The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Build your own network! Don’t give up on your bottom 80% The rule of thumb has generally been that top 20% of your customers generate 80% of your revenues. However, due the slump, don’t give up on your bottom 80% of your customers. Your best clients for 2010 might not have spent anything in 2009.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Build your own network! It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. What is Small Business Infrastructure? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 29, 2008

Build your own network! Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 21, 2007

Build your own network! Examples of teams are: Work Teams Sales Teams Customer Service Teams Virtual Teams I would suggest that small business owners need to form teams around their small business and start-up business , like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, too.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 20, 2010

Build your own network! Allowing staff to work flexible hours is an example; at WinWeb.com my staff work from home, with flexibility and consideration for their families needs. For example because I don’t have any authority over them I can only suggest rather than tell them to do something. E-Mail me or follow me.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 11, 2008

Build your own network! Do not over-charge for your services. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. Kind regards, Elaine Henry Baker Said on February 12th, 2009 at 10:37 pm Great post as always Stefan. Starting a Small Business?

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 8, 2008

Build your own network! Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. E-Mail me or follow me. How to be successful and eco-friendly. Making your small business carbon neutral. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 27, 2010

Build your own network! 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. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 16, 2010

Build your own network! 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. Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. Starting a Small Business?

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MAY 13, 2008

Build your own network! Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Build your own network! Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Build your own network! We do not extent this service outside our network. Stefan Töpfer Said on November 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am Laura, As this example shows you that will not prevent some unscrupulous people to scam others, our name, reputation and business suffers greatly because of this. Starting a Small Business?

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MAY 20, 2008

Build your own network! CV Writing | Blogger Said on May 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm Great idea for a start up Stefan. With the current competitive job market today, it’s always a good idea to invest in a professional CV writing service to have that significant edge over other job seekers. How to be successful and eco-friendly.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 13, 2010

Build your own network! An ideal example of people in this category are parents, childcare is hugely expensive and allowing people the flexibility to work from home means you can gain the staff others are missing out on! What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2007

Build your own network! I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense. Let me give you an obvious example to make my point. How to be successful and eco-friendly. You ask a question, I answer!

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Build your own network! For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” 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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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2007

Build your own network! For example, having to fire people because the economy is in recession is no fun for anyone and quite easy to prevent in most cases. Surviving A Recession Said on February 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 am Hello Stephan, Good advice as usual. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Build your own network! These examples and 40 million more are generated on the MBA Writer web-site by Mike Shor (Humor), he writes: Automatically generate sentences ready for inclusion into your business memos without all of the thinking!! What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2007

Build your own network! You need to pay attention to your credit control all the time, if you can’t do that get someone else to do it for you, outsource it to a virtual assistant , for example. E-Mail me or follow me. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Build your own network! Pay attention to the reason why your customer is buying your product – if it is for a regular event you should make note of this and contact them again prior to the next time it takes place and offer them a discount. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Build your own network! This is a question that is very much based on individual circumstance; I, for example, started my first business whilst at university and have been doing so ever since! On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

Build your own network! 1 Comment » | Trackback | Share This One Response to “ Q & A: What is “Staff Turnover&# and how large or small would it be for Small Business? &# Classified Ads Said on June 20th, 2009 at 10:29 pm Staff turnover is highly dependent on industry and pay scale. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 21, 2008

Build your own network! 7 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 7 Responses to “ Takeover Disasters &# Chris Burgoyne Said on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 am As a real example to this, I worked for a large UK company who purchased a company based on the culture and sales figures. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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AUGUST 24, 2007

Build your own network! Bill Altermatt Said on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm I apologize, the last email got away from me, I was about to offer an example of the terms that I have in mind and want to know if they make sense. Enhance Your Work-Life Balance Have it all your way – family, friends, work and most of all a life!

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 24, 2007

Build your own network! Bill Altermatt Said on October 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm I apologize, the last email got away from me, I was about to offer an example of the terms that I have in mind and want to know if they make sense. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Can you help.

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OCTOBER 28, 2007

Build your own network! Company Registration Agent Said on May 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pm Great information. This is what we often have to get across to our clients when registering a company and it’s great to see this information elsewhere online in an easy-to-understand and -read format with examples that everyone can relate to.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Build your own network! For example, we need dating agencies and web-sites to find partners, because we are too busy to find a partner in what used to be a “normal way&# , and in this sense we have to be thankful for the service dating agencies and web-sites provide. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Build your own network! If you are charging £18 per hour as an example and you are doing 100 hours of work. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales. At this point, i cannot really think of any example. Anyone knows of any other examples that people really need to charge by the clock?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Build your own network! Henal Said on July 16th, 2009 at 6:57 am Your works could not be more true! Regards Henal Nataly Said on August 12th, 2009 at 6:24 pm Absolutely agree! Wayne Hancock Said on August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm I think one good example of success through passion is Pret a Manger.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 30, 2007

Build your own network! Whatever business you run you can get into financial trouble without it being your own doing – a big customer goes bust. However, let us look at your example of say a big customer failing and not paying you.Is What is Small Business Infrastructure? this a financ eproblem. Plan, plan, plan!

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Build your own network! No Win No Fee Said on June 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 am I completely agree that it is best practice to set aside a couple of hours each month to keep your accounts up-to-date. Stefan Töpfer Said on October 1st, 2009 at 11:27 am I agree very much with this statement. What is Small Business Infrastructure?

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MAY 10, 2006

Build your own network! Seems to me that a lot more SME are using google services now. For example, many hedge funds run their entire operation with only ten to twenty employees. Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Starting a Small Business? Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Build your own network! Shaun Lawrence Said on November 11th, 2009 at 2:25 am Those are good examples of questions. 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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MAY 8, 2006

Build your own network! This list is not exhaustive, but an overview from the following information- [link] Leaflet Delivery Said on February 5th, 2009 at 11:53 am I have a quick question for you guys, if you receive bad advice and work from an accountant, which then leads into an investigation, can you claim against him ?

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The Marq

JUNE 7, 2010

I would’ve hoped for a few more chapters devoted to examples of how this could be done. He almost achieves this by sharing stories of how his employees and coworkers put to practice the idea of over-delivering on customer service, even to complete strangers in supermarkets. Nevertheless, I was hungry for more. TheMarq.com.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 6, 2010

Build your own network! I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business. Concentrate on your business, not your office. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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AUGUST 16, 2007

Build your own network! Building a support network community for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses is essential to your survival. Will Said on March 13th, 2009 at 8:55 pm Great article! E-Mail me or follow me.

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