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JANUARY 29, 2009

One of the greatest advantages of being a small business is the ease in which you can quickly implement new technology into the way you work, whereas any change for a large company is a lengthy and expensive process. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Think of the motor industry.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2008

However, the initial process of incorporation can be lengthy and expensive. 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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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. The new cost centre module is excellent for tracking expenses so that we can see which department or project the cost belongs to.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! My Web StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati BlinkList Newsvine ma.gnolia reddit Windows Live Tailrank

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Not only is my wife employed by a firm that gave her plenty of maternity leave, they also offered help with expenses. 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 18, 2007

So it’s quite different from the sole trader, much more expensive to set up and run. 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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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Darling we’re out!&# » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 11:49 am and is filed under Finance , Health Check , Home Business , Outsourcing , Sales , Virtual Assistants , Work/Life Balance , be successful , bootstrap , do a SWOT plan , do a reality check , do bookkeeping. ,

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

I see many businesses making this mistake), shop around for phone services or use voip instead and so on. The key is to realize that you don’t need those expensive things or waste energy to look like a proper business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! WinWeb also covers this version of bookkeeping.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Simple ideas on how to bootstrap your small business start up are: - Work from home.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Maintaining a brand can be expensive in marketing terms so you may wish to drop some entirely. 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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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

APRIL 1, 2008

The set-up cost for this business is one of the more expensive ones due to all the equipment that will be required. 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

JULY 27, 2006

You need to look on your books as your very own window on the health and well being of your business. Also, when you buy such a system the up front costs can be expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! So, now you know why you need to keep books, but how do you go about it.

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MAY 12, 2010

This penalises small businesses, which can ill-afford to pay out for expensive legal advice. HMRC – and any other government department – should ideally operate a free information service, which provides free written and binding advice to the public as well as to businesses. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Let me spell it out for anyone who really has not got the picture, businesses go bust because: The banks will not lend money to them; Even if they lend the money it is so expensive that it takes any profit out of the deal; They run out of savings. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

This might sound like a shocking statement, since "Enterprise Software" typically means the world of SAP and Oracle, and the traditional heavyweight, expensive, pay-huge-license-fees-upfront, then try-to-implement-forever model that does not work anymore. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! However, if you are working on a project, such as building a website and it takes longer than you expect.

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JUNE 29, 2006

Another downside, if you make more profits than you draw out, you are still taxed on all the profit irrespective of whether you have taken the money, and with a 40% tax band this can be expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

It’s universally almost impossible to get a company to pre-ship a replacement for an expensive product. What makes customer service stink isn’t that suppliers make mistakes. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Can’t fault you for not knowing, but Apple DID help you recover from it.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! The choice to remain low cost is a smart one. Great post.

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MAY 8, 2006

Price may be driven down by some; however, we refuse to compromise on fees as they are set a realistic middle of the road, not the cheapest nor the most expensive rate. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! You Get What You Pay For – this certainly hold true today.

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