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Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor

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Look for someone with expertise in your industry so they will already know the relevant issues. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

The Small Business Blog

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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Top Five Tips for Paying Yourself

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Research the going rate for CEOs in your industry. This is especially true in the construction industry during the slow times of the year Bosco Said on February 20th, 2010 at 8:26 am Its a great tips for us ,and i love this blog,so many informative tips,thanks Stefan. Learn about how your company structure affects pay.

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses

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Steven Said on November 11th, 2009 at 1:04 pm These are all great tips but another tip I would like to offer is to see what courses your industry association or governing body are offering or whether they can recommend any training providers specialising in your industry. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Q & A: What is “Staff Turnover” and how large or small would it be.

The Small Business Blog

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 26, 2007 Well, two things come to mind: Often the term “ staff turnover &# is used in connection with fluctuation in staff levels , which means staff leaves the company – for whichever reason. Industries like fast food, for example, have turnover of well over 100%. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day. Working in tandem with your competitors has benefits in addition to getting a good beat to what’s happening in your industry. Think airline alliances.

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Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start

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It is such an important point that you make about gaining testimonials from your first customers, but I also think those customers should be asked about their contacts in their industry and see if you can sell to their contacts. An excellent way for quick growth – recommendations! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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