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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 17, 2010 “Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another. Set an example – bosses have always expected a lot from their employees and, in today’s day and age, employees are expecting a lot from their bosses. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Don’t give up on your bottom 80% The rule of thumb has generally been that top 20% of your customers generate 80% of your revenues. It also sets a great example with the sales team.

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Keep stakeholders (customers, staff, suppliers etc.) You must set an example with your work ethic. I would add something to number 4: set an example with work-ethic, your attitude and how you communicate ie. Leo Thornton Said on June 1st, 2010 at 4:28 pm Yeah I agree that you have to lead by example.

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Create a website that will inform visitors all about your product or service. Nicole Welsh Said on March 4th, 2010 at 6:44 am I would say that the most important thing is marketing which is targeted to the particular segment of customers who would buy the product or use it. Build a brand. Make your first sale.

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Manufacturers are now offering packaging tools, software design, rapid prototyping and product redesign to sell products. Large corporations and those starting in small production, run s their marketing strategies using technology since it is innovative, convenient and cost- effective. It worked for me.

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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. Trust – Trust is fundamental in order to secure a productive work environment. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 20, 2010 Small business owners may have nightmares about reading an article about the product launch of your closest competitor only to realise it’s the same product you have been working on for months. Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away.

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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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For example, if you are an independent financial advisor (IFA) then a good ‘big fish’ for you may be an accountancy firm who has many clients that will have financial and investment needs. Doing this and understanding why you want to build a relationship with them should help make your networking more productive.

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APRIL 29, 2008

Extra income will be generated through affiliation with weight-loss products such as diet pills or videos that you endorse. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. In order to stop spam on my blog and increase conversations, I had to implement some simple rules: 1. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Lack of objective targets – Not measuring the success of campaigns, products or services can be disastrous for a small business. I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. Does Twitter really bring traffic to your website?

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Fixed costs are operating cost that are incurred when providing necessities for doing business and have no relation to the volume of production and sales. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense.

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MARCH 11, 2008

Send your articles to industry websites as they may use it Set up a mutual referral network with local salons and fashion boutiques Use OnlineOffice to set up web-site, blog and online shop to promote your business online Complimentary business idea : As a sideline, arrange with a distributor to re-sell beauty products to your clients.

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Some entrepreneurs find it easier to look for gaps in a market and attempt to fill them.

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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 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Notes: It seems obvious, but do not deliver the finished product until you receive payment. Take extra care with regards to packaging if you need to physically ship the product to them. There are unlimited examples om the internet. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. 10% off on orders over £50). Leave a Reply I would love to hear from you, please let me know what your take on my blog post is.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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WinWeb SecureTec is a description of the security and business continuity benefits of OnlineOffice, our product. Stefan Töpfer Said on November 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am Laura, As this example shows you that will not prevent some unscrupulous people to scam others, our name, reputation and business suffers greatly because of this.

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Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. 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! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 1, 2008

If you have the computer hardware and software already your costs will be significantly lower, but you will need to invest in a T-shirt screening machine to manufacture your product. If you provide a much better service than expected, your customers will feel you have over-delivered and exceeded their expectations.

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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!! Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Say something profound today.

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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! Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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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For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” Small businesses will load their web pages up with photos of products without realizing that the search engines cannot read the photos. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Hope this helps, otherwise get back to me. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. I have seen some good examples, longer working hours fewer working days is one example that has proved working when trying to cope with the recession. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Industries like fast food, for example, have turnover of well over 100%. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. I keep my senior engineer pay high, since he is hard to replace. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Legislation or consumer attitudes towards products and advertising can be vastly different. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Not understanding foreign markets – A cross-border merger can easily fail if you simply assume that things are the same in another country.

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throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment. This by definition makes any software products that are implemented and ran at the customer's premises a poor choice – a potential maintenance nightmare.

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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Can’t you find a customer how will buy the product or service, before you even have it? Whatever business you run you can get into financial trouble without it being your own doing – a big customer goes bust. However, let us look at your example of say a big customer failing and not paying you.Is

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This is what we often have to get across to our clients when registering a company and it’s great to see this information elsewhere online in an easy-to-understand and -read format with examples that everyone can relate to. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Great post!

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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. At this point, i cannot really think of any example. Anyone knows of any other examples that people really need to charge by the clock? I would be keen to know.

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For example, a purchase of petrol. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. 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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Wayne Hancock Said on August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm I think one good example of success through passion is Pret a Manger. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. There is no way to build your business without passion. Passion will help you if nothing else can help. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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