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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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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! What are “Fixed Costs&# ?

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! It is also generally a big mistake to think that you can save money by under-investing in technology. Just a opinion!

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

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It also sets a great example with the sales team. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Look at researching prospects, making initial contact, presenting the product and closing the deal. And nothing says “I really want your business” more than a CEO who makes the effort to meet with potential customers.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. 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! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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In both cases it is true to say, it does not matter what kind of 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 run. 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! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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

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Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Notes : Ensure that your advice is tailor-made to each individual and that it is job specific so that they can actually use it to advance their career.

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Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! External opportunities and threats are key when considering how to move your small business forward.

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Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! 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.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away.

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

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

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

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For Example – Ads in women’s magazines discuss the weight-loss and calorie burn from cross-country skiing. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! You should not make advertisement just everywhere. Always focus the message to the target group.

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I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Focus on the things you are good at and outsource the things that you are not.

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There are unlimited examples om the internet. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! 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. ’s will become more important.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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

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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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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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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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Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! 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.

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I should remind you that when I talk about small business, I mean 1 to 5 people businesses, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professionals, contractors, freelancers, self-employed, sole-traders and virtual assistants. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! 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.

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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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You need to make sure you find an accountant/CPA who concentrates on 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 before you make any appointments.

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For example, a purchase of petrol. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Mairdh Kshatriya Said on December 13th, 2009 at 8:37 am Good Blogs Quentin Pain Said on August 9th, 2010 at 12:58 am Doing your own bookkeeping is not that hard, but it really helps if you know a few simple memory aids. Revolutionary eh!

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Great post!

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I could give you many more examples, but you get the picture. There are many more examples. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Similarly I spend much more time with my wife, going for lunch, doing some “essential&# gardening – I hated gardening, but love it now.

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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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Wayne Hancock Said on August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm I think one good example of success through passion is Pret a Manger. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! 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.!

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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! 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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Building a support network community for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses is essential to your survival. THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Q & A: Can You Give Me A Cost Example For A Small Home Office?

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