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MARCH 16, 2010

If an area such as accounting is your weakness, rather than wasting time learning the skill it may be more cost-effective and time efficient to outsource the service. Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. Be creative – you&# ll find a way. Great post!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

For example, one of these mentors runs one of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Here are a few examples: • An employee conducts him/herself inappropriately with your competitor – wouldn’t you rather a friendly call from your competitor to inform you so you can nip it in the bud? This example shows that competitors do not have to be ruthless rivals.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). Don’t Let Empty Pockets Hold You Back!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It also sets a great example with the sales team. And nothing says “I really want your business” more than a CEO who makes the effort to meet with potential customers. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under Marketing/PR.

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APRIL 29, 2008

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.

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JULY 27, 2010

For example, if you learn about products that are doing well in other countries then you may be able to adapt them for sale here if no-one else is doing it. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Ideas , How to. , a good idea is so important.

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MAY 20, 2010

Allowing staff to work flexible hours is an example; at WinWeb.com my staff work from home, with flexibility and consideration for their families needs. « The Customer Is Always Right! For example because I don’t have any authority over them I can only suggest rather than tell them to do something.

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

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. For example, having to fire people because the economy is in recession is no fun for anyone and quite easy to prevent in most cases.

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APRIL 8, 2008

Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. 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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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 11, 2008

Do not over-charge for your services. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. « Canada Small Business News Round-up – 11/03/2008 Service Desert is big small business opportunity. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under SME-Blog. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Let me give you an obvious example to make my point. What are “Fixed Costs&# ? Why should I keep my “Fixed Costs&# as low as possible?

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 13, 2008

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.

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JUNE 10, 2009

We have been training a large number of virtual assistants in all aspects of our service offerings for months and we are very confident we can provide a professional and extremely cost-effective service to all our clients. As an example, Bookkeeping will start at £9.85

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

These examples and 40 million more are generated on the MBA Writer web-site by Mike Shor (Humor), he writes: Automatically generate sentences ready for inclusion into your business memos without all of the thinking!! Say something profound today. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MAY 20, 2008

There are unlimited examples om the internet. Andrew Johnson Said on June 18th, 2010 at 9:53 am Interesting thoughts; although as a professional CV writer I believe that one of the most inportant aspects to this service is the one to one personal service. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JANUARY 29, 2009

If he or she is stuck in the mindset that the business is too small to aggressively compete with and win customers from larger competitors then it will always suffer from a lack of drive and self-belief. It is also generally a big mistake to think that you can save money by under-investing in technology.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

« Government – Small Business Quote of the Day Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 26/11/2008 » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 at 11:06 am and is filed under Announcements , Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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OCTOBER 13, 2007

You need to pay attention to your credit control all the time, if you can’t do that get someone else to do it for you, outsource it to a virtual assistant , for example. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Sunday, October 14th, 2007 at 7:43 am and is filed under How to.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Examples of teams are: Work Teams Sales Teams Customer Service Teams Virtual Teams I would suggest that small business owners need to form teams around their small business and start-up business , like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, too.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Pay attention to the reason why your customer is buying your product – if it is for a regular event you should make note of this and contact them again prior to the next time it takes place and offer them a discount. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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APRIL 13, 2010

An ideal example of people in this category are parents, childcare is hugely expensive and allowing people the flexibility to work from home means you can gain the staff others are missing out on! Tap in to an undiscovered work source – There are groups of people for whom working in an office is not a practical.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

The Small Business Blog Makes The Top 100 Business Blogs » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 8:08 am and is filed under Employment , Question & Answer , avoid growing pain , plan your business , recruit the right people. « Q & A: Does Small Business Need a Disaster Plan?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” « 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.

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AUGUST 24, 2007

Bill Altermatt Said on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm I apologize, the last email got away from me, I was about to offer an example of the terms that I have in mind and want to know if they make sense. « Small Business Failure – Reason: Cash-Flow If You Work All Day, You Have No Time To Make Any Money! EX: 1% 45 days Net 60 1.5%

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AUGUST 24, 2007

Bill Altermatt Said on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm I apologize, the last email got away from me, I was about to offer an example of the terms that I have in mind and want to know if they make sense. « Small Business Failure – Reason: Cash-Flow If You Work All Day, You Have No Time To Make Any Money! EX: 1% 45 days Net 60 1.5%

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. If you are charging £18 per hour as an example and you are doing 100 hours of work. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Hat-tip to Robert Moore from Business Data International Limited « US Small Business News Round-up – 21/04/2008 Canada Small Business News Round-up – 22/04/2008 » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 1:34 am and is filed under plan your business , sell your business.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

They help you provide consistent customer service, make it easier for you to delegate tasks, and showcase the value you bring to your executive and organization. You can quickly insert the contents of a PDF or image file onto a page of your OneNote notebook. Every administrative professional needs a procedures manual.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, October 29th, 2007 at 7:16 am and is filed under Failure , How to. 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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OCTOBER 17, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 at 3:30 pm and is filed under Accounting , DIY Business , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader. For example, a purchase of petrol. « Q & A: What Are The Problems With Staff In A Small Business? Revolutionary eh!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

This is a question that is very much based on individual circumstance; I, for example, started my first business whilst at university and have been doing so ever since! Quit the day job and take the plunge, or build up steadily until you have the security you need to enter fully in to the world of the self-employed?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

For example, we need dating agencies and web-sites to find partners, because we are too busy to find a partner in what used to be a “normal way&# , and in this sense we have to be thankful for the service dating agencies and web-sites provide. It is almost the weekend now, and I’m off to see 10cc, or what is left of them.

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AUGUST 30, 2007

Whatever business you run you can get into financial trouble without it being your own doing – a big customer goes bust. Here you could say if the company had enough reserves it would have survived, but an early start-up will not have the resources to survive – there are many more examples where this is also true.

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MAY 10, 2006

PreEntrepreneur – IntraPreneur – Entrepreneur » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 10th, 2006 at 4:44 pm and is filed under Office - IT , SME-Blog , Software as a Service , Start-Up , Virtual Assistants , WinWeb. Seems to me that a lot more SME are using google services now.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:30 am and is filed under Contractor , Entrepreneur , Freelancer , Generation-Y , Home Business , MumEntrepreneur , Personal Business , SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro , Self-employed , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , be successful , start-up in business.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

New Small Business Idea: Local Fast Food Portal » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Outsourcing , Question & Answer , Red-Tape , Start-Up , avoid growing pain , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping.

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