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Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

John’s book is full of those moments, when he talks about &# A Solution to THE Small Business Problem “, marketing. His book fills any bootstrappers heart with joy as he takes you step-by-step to developing your own marketing plan. Any if you’re thinking about marketing, you should consider this book.

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Book-keeping requirements – Start Up Guides – Part 7 | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

You need to look on your books as your very own window on the health and well being of your business. So, now you know why you need to keep books, but how do you go about it. This would mean you need an extra couple of books for this alone, and can lead to making the whole issue far more complex. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

Practically Perfect PA

I worked hard at that job and was rewarded with a promotion to Account Manager in 2006, yay! Booking meetings and meeting rooms. Arranging catering and dealing with external suppliers. Junior PA: Booking travel and hotels for colleagues . The role also had some PA tasks but was mainly admin. Learning to multi-task.

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John Needs YOU!

The Small Business Blog

by Stefan Töpfer on Jul 30, 2010 Fellow blogger John Crickett is busy writing a new book: The Big Book of Business Ideas , and he needs your help. John Needs YOU! John needs business owners to use as case studies and some ‘from the trenches’ advice on starting a business like yours. What do you have to do? Sponsors Advertise Here?

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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

The Small Business Blog

If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Getting a better price is especially easy to do right now, since suppliers are tripping over themselves to get business. Get better payment terms by negotiation.

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Ideas - Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

Theodore Levitt (1925-2006) US management theorist, Inc (February 1981) To view previous quotes, click here « Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 Top 5 Website Design Tips » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, November 14th, 2009 at 7:35 am and is filed under Business Quotations.

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New Year – Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

We will open the book. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.&# New Year – Small Business Quote of the Week by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 02, 2010 A small business quote keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained. “We Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves.

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