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How To Build Your Brand Through Your Blog

Productivity Bits

It requires concerted and focused effort and various brand promotion exercises, many of which are expensive propositions. Some blogging platforms come free of cost, Blogger, a platform offered by Google, being a typical example. Brand building however, is not easy. How to use blogs for branding. Photo Courtesy Of cokescroaks.

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

The Small Business Blog

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. Then try and remove or refinance the most expensive lending. Start getting into the habit of saving each week right now, at the beginning of the year.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Shop around : Make sure you are getting the best deals from all you suppliers- right down to your electricity, broadband and gas bills. If your business has an inventory make sure you source the best suppliers at the right price, and don’t be afraid to haggle ! You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Selling to Big Companies: 8 Sales Tips to Land Your White Whale

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Yet taking this approach to a corporate decision-maker immediately creates objections such as, “We’re happy with our current suppliers.”. Google their names to learn as much as you can. Set up Google alerts to be notified of changes in your targeted accounts. A strong business case is essential.

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Let Go A Little and Help Your Business

The Small Business Blog

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. My Web StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati BlinkList Newsvine ma.gnolia reddit Windows Live Tailrank

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How Working From Home Can Work For You

The Small Business Blog

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. 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!

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Q & A: What Is A Sole Trader? | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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