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- Who Makes the BEST Business Partner By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
How do you find the best business partners?Finding a good business partner (outside partner, such as an alliance) requires an amount of due diligence. This simply means you will need to look at all aspects of the other person’s business and sometimes a bit of their personal life. You will need to find a common thread with the potential partner an…
- We Know Who 'THEY' Are By Ron Cooper
Am I the only one that does not have an “A” button on my computer? I have looked on the keyboard, monitor and hard drive I can not find that darn thing anywhere. Nobody will tell me where it is.You know the one I am talking about, right? No, not the one between the Caps Lock and “S” key.Let me explain. You can go up to some people and tell them t…
- Window Cleaning Business Start Up By Lance Winslow
Should you buy a business opportunity or Franchise if you want to get into the window cleaning business? Or just start your own and work hard; grow the business into a full-time profession and expand from there? Let us talk briefly about window cleaning franchises is in general.One could argue without too much difficulty that buying a window clea…
- Franchise Buyers Lying On Forms By Lance Winslow
The Federal Trade Commission which governs the franchise industry thru the franchise rule, which enforces Franchise Disclosure laws seems to think that consumers need to be protected even when they lie. Often The FTC takes complaints from consumers who claim they had been ripped off or lied to from someone selling a Biz-OP or some corporation, wh…
- The Triple A Way to Spark Your Company's Profits By M. Brooks
Winning small and home based businesses today must continually shake things up to stay in the game. Whether it's adding new marketing twists on existing products and services or anticipating customer wants with compatible new items you can add to your product mix, hatching new ideas and concepts is vital to a profitable company.AAA
Here is what I…
- Secrets of Cleaning Truck Trailers in Your Fleet from a Veteran Truck Washer By Lance Winslow
Cleaning the trailers towed by big trucks is not easy, those big forty-foot to fifty-three foot boxes are quite intimidating up close when you are holding nothing more than a brush and pressure washer gun, looking at a soap bucket. The hardest thing to do is to clean the back doors of trailers because they get really greasy from all the debris an…
- 7 Advantages to Incorporating By Alex Goumakos
There's no question that hard work and a little luck is what it takes to BE successful. But a little knowledge, especially when it comes to setting up your business, will help you STAY successful.While many business owners give a lot of thought to location, store décor, customer service, hiring employees and management issues (and rightly so); c…
- Survival Tips For Small Businesses By Dominic Ferrara
You may be in Mail Order, Direct Mail, 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 recessions. Anytime the cash flow in a business,
large or small, starts to tighten up, the money management of
that business has to be run as a "tight ship."S…
- Increase the Wealth in Your Community By Thomas Clouser
Many of us have noticed how some nearby communities seem to be “wealthier” than other nearby communities. They seem to have more shopping markets, more restaurants, more choices; items often cost more in these communities than they do in surrounding areas, yet the affluence remains where the prices are high; people are drawn to these communities…
- How to Integrate Yourself in Someone Else's Business By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
When do you need to get more involved
with the day to day activities of your business partner?The best business relationship you can have is one where the client does not know whether you are a contractor or whether you are an employee. Working alongside the client, you are the one that offers solutions to problems. These relationships take time…
- Fleet Washing Operations Manual Sample Outline By Lance Winslow
In the Truck Washing Business every single type of vehicle is washed differently. If you are going to run a mobile onsite fleet washing business with multiple trucks in multiple cities you will in fact need a comprehensive manual to keep your crews and equipment running at an optimum. Below you will see a sample outline to assist you in construct…
- Fast Merchant Account Services By Shane Penrod
Fast merchant account services might be the answer to your dreams if you aspire to build a corporate empire. When you check out the various lines of merchant services that can help you do business more efficiently, you are apt to find one that is affordable as well as compatible with your current growth plan.You need not wait for a long, drawn-ou…
- 4 Areas Where Your Business is Losing Money By Jeff F. Lee
In my 18 years of consulting I have heard it all. Everything from competition to managed care as reasons why it’s hard to create the business of your dreams. New customers are needed to keep any business going but it is how you and your staff manage these customers that determines your success in business.In every business that I have gone into …
- "Dress the Part" – Relating to Your Target Market By Dianne Daniels
We’re in the last quarter of 2005, and setting goals for business growth and marketing that will give you momentum starting 2006 are part of every entrepreneur’s ‘to do’ list. Does your image relate to and support what you wanted to achieve in 2005? What about goals for 2006? How do you want others to see you and your business?You’ve got to proje…
- How to Increase the Cash Flow in Your Private Practice in 30 Days By Dianne E. Dawson, M.A.
If you have a busy private practice, chances are you also have pockets of cash lying around available for the plucking. It simply hasn’t been collected yet, and may even have been overlooked. Here are 10 ways to increase your cash flow over the next 30 days.Collect at the Time of ServiceInclude in your upfront discussions your expectations on p…
- Small Business Owners - They Owe You The Money Why Don't They Pay? By Kelvyn Peters
Doesn't it frustrate you when you've given good service, sometimes super service, and the customer doesn't pay you?Some of them aren't doing too well and are struggling for cash, but, gee, so are you. In the time they take to pay they could have paid off a little each week and the debt would be gone.You know others have the money but it takes th…
- 5 GREAT WAYS to Gain New Contacts By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
What are the 5 best ways to gain new contacts?There are many ways to use the media to promote your business. You must ultimately decide what is best for your business. It may be all the items you have read about, or it may be only a few, but whatever you choose, you must get a precise and clear message across to your potential buyers. You must al…
- Credit Card Processing Provides Customers with an Extremely Popular Payment Option By Jack Chevalier
If your business does not accept credit card orders you could lose an expected 85% of potential sales. Most online businesses report that 95% of their orders are through online order forms.
Accepting credit cards via credit card processing systems has several advantages for business owners as well. It gives you the chance to increase sales by en…
- The Joy and Hazards Of Finding Your First Office By Tim Knox
Q: I have outgrown my home office and need to find office space for me and two part time employees. I am really excited about opening my first official office, but never having rented commercial space before I don't know anything about how this process works. What are some things I should consider before signing a lease? I'm really eager to get s…
- Three Small Business Secrets to Getting More Billable Time By Rose Hill
As small business owners we’re in business to make money doing what we love. And that means we need enough billable hours to cover our expenses, our payroll, upgrades in skills and technology, and profit. But if stay in business for any length of time, you eventually reach the point where you just don't have more hours in the day to give to your …
- How Your Habits Control Your Small Business Success By Rose Hill
Habit: A consistent behavior you perform so frequently that it is automatic. For example, if you learned to drive a car with a standard transmission, the first few lessons were pretty jerky while you learned to synchronize the clutch with the accelerator pedal. If you released the clutch too fast, the car would stall. If you pressed the accelerat…
- When and Why YOU Are the Best Writer for Your Business Plan By Gerry McRae
WHEN you are operating or planning a small business that is seeking funding for less than five million dollars, it's wise to consider writing your own plan.WHY you are the best qualified. You probably have superior knowledge of your target market, prospective customers and your product or service. If not "superior," at least, you have adequate kn…
- How to Raise Your Fees and Thrill Your Customers By Caroline Jordan
Think the best way to get more customers is to have the lowest prices in town? Think again. Think the best way to create a successful business is to try to appeal to everyone? Wrong again.The only good thing about having the lowest prices and trying to appeal to everyone is that you’ll fail quickly and be out of your misery.This is a really hard …
- If You Want to Work from Home By Marsha Maung
Here are some important points to take note of if you want to work from home. working from home is a dream occupation for many people, but only a few of us will dare to trudge that path. As long as you keep to your basic principles, keep focused, learn how to motivate yourself, be patient and learn how to manage your time properly, you CAN have t…
- The Single Most Powerful Small Business Marketing Tool On The Planet By John Jantsch
Let me get right to the point. The single most powerful small business marketing tool on the planet is a marketing plan. Now before you roll your eyes and run for the hills let me clear a few things up.When I talk about a marketing plan I am not referring to those academic exercises found in college marketing books, or the templated mumbo jumbo f…
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