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Research the going rate for CEOs in your industry. Turbocharge Your Sales » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 7:45 am and is filed under Business Checklists. If possible, get some advice from your accountant regarding the level of pay you plan on taking from the business.

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5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 09, 2009 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 9th, 2009 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day. Working in tandem with your competitors has benefits in addition to getting a good beat to what’s happening in your industry. Think airline alliances.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Top 5 Tips on Making Big Changes by Stefan Töpfer on Dec 21, 2009 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Martin Russell Said on December 26th, 2009 at 9:26 am I would say that usually BIG changes shouldn’t be creative ones. In fact, you should welcome it.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under Business Checklists. 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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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 02, 2009 Much has been made in the last few days about the problems surrounding Sage Live , the online accounting software service for small business from Sage Group PLC (LSE:SGE). » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 7:08 pm and is filed under Comments.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Top 5 Tips for Finding Investors » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 8:30 am and is filed under Business Quotations , SME-Blog. The more “true” answers you had the better you are at communicating with your team. « Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 24, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world. 2010 may be no better.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

RSS Feeds deliver timely updates from your favourite websites and blogs and can help you keep abreast of what others are saying in your industry. Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under SME-Blog.

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MARCH 11, 2008

Establishing a professional looking portfolio website to showcase your previous work will be the main way in which you will attract customers. Skills needed: Experience is the key to success in this industry. « Canada Small Business News Round-up – 11/03/2008 Service Desert is big small business opportunity.

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« Top 5 Tips for Better Marketing The Zen of Social Media Marketing » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am and is filed under SME-Blog , Work/Life Balance. Technology is making it better and easier but the mindset in industry and business at large has still a long way to go.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consider joining forces with other companies in your industry “food chain” offering to add a link of their site on your webpage in exchange for a link of your site on their webpage. Encourage other sites to link to yours – this may be a well known strategy but it can’t be reinforced enough. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

The Small Business Blog Makes The Top 100 Business Blogs » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Friday, October 26th, 2007 at 8:08 am and is filed under Employment , Question & Answer , avoid growing pain , plan your business , recruit the right people. « Q & A: Does Small Business Need a Disaster Plan?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 09, 2009 Lord Sugar’s – the government’s enterprise czar – outburst last week where he allegedly called small business owners moaners and said: “I can honestly say a lot of problems you hear from people who are moaning are from companies I wouldn’t lend a penny to.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Often you try to sell to your clients as if they are industry insiders who understand exactly what you are talking about. While in reality they are customers and don’t know what makes this widget so special. You need to sell the benefits of the widget, that is what customers want, benefits. People buy from People.

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CV Writing | Blogger Said on May 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm Great idea for a start up Stefan. It’s a growing industry but quality is not at best with most of the websites available online. curt Said on October 30th, 2009 at 4:38 am Thanks for the interesting post. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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Marketing Techniques: Join newsgroups and discussion forums for special interest groups that you think might be interested in custom T-shirts (e.g. Notes: Customer retention is the key to success in this industry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 8:37 am and is filed under Exporting. In hynsight everyone would agree it would be one of the worst industries at the worst time to begin a business. Mary Said on September 25th, 2009 at 6:13 am I agree to what Chris mentioned above.

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MAY 10, 2006

SME / SMB Have Become Obsolete Acronyms by Zoli Erdos on May 10, 2006 Software Industry analysts seem to have a fun time coming up with three-letter combinations. throw out any random letters and chances are it means a new product, technology, industry trend, market segment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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JUNE 29, 2006

The legal status your business takes maybe decided by what industry you are working in. A limited company must also adopt and file its Memorandum and Articles of Association, these govern its rights and obligations to its shareholders, directors and officers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

The last piece in the puzzle was the advent of the software as a service industry, which took longer to develop than I had foreseen. james ainsworth Said on May 15th, 2009 at 3:31 pm Another great read. It is almost the weekend now, and I’m off to see 10cc, or what is left of them. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 at 6:30 am and is filed under Contractor , Entrepreneur , Freelancer , Generation-Y , Home Business , MumEntrepreneur , Personal Business , SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro , Self-employed , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , be successful , start-up in business.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

So if you work in an industry that charges by the hour and you need more work you know what to do. » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm and is filed under Marketing/PR , grow your business , market and sell. One of them i thought of is the legal industry.

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MAY 8, 2006

Next, does the accountant have relevant experience in the industry you are in, or an allied industry, after all, it’s going to make life a lot easier if he actually knows a bit about the industry you’re in when offering advice. Do they know your industry? Unqualified “accountants” are not subject to any of the above.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

This whole process began with the “Industrial Revolution&# some 150 years ago. I believe that the whole trend of home working may in the future allow us to have a much more natural work/life balance and will reverse some of the damaging effects of the post industrial revolution changes in our society. Thank you for your comment.

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MAY 31, 2006

If SME’s could not in the past afford Enterprise Software, the same held true for the Software Industry: they could not afford SME’s, since there was just no way to profitable reach millions of small businesses. The cost of customer acquisition vs. the very low license fees made it an uneconomical model, whether via direct or channel sales.

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» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, August 16th, 2007 at 8:44 pm and is filed under Contractor , Employment , How to. Will Said on March 13th, 2009 at 8:55 pm Great article! Ria Garcia Said on March 26th, 2009 at 4:30 am I was able to chance upon your site by researching about outsourcing.

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High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. PAYweb Small Business Payroll Said on February 23rd, 2009 at 6:29 pm Great article, and very interesting comments.

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