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MARCH 14, 2010

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. If you have additional tips, please share them in the comments section.

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MARCH 16, 2010

If an area such as accounting is your weakness, rather than wasting time learning the skill it may be more cost-effective and time efficient to outsource the service. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

If you are no longer personally growing and learning in your role it can cause your business to stagnate. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. It is possible that you may have been at the helm for too long.

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MAY 18, 2010

If you want to build a business it’s important to learn how to let things go. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Stefan Töpfer Said on July 6th, 2010 at 4:43 pm Hi Carl, great comment.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You might be surprised how much you can learn about your people and your business! when I was managing people I learned fast that setting an example got the most response and number 4 helped keep people fired up. If you want them to be engaged, ensure that you’re engaged. Be accessible – today’s workers value face time.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Although he never finished high school, Scudamore loves nothing more than learning. Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Today they have 95 franchise partners across North America and are in 47 of North America’s top 50 cities.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Not only that, you have someone that is learning the latest and greatest tech practices. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Thanks for the list! Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2010

When you begin employing staff you need to quickly learn how to not only manage them, but also how to help them achieve their best. Allow your staff time to come to you with ideas or questions; you’ll learn a lot about your business and might even discover an avenue you’d never thought of taking. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 23, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. So why shouldn’t I strive to give my customers the same?

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JULY 20, 2010

As I have mentioned previously , I am looking to help small businesses to hold conversations, engage with each other and learn from what is happening in the big business world. Small business owners need to consider ‘online’ an extension of their market place and learn to communicate well within that environment.

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JULY 27, 2010

For example, if you learn about products that are doing well in other countries then you may be able to adapt them for sale here if no-one else is doing it. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Cash-flow – compare your cash-flow fore-cast with the actual numbers on a regular basis and learn from it, it’s not about being spot on, but about knowing what happened so you can control it. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.

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APRIL 27, 2010

I look forward to reading your pitches, and learning more about your small businesses! We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. The WinWeb Facebook page can be found here , you really have got nothing to lose!

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APRIL 16, 2008

If you consider the skills potential of parents, if each parent would only contribute one hour on average per week to their learned professions. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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AUGUST 28, 2007

This is often a sure sign of loss of management control in a small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses. do credit control , grow your business , handle problems , lower overheads , market and sell , motivate your staff , not to do it!

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MARCH 30, 2010

Only allow yourself a certain amount of time for tasks that can become time consuming, such as reading and responding to email. Another tip I have is to learn to say ‘no’ Too many people especially in this economic downturn are too afraid to say no to tasks or turn down work if they are a freelancer. Outsource and delegate!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

OnlineOffice is aimed at the 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 client. Thanks for the super informative post. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I came across one company from Canada which took SEO optimisation into their own hands and learned through experience and extensive testing a few proven ways to boost Google’s rankings of your website. Encourage other sites to link to yours – this may be a well known strategy but it can’t be reinforced enough. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

I should remind you that when I talk about small business, I mean 1 to 5 people businesses, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professionals, contractors, freelancers, self-employed, sole-traders and virtual assistants. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Now you can learn what went wrong and understand your business better, it will force you to rethink and face facts. You will be amazed what you can learn about the financial dynamic in your small business within one hour, that is often all it takes to get started. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.

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JUNE 29, 2010

The only issue that comes up is that just like with traditional hardware and software… there is always a learning curve and employee’s often run into tech problems that they either try to solve themselves… or ask their neighbor to help out with. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

You learn to enjoy that and understand that they are doing that because they are hurting – after all we are destroying their business model, which made them all very much money. I think that when the reputation of our industry is at stake we need to work together. If Sage will do that remains to be seen? Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Ann White Said on January 31st, 2008 at 2:58 am Following a proven path, and learning by doing is a better way than trying to figure out how to reinvent the wheel. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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JANUARY 13, 2008

But saying that, we are still learning and growing. I have learned a lot just from the info posted here! We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 2, 2010

Jp14 Said on March 5th, 2010 at 10:36 pm Another common thing is to keep learning. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. You really can’t ditch them until later on. Not an excuse not to succeed.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. -AC lynnscott Said on August 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm Hi Stfan. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Life is about never giving up so if you must fail, fail fast, learn from it and move on… Lars Hilse Said on August 7th, 2010 at 2:52 am Yes and no… Yes, because there are some old school business people out there who believe that 9-5 is mandatory for success. Beware though as the pursuit of money itself can also put you in chains!

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APRIL 1, 2008

Skills needed: You will need to be very good at graphic design and it will help if you know how to print T-shirts already, although you could learn. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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MARCH 20, 2008

What have I learned yesterday? We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The truth is that charging by the hour is terribly customer unfriendly and is therefor very bad for your 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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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Thank you very much for your comment – if you try any of my tips and learn something new come back and tell us about it! We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. that might be limiting advertising capital?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

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. I am not her only employer though.

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OCTOBER 11, 2007

Clever Marketing by Kitchen Table Business by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 11, 2007 Shirley Jaffrey wrote me an email today, telling me her story how she started her business on a kitchen table and is now supplying the stars. My product recipe also won the BUAV first ever Gold Bunny Award in 2006 for not being tested on animals.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Should our camera pick up motion we are sent an email, SMS and phone call – which is great for us. amstore Said on August 20th, 2009 at 11:04 am Much to learn from people such as yourself. Seems harder than I thought to keep up and learn all the things. I find myself learning through mistakes.

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MAY 8, 2006

Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an accountant) by Jason Holden on May 08, 2006 My first contribution to this blog has resulted from a recent experience had by a new client of my practice with someone who also used the title ‘accountant’. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

And I will get an email stating that my receipt was received and that it will be soon processed. After the receipt image is processed, you get a chance to generate a report from within the same iPhone app and send that report to you (or to someone else) by email. I got a confirmation email for this piece of paper too.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

You guessed it, as soon as I had done that my new computer started having problems, no calendar or address book data anymore,then my email started going and so on – I rebooted and that was that – I could no longer log in. I ordered my new computer – delivery 3-4 weeks – got my confirmation email within a minute.

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