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Research the going rate for CEOs in your industry. Turbocharge Your Sales » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 7:45 am and is filed under Business Checklists. If possible, get some advice from your accountant regarding the level of pay you plan on taking from the business.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consider joining forces with other companies in your industry “food chain” offering to add a link of their site on your webpage in exchange for a link of your site on their webpage. You would be better served with anchor links from blogs or press releases or create backlinks with classified ads sites.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. « Economics – Small Business Quote of the Week Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day. Working in tandem with your competitors has benefits in addition to getting a good beat to what’s happening in your industry. Think airline alliances.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Buying the best insurance for your Business : It’s important to pay close attention to the kind of insurance you buy for your small business; otherwise you could face a shock when you file a claim. per cent in April 2011 has angered small business owners. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Start-ups to save the UK economy says Digby Jones : The former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Lord Digby Jones, claims that small businesses alone will rescue the struggling UK economy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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MARCH 11, 2008

Skills needed: Experience is the key to success in this industry. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 11:58 am and is filed under Business Ideas , Start-Up. The image/beauty industry is a great place to be now and for the next 20 odd years. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

« Ethics – Small Business Quote of the Week Christmas – Small Business Quote of the Week » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, December 21st, 2009 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Ideally they should follow a proven path, just perhaps from some other business, industry or expert.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

The Small Business Blog Makes The Top 100 Business Blogs » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 8:08 am and is filed under Employment , Question & Answer , avoid growing pain , plan your business , recruit the right people. « Q & A: Does Small Business Need a Disaster Plan?

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MAY 10, 2006

SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Often you try to sell to your clients as if they are industry insiders who understand exactly what you are talking about. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:58 am and is filed under Marketing/PR , Sales , be successful , market and sell. People buy from People.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

« Opinions – Small Business Quote of the Week WinWeb Announces £10′000 Business’09 Finalists » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under SME News Round-up. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JUNE 29, 2006

The legal status your business takes maybe decided by what industry you are working in. A limited company must also adopt and file its Memorandum and Articles of Association, these govern its rights and obligations to its shareholders, directors and officers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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APRIL 20, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. Technology is making it better and easier but the mindset in industry and business at large has still a long way to go.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 pm and is filed under Comments. I think that when the reputation of our industry is at stake we need to work together. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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MAY 20, 2008

It’s a growing industry but quality is not at best with most of the websites available online. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. 6 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 6 Responses to “ Small Business Start-Up Idea – C.V.

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JANUARY 22, 2008

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am and is filed under Exporting. In hynsight everyone would agree it would be one of the worst industries at the worst time to begin a business. « Q&A: What do you think the key factors are for small business failure in the UK?

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APRIL 1, 2008

Notes: Customer retention is the key to success in this industry. Marketing Techniques: Join newsgroups and discussion forums for special interest groups that you think might be interested in custom T-shirts (e.g. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

« 5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/10 » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 1:41 pm and is filed under Comments. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:30 am and is filed under Contractor , Entrepreneur , Freelancer , Generation-Y , Home Business , MumEntrepreneur , Personal Business , SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro , Self-employed , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , be successful , start-up in business.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

So if you work in an industry that charges by the hour and you need more work you know what to do. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. One of them i thought of is the legal industry.

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MAY 31, 2006

If SME’s could not in the past afford Enterprise Software, the same held true for the Software Industry: they could not afford SME’s, since there was just no way to profitable reach millions of small businesses. The cost of customer acquisition vs. the very low license fees made it an uneconomical model, whether via direct or channel sales.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

The last piece in the puzzle was the advent of the software as a service industry, which took longer to develop than I had foreseen. Our technical infrastructure, the internet, powerful micro-computer systems and mobile technology have helped to transform our way of doing business. « The Week Ender: Finding that Home Business Idea!

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MAY 8, 2006

Next, does the accountant have relevant experience in the industry you are in, or an allied industry, after all, it’s going to make life a lot easier if he actually knows a bit about the industry you’re in when offering advice. Do they know your industry? Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. 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.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Top 5 Tips for Finding Investors » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 8:30 am and is filed under Business Quotations , SME-Blog. The more “true” answers you had the better you are at communicating with your team. « Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. I believe that the whole trend of home working may in the future allow us to have a much more natural work/life balance and will reverse some of the damaging effects of the post industrial revolution changes in our society. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 16, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Contractor , Employment , How to. « Skype Down, WinWeb Slow – the price of mash-up. Have a nice day! Outsourcing , Self-employed , Small Business / SOHO , Virtual Assistants , outsource effectively.

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5) Read your article and record as an mp3 file. (6) The online tool Odiogo allows you to transform your blog post into what it calls high-fidelity, near human quality audio files ready to download and play anywhere, anytime, on any device. Press released become blogs and Facebook updates can become the basis for a seminar.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

business borrowers fell in October for a third straight month, according to PayNet Inc, which provides risk-management tools to the commercial lending industry. Small Business Loans in Areas Down : BOSTON–Delinquencies among small and medium-sized U.S. Small business, big trouble : Big companies have recapitalised and recovered.

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