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APRIL 1, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. The estimated cost to start this business varies from £5000 up to around £15,000.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. While trying to keep up with Jones’ people eventually rack up huge credit card bills and are screwed. Thank you so much for sharing.

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JULY 27, 2006

Computerised systems now fall into two very different camps, the first are those that sit on your computer, and as such you need to take responsibility for ensuring you back your data up on a regular basis. Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 20, 2010

When determining control and independence in the area of finances a number of items are looked at. Those items are significant investment, unreimbursed expenses, opportunity for profit or loss, method of payment and services available to the market. It not only benefits our business, but that of our clients as well.

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Small Business CEO

JANUARY 25, 2010

Maybe you look at maximizing revenue per full-time employee, increasing first call resolution in your contact center or IT expense as a percent of revenue. Your customers, whether they are consumers or businesses, rarely measure you against others in your industry. . * So you benchmark your company against others in your industry.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 15, 2010

We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. Outsourcing offers the perfect balance, to help you regain balance! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 13, 2010

While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. Massy Said on April 16th, 2010 at 8:26 pm Gas is the absolute worst… so expensive. makes me appreciate working from home! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Many small businesses struggle to find finance, especially with the financial climate being as decidedly frosty as it is at present. If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

MARCH 3, 2013

Surely, as executive assistants we may feel this way when we have to do all the boring stuff - filing, expenses, travel, calendaring, and phones. As an executive assistant, I knew I wasn't curing cancer or inventing anything, but that customer service role and making a difference in one executive's life was meaningful for me.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Web development as well can be pretty expensive. We have found that speaking to our clients and having a relationship with them instead of just delivering a service helps a lot and have already had numerous recommendations. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Let me give you some pointers here, but please remember you can always do more on the cost-cutting front in any 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.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. There are so many options when it comes to setting up a business.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5% the recession is nothing the media hyped up, since you lost your job because of it, you should know; 4.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Accountants will set their clients up who have no understanding or interest in bookkeeping/accounting. Whatever method you use to record your income & expenses at the moment, instead simply enter the details on a form on the Payments & Receipts pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any money paid into or out of your business.

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Success

JULY 20, 2023

As the legend of Wall Drug’s beginning goes, the first customers had already stopped into the store before Ted returned from putting up those signs. Instead, recession planning should be done at the onset of your business—or you should catch up ASAP—so you can draw on a plan B and a group of key professionals when disaster strikes.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 21, 2008

Here are some of the biggest mistakes made by companies during takeovers: Inadequate due diligence – You need to have done extensive research into the finances, existing contracts and liabilities of the company you are buying in order to avoid lawsuits, extra expenditure or loss of sales. As for the culture.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Brian Scudamore dropped out of high school in 1989 with $700 (£400) and a beat-up old pick-up truck to start his company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share. It’s good for you and good for your customers who don’t have to pay excessive costs.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. start-up in business , use online IT. Online presence brings more traffic (eventually customers) to your business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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MARCH 19, 2008

If you want a similar type of business, but there are more people than just you involved, then you will likely want to draw up a partnership agreement. However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. It can also be hard for a sole trader to raise funds other than their personal savings or taking out a loan.

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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. What a great team.keep up the great work. Good support Vital !!

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Stephanie LH Calahan

APRIL 27, 2011

Have a reliable way to understand the expenses and assets that your business has.    Co-mingling is when your personal and business finances are mixed--either through a bank account or credit card.  Service or Product Line.   7 - Customer/Client Service. 8 - Effective Follow Up.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

In this technologically advanced world there is no reason that work cannot be carried out within the family home, allowing mothers to work and bring up their children, being there when they are needed. Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses.

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JUNE 29, 2010

The money that leaves a small business is often taken up with overheads that are necessary for the day to day running of the business. « Top 5 Serious Start-Up Mistakes Is Your Networking Fishy Enough? We work through a reseller network to deliver outsourced help desk and pc management services to small and mid sized businesses.

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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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OCTOBER 25, 2007

Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. 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

OCTOBER 17, 2007

A good side effect here is that you will have to look at your expenses and cost again, and may be able to make a judgement if that was good or bad money spent – you know what I mean – the hindsight thing. I used to put it off for months and end up with a frustrating weekend trying to sort everything out.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 17, 2011

It helps me to build short and long-term customer engagement which in turn helps me to turn my customers into actual ambassadors for my services. Selling someone a home isn’t just about bringing up a three bedroom, two bath house with a garage and pool in Jupiter, Florida on my local multiple listing service.

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MAY 10, 2006

SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Apple – a customer support nightmare! by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 07, 2007 A few years ago I decided to change over to Apple computers from Windows based computers and up until now it seemed the right decision. I asked if there was a way to speed up my new order, they will try – code for no.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

When you give your fixed quote it isn’t plucked out of the air, but is based on you using your experience and expertise to weight up factors such as how much time it will take you, what value (ROI) it will provide your customer, and the market rate. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales.

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MAY 31, 2006

Simply because the needs of a $100M company, which SAP and Oracle consider a "small" business are not even comparable to a 6-10 person company – traditionally referred to as SOHO , while recently a new term is popping up: VSB – very small business, the absolute "S" part of SMB. We spent a crap-load of money.

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JUNE 29, 2006

The four types of status I am going to give you some bite sized details on are: Sole trader Partnership Limit Liability Partnership Limited Company Sole Trader This is by far the easiest type of status to set up (details on registering with the various government departments will be dealt with in a later post).

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MAY 8, 2006

This is where I would definitely look for an accountant who belongs to a professional body, and holds a current and up to date practicing certificate, at least this way I would know this ‘stranger’ has gone through a certain standard of training and will have had to achieve a minimum level of experience before being admitted to membership.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Small Business News World Round-up – 2009/12/08 by Stefan Töpfer on Dec 08, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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MAY 12, 2010

Thanks to the sacrifices made by many these banks now enjoy plentiful profits and bonuses – a stark contrast to those whom have financed their survival. Project and Order Financing: Banks need to be made to provide the needed finance for SME’s in order to fulfill contracts and orders.

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JULY 15, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. The saleswoman found a selection Jane loved and worked up an estimate. The price was $4,200, a higher price than the woman had expected, but the salesperson offered her interest free financing for 36 months.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

As someone who hails from an engineering background, interestingly enough, he dexterously integrates it with finance to offer an extraordinary blend of creativity and pragmatism. We’ve used technology to provide customer service. So, by comparison, they’re full up. The fees just won’t support it.

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