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- Is Your Success Predetermined? By Dan Milam
Your on-line success is based on your efforts and yours alone. Sure there are many tools that help you, but it is still you. If you are going to succeed, it will take all the time you can put forth. After all it is a business and yes you work from home, but that does not mean post a website and make money. An on-line business is like any other bu…
- Starting is the Hardest Part By Marsha Maung
You can’t imagine how many people ask me how I did it. To turn my back onto convention, to turn a deaf ear on the people who wants what is best for me, to snub my nose at people who thinks I am making one of the biggest mistakes in my life…etc. Hey, this is what I do best, so, I am really good at this. Granted, not everyone is as good at defying …
- Why Internet Shopping is the New Mall of the Future By Scott Reighard
Last year, trillions of dollars transferred hands on the internet with regard to sales, or as the internet wishes to call it, eCommerce. The internet is becoming an increasingly complex manipulation of do's and don'ts. However, one thing I am sure of is, what are you doing? The cliche says, "Either get in the game, or sit and watch from the sidel…
- Operational Aspects on P and L Statements of Mobile Services Businesses By Lance Winslow
What kinds of things effect mobile service businesses P and L’s? Well this is an excellent question and as I see the Annual reports of companies who do mobile services, such as Ecolab, Service Master, Halliburton, Luftstanza Food Services, etc. I see many similarities. For instance we have noted as many of the others the climate conditions, El Ni…
- What Help is there for Veterans Starting a Business? By Stephen Mistretta
Some of the very qualities that attract people to the military life are what make them good candidates for an internet based home business. What are these qualities? A sense of adventure, an attraction to signs of leadership and the ability to discern what constitutes a good leader, courage and idealism and an understanding of the joy of testin…
- Canon City, Colorado - Good for Small Business By Lance Winslow
Canon City, Colorado is known for it's 6 Prisons; State and Federal, women's prison and juvenile. It is also home to the First Colorado Territorial Prison. Pictured here. Most of the people work for the prison system and it is the main employer of the town. This helps the local business community with high paying jobs. The small town has 7 new ca…
- Small Business and Over Regulation By Lance Winslow
Over regulation of small business is so intense it is getting hard to make a buck.For my example of the type of over regulation in small business, which turns the American Dream into an American Nightmare, I will use a simple business like a car wash. Partly because I am in the Car Washing Industry and partly because I am very familiar with all t…
- Best Credit Card Processing Rates By Shane Penrod
Everyone goes into business to make money, so why spend more of your profits on expensive transaction fees, Website maintenance, service agreements and high credit card processing rates? When you take time to shop for the best deals, you can save quite a bit of money that can be used to good purpose in other parts of your business. Start shopping…
- Solving the Late Paying Customer Blues By Caroline Jordan
Nothing can drive a business down faster than customers who don’t pay their bills as agreed. When you sell to customers on credit you are making an agreement with them. You will provide them with goods or services in exchange for their payment within the terms you agree upon. Period.What I’m seeing more and more of is businesses using their suppl…
- Getting Behind in Your Work? You Need a Virtual Assistant! By Shannon Emmanuel
If you don’t know what a Virtual Assistant (or VA) is, don’t worry. I only came across the term myself about a year ago. It seemed like a high-tech occupation that I would know little about until I stumbled across some information and found out that I was a Virtual Assistant! Not only that, I realized that small businesses were missing out on the…
- Women and Small Business By Mirjana Radovic,Ph.D
In the book Women and Small Business author gives all the guidelines and tools need to start, operate and succeed in a business of their own. In the mentioned book she tried in the fist part to explain how has changed the role of women in the world along centuries. In the second part she researched all neccesary abbilities of women who like t…
- Strong Competitive Moves Should Always be Blocked By Arvind Kumar
Most companies have only one chance to win, but leaders have two. If a leader misses an opportunity to attack itself, the company can often recover by copying the competitive move. But the leader must move rapidly before the attacker gets established.Many leaders refuse to block because their egos get in the way. Even worse, they knock the compet…
- How to Sponsor an Event for Fun and PROFIT By Bette Daoust, Ph.D.
How do you sponsor an event and get personal introductions at the same time?So how can sponsoring help you to be visible to the business community and gain the right contacts? It is actually quite simple, you need to find events that are visible to the audience you are interested in.Find out:
Whom you wish to do business with
Which sports they …
- 11 Things Small Business Owners Can Learn From Rudy Giuliani By David Handler
1. Leadership Is Learned – While many people appear to have an innate ability to lead, most learn from their life and business experiences, then put these lessons into practice. Giuliani wrote, “The greatest leadership you ever have is the ability to lead your own life.”2. Understand Good Leaders, Not Good Leadership – Giuliani wrote, “Read biogr…
- A Great Logo Is A Marketing Must-Have. But Is It Affordable For Small Business Owners? By Debbie LaChusa
And is having a logo really that important?My answer to both of these questions is an emphatic YES!A logo is a graphic or visual representation of your brand. Your brand is your business, product or service and what it stands for. It's whatever you are out in the marketplace selling.Why do small businesses need a logo?Why can't they just market u…
- Effective Customer Interviews Make Life Much Easier! By Jennifer Cram
One of the critical success factors for service-related businesses is our ability to understand a client’s needs and requirements. Misunderstandings can lead to loss of repeat business, economic loss, and damage to reputation.Although interactions in small business are often much more casual than those at the big end of town, interviews with clie…
- Why You Need A Virtual Assistant By Justine Curtis
How much is your time really worth? Is it worth £50 an hour or £100 an hour? YOUR time is most valuable because it is your responsibility to generate new revenue for your business. Doing small and often trivial admin chores yourself does not really add value to your business and the sensible solution is to delegate those less profitable tasks by …
- The Most Important Decision of Your Massage Business Career By Elizabeth Fletcher Brown
Don’t you find that there are so many decisions you need to make each and every day regarding the direction of your massage practice. Especially if you are a solo-preneur or own your own massage business.As a business owner myself I know at times it can seem overwhelming, wearing all the hats of massage therapist, marketer, salesperson, office ad…
- Preparing Makes Sense, Get Ready Now! By Richard Berroa
Why do you even have insurance for your business? Your answer might range on that question from because I have to, to beacuse it is a necessity. Regardless of where you fall within that spectrum, the one unifying fact is that when you do submit for a claim you want to be paid all that you are entitled to and you want the settlement to be fast. …
- ERM Not Just For the 'Big Guys' Anymore: Small Business Rights Management A Reality By Mariilee Veniegas
Small Business Rights Management (SBRM) is a term which reflects the shift ERM (Enterprise Rights Management) technology has taken as awareness of industry compliance issues and protection of original works has evolved and become implicit within businesses of under 50 employees. From published manuscripts to original cookie recipes, protecting o…
- What Every Small Business Needs to Know About Workers Comp By Ian Asterbury
The basics of workers compensation insuranceThe thing most small businesses most commonly overlook about workers comp insurance is this: they need it. Unless you're in Texas , that is. The other 49 require small employers to cover their employees' lost wages and/or medical expenses in case they're hurt on the job.Different states have different c…
- Start Your Own Phone Answering Service By Randy Wilson
A phone answering service business is probably one of the easiest service businesses that you can start. It does not involve a lot of risk, has a low start-up cost and does not require any special expertise. What is really needed is a pleasant voice, good telephone manners, tactful answering strategies and of course, a passion to mind your own bu…
- Small Business Mistakes: Are You Making Enough of Them? By Rose Hill
That's right are you making enough mistakes in your business? Some of you are probably annoyed at my question; others are thinking "Geez, Rose! If I made any more mistakes I'd have to run screaming back to a day job!"If you went to school in the public school system in America, you were culturally trained to avoid and hide mistakes, after all; …
- Common Sources of Financing for Small Business By Jeff Schein
The choice of financing is an important determinant of whether a product reaches the market, or whether an existing business can survive. The choice of financing is an important part of being an entrepreneur and business owner, and the ability to raise cash when you have no or limited history takes skill and creativity. There are a number of sour…
- Be a Leader: Use Environmentally Friendly Products in Your Cleaning Business By Steve Hanson
Many building service contractors are aware that green cleaning is a hot topic these days due to health and safety concerns by building owners and managers. We see increasing amounts of recycling bins in the buildings we clean, which is a sign that people are becoming more environmentally conscious. Steps are also being taken to reduce or elimina…
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