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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. It also sets a great example with the sales team. Perhaps to your firm? Here are a few ideas to get you and your sales team fired up! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 29, 2008

You will need to have a legal agreement in place with all your clients because there are complications relating to weight loss that could potentially result in litigation against you. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

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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MARCH 11, 2008

Marketing Techniques: Become a regular contributor at local online forums, mailing lists and chat rooms about health and beauty to spread awareness of your services. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. Overall, the absolute maximum it should cost you is £2000.

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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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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). Use all methods of social media to spread the work about what your company does and get as much coverage as possible this way. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 2, 2010

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. those businesses that you could build mutually beneficial relationships such that over time you may be able to cross refer. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2010

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. For example because I don’t have any authority over them I can only suggest rather than tell them to do something. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 8, 2008

Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. 10% off on orders over £50). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 16, 2010

Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. 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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 13, 2008

Notes: Make sure that the work you are going to undertake is set out in a contract between you and the client, specifying any requests or conditions that are critical to the event. This way the client cannot refuse to pay you as long as you satisfactorily complete the contract. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Let me give you an obvious example to make my point. What are “Fixed Costs&# ? Why should I keep my “Fixed Costs&# as low as possible?

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Competition analysis is not only important when you’re launching a business but it’s important not to become complacent and keep a watchful eye on the competition.

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JUNE 10, 2009

As an example, Bookkeeping will start at £9.85 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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 24, 2007

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!! Say something profound today. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. Although these sectors will be crowded, at least there is a guaranteed market there for you to fight for a share. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2008

There are unlimited examples om the internet. 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. With employment getting more difficult to find the quality of C.V.’s ’s will become more important.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 13, 2007

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. Hope this helps, otherwise get back to me. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

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. I’ve read on several trademark resource pages that this is the best thing to do for a business name.

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

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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OCTOBER 26, 2007

Industries like fast food, for example, have turnover of well over 100%. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. I keep my senior engineer pay high, since he is hard to replace. But data entry clerks I am having some very high turnover rate. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 1, 2008

Pay attention to the reason why your customer is buying your product – if it is for a regular event you should make note of this and contact them again prior to the next time it takes place and offer them a discount. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 13, 2010

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! Tap in to an undiscovered work source – There are groups of people for whom working in an office is not a practical. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” Have photos and label them – a web page with a photo relevant to a given search will outrank the same page without one, providing you label the photo with the appropriate tag. jpg” will be more effective. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 21, 2007

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 28, 2007

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. Great post! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

If you are charging £18 per hour as an example and you are doing 100 hours of work. 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? However, if you are working on a project, such as building a website and it takes longer than you expect.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

Monthly profit and loss account also includes a financial health check based upon an automated tax forecast to enable businesses to monitor their financial performance. For example, a purchase of petrol. By entering drawings the package then compares the net profit made with the likely tax liability plus the drawings. Revolutionary eh!

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Can you help me to find and raise finance? Shaun Lawrence Said on November 11th, 2009 at 2:25 am Those are good examples of questions. Here are some questions I would be asking when starting out with a new business venture: Should I start my business as a sole-trader, partnership or limited liability company?

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MAY 10, 2006

E.g. google documents, calendars, etc…just one example of the changing trends… Baseball Bats For Sale Said on November 12th, 2008 at 2:40 pm I think that it is interesting that many businesses like SAP and Oracle had some of their early success rooted in “Medium&# sized businesses. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Wayne Hancock Said on August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm I think one good example of success through passion is Pret a Manger. There is no way to build your business without passion. Passion will help you if nothing else can help. Well, may be also a little bit luck.! As a Realtor I have a true passion for my business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

This is a question that is very much based on individual circumstance; I, for example, started my first business whilst at university and have been doing so ever since! Quit the day job and take the plunge, or build up steadily until you have the security you need to enter fully in to the world of the self-employed?

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

While technology allows to make certain things less expensive and often even provider a better product for less money – see WinWeb OnlineOffice as an example – services like accounting are knowledge based and as such not easily provided cheaper. You Get What You Pay For – this certainly hold true today.

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APRIL 6, 2010

I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. Focus on the things you are good at and outsource the things that you are not. I would add that an inability to listen can be cause of failure. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

I could give you many more examples, but you get the picture. There are many more examples. People look to their employers for entree into systems of social safety nets (Social Security, disability insurance, health care benefits, etc.). This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago.

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