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Dealing With Inflation as a Home Business, How to Weather Economic Downturns

Tips From T. Marie

Inflation is the increase in prices over time, which can lead to higher costs for just about everything, from supplies to your morning energy booster (aka coffee). Scrutinize your current spending to find areas where you can trim fat without compromising on the quality of your products or services.

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The Paradox of Increasing Business Travel; Skift's 2020 Travel Trends

Small Business Labs

Winning the Price, Loyalty, and Experience Trifecta. Platforms Simplify the Ancillary Purchase Process. Today,  employees can easily collaborate with co-workers around the world, offering a huge boost to productivity and what would seem to be growing opportunities to reduce travel costs. Expanding the Sharing Economy.

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

are looking to import new products from abroad. 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.

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The Evolution of CRM

Productivity Bits

Copyright © 2011 Productivity Bits. CRM can provide a range of tools to a sales team, including Activity management, Opportunity tracking, Pricing and Forecasting. A CRM system can create, record and effectively manage order fulfillment data such as transaction documents, sales orders, invoices, purchase orders and credit notes.

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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

The Small Business Blog

However a recession can be a excellent time to spend money too, providing you have the cash to spend – here are some tips on how to spend & save at the same time: Always ask for a better price , no matter what, always ask. If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal.

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

The Small Business Blog

Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. When you offer deep discounts you not only devalue your products or services, you devalue your brand. Number 3 is also especially relevant.

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Turbocharge Your Sales

The Small Business Blog

The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Look at researching prospects, making initial contact, presenting the product and closing the deal. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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