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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Buying the best insurance for your Business : It’s important to pay close attention to the kind of insurance you buy for your small business; otherwise you could face a shock when you file a claim. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Senate bill won’t change small biz premiums: The Congressional Budget Office predicts the Senate health care reform bill would provide better, but more expensive, coverage in the individual insurance market, while having little impact on premiums for employer-based coverage. — ST. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 5, 2010

List Tasks (example) a- Plan Agenda b- Billy Bob’s Review c- Draft budget report d- Clean out my inbox 2.     B Which is more important: “a-Plan Agenda” or “c-Draft budget report”?     A Which is more important: “b-Billy Bob’s Review” or “c-Draft budget report”?   

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 16, 2010

« Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog , do a SWOT plan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Be creative – you&# ll find a way.

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JUNE 6, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. This is the best way to expect a higher return on investment on your advertising budget. Test the whole thing: Large corporations have a huge advertising budget to play and experiment.

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MARCH 9, 2010

In an age of corporate scandals, suspicious customers, and budgets with very little breathing room, there is simply no substitute for being an ethical company. When doing business, I think most of us would consider strong ethics and integrity to be top of the list of qualities we seek out in business partners. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Budget – create a budget and put it in your cash-flow. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Finance , plan cash-flow. Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

Managing A Small Business In A Recession by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 10, 2007 Here in the UK we had the “ Pre Budget Report &# yesterday. The result was immediate, looking thru my log files today, I stopped at the search term listings and saw many references to “ recession &# in it. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 23, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am and is filed under Customer Service , SME-Blog. So why shouldn’t I strive to give my customers the same?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2008

FPB warns that removing ‘green’ fuel tax incentive will further alienate small firms : The FPB is questioning the Government’s commitment to helping small firms switch to environmentally friendly fuels, following an announcement in the 2008 Budget that it is to remove a tax incentive for investing in ‘green’ biofuels.

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MARCH 30, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses at Easter » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 6:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Sponsors Advertise Here?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

« Book Review: A Bit on the Side by Jasmine Birtles Introducing: The Small Business Bookshop » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am and is filed under Finance , find funding. So, how much money do you really need? We have to be realistic about it.

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APRIL 14, 2010

  Make sure the restaurant is within your budget! .  This not only allows everyone to feel like they are welcome in the conversation, but also ensures that you get a well-rounded set of perspectives in the conversation.   Find out your company’s policy before inviting clients to lunch. 

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Rewriting bank regulations will hurt small businesses : In the typical fashion, Congress is now attempting to solve a “crisis&# by creating a new government agency with an unlimited budget and almost unlimited regulatory powers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 14, 2008

the changes to capital gains tax in the 2007 Pre-Budget Report will further undermine the attractiveness of the Uk as a place to grow a business. Introducing :- The Home Business Archive » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, January 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am and is filed under Red-Tape , Small Business / SOHO.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It doesn’t have to be fancy or high-budget. « Top 5 Tips for Hiring New Employees Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 2:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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  One of my favorite resources back then was a book called 1001 Ways to Reward Employees by Bob Nelson Ph.D.    [link]   When I would get a new manager on my team, I'd encourage them to flip through the book and flag items that appealed to them.  The "I Love Me" Book.

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JANUARY 21, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, January 21st, 2008 at 11:14 am and is filed under Question & Answer. And no question, bad customer service will hurt you and make you lose customers… I guess the big companies can sometimes “afford&# to compensate for that with a huge marketing budget.

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JANUARY 22, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am and is filed under Exporting. Most notably because of exchange rate risk which makes it hard to budget. « Q&A: What do you think the key factors are for small business failure in the UK? Finally back in business.

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MAY 12, 2010

In the interest of fairness it is necessary to end the practice of giving projects only to large multinational corporations – which often fail or run massively over budget – while better and more innovative solutions are available at a fraction of the cost. « WinWeb.com Launches a New Website Have You Got A Business Thought?

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

You’re either an indie developer (like me), or the company doesn’t have a budget for creating focus groups or there’s nobody watching the forums, etc. Be Neat If you ever wrote a project with more than 5 source code files, you know that managing those source code files can be a nightmare. Don’t delay, don’t ask for permission.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch Said on November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 am [.] Sigang McGough Said on March 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm A convincing argument for starting a business even when on a budget. Said on November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am [.] Really great ! Great post.

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MAY 31, 2006

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 at 5:47 pm and is filed under Development , Infrastructure , Marketing/PR , Office - IT , Open Source Software , SME-Blog , Sales , Software as a Service , Web Technology , WinWeb. SMBs to Spend $2.2 Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

Members of the major accountancy bodies, such as ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CPA, ICAI and others are also subject periodic reviews of their files by their professional body and are required to keep up to date by engaging in Continuing Professional Development. Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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