The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Small Business world News Round-up – 2009/10/27 by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 27, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. — ST.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 24, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. 2010 may be no better. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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In fact, according to an article in Republic , “Because startups and other private investments have such long time horizons—five to 10 years on average—they… typically aren’t impacted by the ups and downs of the public markets.”.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Late Payment, Headache For SMEs : A Survey carried out by Barclays in Wales found that 48% of Welsh SMEs experience problems with late payment. The changes will come into force today. — ST. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 2, 2023

The same survey also suggests that up to 72 million “armchair nomads”, again, only in the US, are considering becoming nomadic. This is driving up living costs, well beyond the popular tourist hotspots like Barrio Alto and Principe Real. The most recent estimates put the number of digital nomads from the US alone, at 16.9

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On The Job

MARCH 28, 2012

When responding to a 2007 National Sleep Foundation poll, women said they clocked about six hours of sleep in an average weeknight. But that snooze time may actually be closer to eight hours on average when figuring in weekend sleep time, says an American Time Use Survey. says the discrepancy can be chalked up to female competiveness.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 24, 2012

We first spotted this trend in 2007 (and yes, we are patting ourselves on the back), and it was clear by 2010 this trend was gaining momentum. " BCG has followed up their report with a survey of U.S. " BCG has followed up their report with a survey of U.S. from overseas. manufacturing is still good. ."

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 8, 2010

Not only does a blog post open you up to your customers giving you a ‘friendly face’, it’s also a great tool for interacting with them. However, a recent survey revealed that only a third of businesses recognised this. Trying to do all that on a website would perhaps be too distracting for your visitors. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 4, 2010

» June 04, 2010 Coworking Labs - Our New Research Blog for our Coworking Project Emergent Research (that's us) is teaming up with the Society for New Communications Research for a research project on coworking.    Conduct two surveys augmented by in-person interviews.     Our project plan is to: 1. 

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 You may speak more languages and have market segment knowledge about a certain product or service. You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 11, 2007

The fastest-growing major occupational group—professional and related occupations—is made up mostly of occupations that generally require postsecondary education or training. companies, according to the Ethics Resource Center's 2007 National Business Ethics Survey®. Interviews with almost 2,000 employees at U.S.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Up until this point, the AboutOne team has been diligently in the background planning and programming the awesome new tool.  If you have a few minutes, I'd love it if you would go to www.AboutOne.com  and take their market survey.    Of course I was honored to be on their board!

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 13, 2010

Before investing in any search strategy, reputation management or otherwise, plan things out, survey the options that are available, and take action. Often, business owners find themselves so caught up in their paperwork or their day-to-day operations that they forget about… Continue reading the rest of this article.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 11, 2007 Shirley Jaffrey wrote me an email today, telling me her story how she started her business on a kitchen table and is now supplying the stars. Many give up. Never give up – I believe that is the biggest problem with hopeful new entrepreneurs.

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Andrea Kalli

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Generally, these actions include signing up for a free trial program, joining a new website, or completing an online survey. Commission amounts range dramatically within the industry — from 4% on some physical goods, all the way up to 75% on virtual goods — and conversion rates can be just as variable.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

5 Ways Disorganization Wastes Your Money - [link] - Monica Ricci cracked me up in this post.  E-Mail Five Best Email Clients - [link] - Lifehacker did a cool survey of their readers to find out what e-mail tools you like the best.    Great insights.   They received a huge number of responses! 

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 31, 2006

Simply because the needs of a $100M company, which SAP and Oracle consider a "small" business are not even comparable to a 6-10 person company – traditionally referred to as SOHO , while recently a new term is popping up: VSB – very small business, the absolute "S" part of SMB. We spent a crap-load of money.

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JUNE 8, 2010

We’ll Pick You Up.&# Regularly surveying customers, but keeping questions targeted to one specific area could evaluate the company’s progress. Cons: The book was copyrighted in 2007, and some of what was written seems out of date now. The book emphasizes that satisfying customers is not complicated.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

AUGUST 16, 2010

After conducting a survey of about 4000+ of my Twitter followers, I learned that people have a real challenge figuring out where to pay attention and how to figure it out. They came up with some great ideas. It is not getting a drink or seeing what your buds are up to on Twitter/Facebook. His secret? That's it!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Work With Stephanie « Mon Motivation - Build up your courage to take action! This topic came back up the other day as I was working with an extremely successful medical professional.    OrderUpOrg I eat lunch away from my desk and use the downtime to catch up on my favorite TV series on DVD. Snacks, too.

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MARCH 15, 2010

On Valentine’s Day, 2007 an ice storm in the northeast set the venue for a customer service disaster when hundreds of passengers were held captive on the tarmac and thousands of travelers were stranded in airports.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 30, 2010

  Understanding your style and developing systems that fit with who you are sets you up for success. Look at the answers you came up with in Steps 1 and 2 above.    Accenture conducted a survey of 1,000 middle managers in large companies in the U.S.   There are different organization styles too. 

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Most companies don’t tolerate the worst of these customers (they hang up ), but what about the customer who is just really angry and isn’t necessarily doing anything wrong? Back in December 2007, I featured a two part guest post from Jennifer Harris, an employee at Ruby Receptionists. How do you work with that customer?

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APRIL 7, 2010

This morning Spirit Airlines announced an up to $45 charge for each piece of carry-on luggage placed in the overhead bins. Singapore Airlines seems to be the only continuously profitable airline that keeps stepping UP their customer service. The charges will begin August 1st. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Telemarketing is my number one annoyance in advertising and as soon as I answer the phone and get that few seconds of dead air, that is my queue to hang up. I understand a company would be interested in knowing why people unsubscribe so they can improve their business, but a quick voluntary survey back would have been more appropriate.

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On The Job

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This is now a more grown up generation,” says Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite. In a recent survey, Jobvite found that before the recession, more than 60 percent of GenY candidates wanted a higher compensation than offered. There is nothing like real life to wake people up. Keep up the good work! Bret, I interviewed Prof.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Once I feel I've captured every idea on a note, I find a stretch of wall and stick each idea up. "Heads Up. I write down one task or to-do on a Post-It, and put it up on a wall. I can then either leave them up on the wall, and tweak them throughout the day, or I can generate a formal to-do list. Not Really!"

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