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The Rise of Coworking and the Variable Cost Economy

Small Business Labs

Coworking turned a fixed cost (long term lease) into a variable cost (month to month membership).    We've long considered the shift to variable costs to be a key megatrend of the new economy. The shift to variable costs continues to be a megatrend.   Consumers are also avoiding fixed costs

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Good Customer Service Can Go A Long Way | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? The key to keeping customers, and I’m sure this won’t be a surprise to you, is customer service.

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The Potential Customer just Walked – How Much did it cost you.

Make or Break Moments

Posted by Deborah Chaddock Brown on January 7, 2010 under Connecting Moments , Customer Moments , making a difference | Read the First Comment What is the cost of a lost customer? I have often theorized the importance of building relationships with customers and now a recent survey puts dollars to the sense of that theory.

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UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Starting a Small Business? Build your own network! What is Small Business Infrastructure? — ST.

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Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 02/07/2008.

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money.

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4 Ways to Identify Your Ideal Client and Prime Your Business for Growth

Success

That’s why it’s so vital to know your overhead costs. This article was published in February 2008 and has been updated. To be really useful, this criterion needs to give you feedback on exactly how profitable a particular client is on a monthly, weekly or even daily basis. Photo by Rido/Shutterstock.

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Small Business Checklist: Business Costing | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Fixed costs – rent, rates, utilities bills, make sure you add these to your monthly out goings.

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