The Small Business Blog

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Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. You need to convince them that you can help cut costs or beat the competition. Keep following-up over a period of time.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. 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! A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As business owners we always strive to make it as easy as possible for our customers to purchase our products or services and another way to further increase sales may be to consider extending credit to customers. This can not only increase sales but also build customer loyalty. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 29, 2009

This applies to all aspects of your business – for example you could save around a thousand dollars by purchasing a very cheap computer for the office. It is also generally a big mistake to think that you can save money by under-investing in technology. Just a opinion! Without money to advertise your business, you are doomed.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

« Small Office Administration 101 SOHO/SMB Unaware Of Security Risks » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 at 6:34 am and is filed under Entrepreneur , Franchise , Freelancer , Lifestyle , Personal Business , Self-employed , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , Work/Life Balance.

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MARCH 17, 2008

This is because: It will be one of the most important decisions you ever make, both for the company and your own finances In order to continue the success of the business following a transition of ownership meticulous planning is required You will wish to make as much money from the sale as possible! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Enter the details on a form on the Purchases & Sales pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any invoices to or from your business. Use the balance outstanding column, on the Purchases & Sales pages, to check how much money you owe or chase any money owed to you. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Small businesses are using the recession as an excuse and there was no reason to stop spending if: 1- Your business did not need to borrow money 2- You did not need your customers to borrow money to purchase your products 3- You personally did not need to borrow money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

At the same time over 60 % of all high street purchases are researched online. If you don’t have a website and a ‘potential’ local customer, looking for your service or product, will not be able to find you. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

Accounting Software Strengths Easy to use by non accountants requiring no previous accounting knowledge and is basically a list of sales and a list of purchases on preset excel spreadsheets. For example, a purchase of petrol. One of the best ones is to realise that in double-entry terminology, Credit = From and Debit = To.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Within reason, cost should not be a purchasing factor. 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! WinWeb’s Free Accounting Software For Every Small Business.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The truth is that charging by the hour is terribly customer unfriendly and is therefor very bad for your 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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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

But remember you are working with 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 , you need to keep the price low for them. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I would also add that a business owner needs to bootstrap as much as possible right now, and to avoid any large purchases that are not bringing money in the door. Getting a better price is especially easy to do right now, since suppliers are tripping over themselves to get business. This is definitely not the time to buy a new desk.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Having looked into the options we have decided to purchase the Interwatch Security system. We may seem too preoccupied with – as what Richard Hazelgrove commented – our finances, paying the bills, material things etc. Should our camera pick up motion we are sent an email, SMS and phone call – which is great for us.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I told them if I wanted a PowerBook I would have purchased one. Several other customers were watching me and hearing the Store Manager explain why they did this. What makes customer service stink isn’t that suppliers make mistakes. I was livid, no one called me to say this was happening or anything.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

MapsofWorld.com also offers online purchase of digital map products or subscriptions to regular map feed. 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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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Suz Amaro is the creator of the Vivesmart, a philosophy and ecosystem that accompanies more than 300 business owners to build a more productive and happy lifestyle. She is also a national speaker focused on elevating customer service and has a multi-year partnership with the NBA as proud NBA sponsors of the Orlando Magic.

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