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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

Make or Break Moments

I have made purchases with a check – the check goes through a little machine and bada bing, bada boom, the money is removed from my account and I’m handed back the check. The company gets their money and I’m not inconvenienced.

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Hearing the Message

Office Dynamics

What example am I setting for our teenage daughter about pursuing dreams at a fairly expensive price? Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach (2009). Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (September 9, 2009). The message wasn’t just about self-care. To me the message was, Pay Attention!

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Top 5 Tips on Building a 6 Month Cash Reserve

The Small Business Blog

Add up all your monthly expenses so you can estimate how much money you will have left each month. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses. Then try and remove or refinance the most expensive lending. Start getting into the habit of saving each week right now, at the beginning of the year.

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Let Go A Little and Help Your Business

The Small Business Blog

We all start our own businesses because we have passion and drive, this can easily become lost in the day to day monotony of paperwork and tedious tasks, yet employing full or part-time staff can be expensive and risky. Outsourcing offers the perfect balance, to help you regain balance! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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How Working From Home Can Work For You

The Small Business Blog

While your competitors have to pay out for expensive office space that they don’t need as clients dry up, your business can continue to thrive. 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!

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The worst business start-up mistakes | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

The worst business start-up mistakes by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 29, 2009 Although many people decide to try and realise their dream of starting their own business, unfortunately it often turns into a nightmare for them. Also, it is important not to lose focus of your main priority as a small business: making money. Just a opinion!

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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

The Small Business Blog

Web development as well can be pretty expensive. We have found that speaking to our clients and having a relationship with them instead of just delivering a service helps a lot and have already had numerous recommendations. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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