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Serving Your Ideal Client Starts with Understanding Their Buying Motives

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More sales are lost by “selling” than any other form of sales error. I mean the real motive, not the surface one like price or friendship. If uncovering these motives is at the heart of your future success in sales , maybe you should take a deeper look at what caused the purchase. above purchasing and procurement).

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

million India-based members and hosts more Indian suppliers than suppliers from any other country outside of China. The ability to communicate with suppliers via phone, e-mail and Skype in a common language reduces confusion, response time and translation errors. Low price does not necessarily mean shoddy goods.

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Reduce The Risk Of Employee Fraud

Small Business CEO

Expense report fraud can occur in many ways, but one of the most common forms is to cheat on lodging, meals, airfare and fuel expenses. Two employees could share a room but both submit the same room receipt to get reimbursed or an employee could stay in a cheaper room but submit a receipt for a higher-priced room.

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Don't charge by the hour! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

By charging by the hour you are creating so many barriers to doing business that your chances of securing the order is very small, if you are competing with someone who offers fixed pricing you have virtually no chance of getting the order. And they do work on fixed price basis in most instances. Which is stupid. [.]

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

The Small Business Blog

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. Get your suppliers to advertise in it!

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Q & A: I'm a Sole-Trader, how can I do my Accounts DIY ( Do-It.

The Small Business Blog

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. Very Low Priced At £12.99 For example, a purchase of petrol. Know that and you will rarely have trouble entering transactions.

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Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Prices for serviced apartments are typically lower than equivalent hotels rooms, especially when the stay is prolonged. As Pali provide their own Local Authority Searches , Predictive Energy Performance Certificates and On-Construction Energy Performance Certificates, the prices can be kept fairly low. Will definetly use the tool.

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