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Takeover Disasters | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

To avoid misunderstandings and conflict from the beginning it is best if you set down a clear and consistent policy favouring the dominant culture. Maintaining a brand can be expensive in marketing terms so you may wish to drop some entirely. In order for the transition to go smoothly it will require a lot of planning.

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Five Tips to Hire a Consultant | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Sometimes an expense is an investment, and hiring a consultant can flip your business right onto Easy Street. You Need Someone Who Understands Your Lifestyle Before you hire a consultant, make sure this person understands what it’s like to be a freelancer. i can see how they might not understand the lifestyle of a freelancer.

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Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

So if you are thinking about starting, growing or running your small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses , but are worried about if you can be successful, worried about failing, worried about giving up your job, etc. than bootstrapping is for you. Great post.

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Apple – a customer support nightmare! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

That is worrying, since it could indicate a serious shift in Apples customer care policy and/or capacity. It’s universally almost impossible to get a company to pre-ship a replacement for an expensive product. This has cost me about three days in work and time so far and at Apple nobody seems to care. Many questions, no answers!

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Why You Need to Have More than Your Clients | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I’d like a website, but I’m having a hard time justifying the expense.&# The people who hire him have large companies that bring in millions of dollars and a lifestyle that makes most of us drool. I agree with you that an expensive-looking appeal and impression are key. I have my offline business and that does well.

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Why Web Copy is More than Just Words | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Your freelancing lifestyle depends on your copy being read. It wasn’t packaged all that well but it was a product that could stand by those words and really didn’t need to pay for the expense of nicely designed packaging. The copy on the box can afford to go unnoticed. You can’t wing it. Powered by frugal

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

One on one consulting, seminars, meet ups are difficult to copy and expensive to hold. What Marathons Have Taught Me About Lifestyle Design Reply John Hewitt ( @poewar ) January 4, 2010 at 7:04 am Interesting post James. The first ebook is expensive to produce but that is a fixed cost, not marginal cost. Real is the future.

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