The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

OnlineOffice is aimed at the small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants client. How’s that for great service. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 16, 2010

There are many SWOT analysis tools out there, I would, of course, recommend the one from WinWeb! By recognising these opportunities and threats you will be better equipped to deal with them: forewarned is forearmed! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 30, 2007

If you read this and think this is all b s – and you may be right, of course – let me know why you think you need to borrow money? But you are right of course that funding can also be a problem because of poor planning. I suggest anyone wanting to become self-employed to take the time and really read up about planning.

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The Small Business Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Of course you’ll need a skill in order to do this, and the knowledge to market yourself. Fred Said on August 19th, 2010 at 2:35 am I think a great alternative is freelancing. I’ve been doing it for a while and have made a solid income just doing website development work. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 22, 2008

Keep overheads to a minimum, review and change your suppliers if there not giving you the best value for money and service. However, while others are closing all around me on a daily basis I have been able to survive with a few simple steps. Promote your value for money. Cheapest isn’t the best. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Yesterday I had a very special experience in as much that I was kindly asked – thanks to Phyllis Mercer – to be a guest judge at the Year 2 BTEC National Business Course for their business plans. During the course of the day I listened to 16 business plans, I was supposed to be a bank manager (!)

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Have been on a sage course to consider doing our accounts in house and have to say I found the package so involved that I don’t think its cost effective time wise. If doing your accounts is going to tie up a lot of your time and you are a small outfit, wouldn’t it be more profitable to outsource, even if you could do it yourself.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

There will, of course, be times when deadlines need to be met or work just has to be done that will make even the most well organized small business owner feel that they are not managing their time effectively. Remember, there are only 24 hours in a day, so let other people help you. Bear in mind that your time is money!

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 27, 2006

You can of course run your vat on what is called an ‘invoice basis’ This method involves you claiming vat back on expenditure and paying vat on sales when the invoices are raised, irrespective of when payment is made. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Of course, there are more effective ways to market and you have to pay for it. Arthur Said on March 12th, 2010 at 11:19 am For a second there I thought you’re going to advise us not to do marketing and PR which is just bad advice. But good thing you clarified it. What you said is great advice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 2, 2006

That of course is true in a fashion, but most of all my clients helped me to sort out the obvious marketing nightmare I had created. In my last post about CashBook I said it needed AccountsOffice+ or OnlineOffice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

Of course, there are external pressures on us all, and mortgages to pay and families to support have to play a major role in how we develop our businesses. You can buy all the books, and read all the blogs, but starting your own business is something that has to be driven by you; your drive, enthusiasm and vision for you business.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Of course it all depends on the type of work. Spending as much time will my baby girl as possible is my ultimate goal, it drives me on and keeps me motivated. Alex Said on June 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pm Working at home we save our time. Saving time on the way there and back, no talks that distracting us from work. All that is advantages.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Of course we don’t need a study to tell us what is already perfectly obvious: flexible working isn’t just desirable from a personal and social level, but makes good business sense too. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

Of course several Open Source packages are available completely free, which is a perfect solution for the cost problem, but frankly most of these packages are by geeks for geeks; i.e. you really have to be quite IT-savy to implement, integrate, upgrade them, and as we stated most small businesses simply do not have that type of resource.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

So if you are thinking about starting, growing or running your small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses , but are worried about if you can be successful, worried about failing, worried about giving up your job, etc. than bootstrapping is for you.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2010

People want security in their purchases and nothing makes a buyer more nervous than a supplier who’s unsure of their own stuff. It’s really a part of your lifestyle and who you are. Nobody except you and I, of course. Drives me nuts, but it’s only natural. Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it. Confidence.

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