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Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08

The Small Business Blog

Ringing in the Holiday but Sharing the Bil l: For small businesses, shared office parties offer the feel of a big event at a lower cost — and without the planning headaches. Small Business Loans in Areas Down : BOSTON–Delinquencies among small and medium-sized U.S. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

  Revenue, net income, total expenses, and payroll costs are just a few of the items that you may be monitoring on your profit and loss statement.  Assuming a 5-day work week, there are about 250 working days in a year, not including about 10 holidays. Estimate the numbers of days you were off, and divide by 250.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

Service Untitled

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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Q & A: What does “Fixed Costs” mean and why should they be as low.

The Small Business Blog

Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Should that not be the case, then you have “variable costs&# of $1 per call, which means you are out of the office, working or enjoying life while it is quiet, for example during holiday season. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Do you like what you do?

Laughing all the Way to Work

If you know what works best for you and if your job is 80/20 on what you like then you can put up with the small stuff like filing and filling out expense forms. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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What ever happened to the "us" in Service?

Laughing all the Way to Work

It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S. Holidays Humour "A cheerful heart is good like medicine." 411 Look Up 411.ca