inside most Starbucks locations?These are not just lucky coincidences. They…
- Lawn Care Business Websites - 5 Reasons Why You Absolutely MUST Have One By Chestin Salisbury
Having worked with many lawn care and landscaping companies to improve the results of their marketing efforts, at some point in my conversations with clients this one question always arises, "Do I really need a website?"99% of the time, without hesitation my response is a resounding, "Yes, Yes, Yes."I've heard all sorts of reasons and excuses as …
- Politics, Environmental Rules, and Mobile Car Washes By Lance Winslow
During the California Recall Election, I was very interested. Without getting into the political scene at all; my entire company, The Car Wash Guys, and all our staff and franchisees were closely watching The California Recall and Election. Why you say? Why would a National Car Wash Franchising Company care much? Well we have some friends of past…
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