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AUGUST 7, 2007

Smart Business Start-Up by Stefan Töpfer on Aug 08, 2007 Whatever you are planning a personal business or a small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer businesses, the time has never been better for starting a business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Stefan Töpfer Said on November 19th, 2009 at 10:43 pm Matt, I’m not recommending running up debt if you do not have the money to cover your obligations.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Turbocharge Your Sales by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 03, 2010 With better economic conditions coming soon, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on your sales skills. The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Keep up the great work!

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MARCH 28, 2010

Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget by Stefan Töpfer on Mar 29, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this.

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

Check out office suppliers such as avery.com and smead.com for storage and filing options. Or maybe you have knick knacks that take up a lot of space on your desk. Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Evaluate your desk space. Do you have pictures from the family vacation?

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MAY 16, 2010

Don’t purchase containers to store more documents and files – throw away as much of your old stuff as possible instead. Top 5 Ways of Being More Efficient in Business by Stefan Töpfer on May 17, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. Great mind , So keep it up this is excellent Leave a Reply I would love to hear from you, please let me know what your take on my blog post is. A café for aspiring filmmakers to congregate and show their work to receive feedback. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JUNE 20, 2010

Keep following-up over a period of time. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. You need to convince them that you can help cut costs or beat the competition. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 21, 2008

Overpaying for target – Do not get carried away and end up paying far above the market value of the target, especially in e-business where it can be easy to over-estimate the value of a company because of the amount of potential you believe to be there. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. As for the culture.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Use sub-headings to break up large blocks of information. Anna Said on November 18th, 2009 at 1:06 pm Another tip we found useful on our website is to break text into small paragraphs, use headings to break up the text and bullet points for easier readability. Ideally about 3-5 clicks to purchase. Pages should be easily skimmed.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

If you have then you must keep up-dating your costing every few month, as they will change as the business grow and changes. Bad debts – look at your past performance, come up with an average monthly figure and mark your products and services up accordingly. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Let me give you some pointers here, but please remember you can always do more on the cost-cutting front in any 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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DECEMBER 2, 2009

  One item frequently purchased at this time of year is a calendar or planner for the upcoming year.  I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up. It is also backed up in case of a hard drive failure.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you are interviewing for a sales position, prepare a sales presentation targeting one of their clients or prospects; for marketing come up with a marketing plan for them. Help them better leverage partners and suppliers? Look into purchasing an all-in-one fax, printer, and copier. Help them attract and retain top talent?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

You use your language and local knowledge skills and open up a new market for this small business. NOTE: If you have any problems with setting something like this up, give our 24/7 live support a “ click “, they can help you. Or you could help the foreign business to import into your country.

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MAY 13, 2010

I, for one, have encountered a rude, curt or abrupt salesperson and gone out of my way to not purchase something from them. It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

All you have to do, is sign up for our free 30 day trail of OnlineOffice , or our free LiveNet and you will have free accounting for your small business, forever. Within reason, cost should not be a purchasing factor. In your article you wrote ’sign up for our free 30 day trail of OnlineOffice.

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MARCH 17, 2008

It must be remembered that in order to get best value you need to show high profits even if this means paying more tax initially. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

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. I used to put it off for months and end up with a frustrating weekend trying to sort everything out. For example, a purchase of petrol.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Accountants will set their clients up who have no understanding or interest in bookkeeping/accounting. Enter the details on a form on the Purchases & Sales pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any invoices to or from your business. You can also set up a test account as a Silver / Gold Partner you get this free.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 07, 2007 A few years ago I decided to change over to Apple computers from Windows based computers and up until now it seemed the right decision. unknown or illegal alias: uk.consumer@euro.apple.com Back to the phone, and I’m told someone will call me back – I give up.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

While the Bank of England has lowered the interest rate to the lowest level on record, the banks have doubled the interest they demand from small business owners, up to almost 20% for certain loans – that is a 19.5% the recession is nothing the media hyped up, since you lost your job because of it, you should know; 4.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

This has created not only many health problems like cardiovascular disease, a weaker immune system, frequent headaches, backache to name but a few, but also social problems in areas like child-care, care for relatives, increase in divorces and other symptoms of a social fabric breakdown. Work-Life Balance 2.0

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

When you give your fixed quote it isn’t plucked out of the air, but is based on you using your experience and expertise to weight up factors such as how much time it will take you, what value (ROI) it will provide your customer, and the market rate. Anyway, that’s how I charge my clients through my real estate investor.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 When you sign up to WinWeb’s free LiveNet – still in public beta – you can also use our useful and FREE RSS Press Release service. Using this free service will give your small business web coverage, sometimes even the old media picks it up. Thanks for the tool.

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