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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

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If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Some utilities companies get panicked if you don’t pay and they will offer you a monthly payment plan, take it. You want a little more. – ST.

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Top 5 Tips for Training Employees on a Budget

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Many equipment manufacturers offer free training to companies that purchase their products. Don’t overlook the usefulness of this. Don’t Underestimate The Importance Of Time Management » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 7:00 am and is filed under SME-Blog.

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Top 5 Ways of Being More Efficient in Business

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Don’t purchase containers to store more documents and files – throw away as much of your old stuff as possible instead. [link] 1 week ago Ted Turner: "If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree." 1 week ago More updates. Be ruthless with your filing.

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Q & A: What are successful cost-cutting solutions in small.

The Small Business Blog

Let me give you some pointers here, but please remember you can always do more on the cost-cutting front in any small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants.

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

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Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. It doesn’t help to rip them off if you want a long-term relationship. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. You want a little more.

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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

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That is a great basis for a small business startup, two scenarios spring to mind: Virtual Export Assistant: You may know, or can find a business which has a great product, but they don’t export yet. I really do want to leave this sort of work but the problem is there aren’t many jobs out there for people like myself in Spain.

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Top 5 Website Design Tips

The Small Business Blog

Nannetta Said on November 22nd, 2009 at 5:12 am The tips all sound so commonsensical, but then you remember that common sense isn’t all that common. And don’t get me started on those sites that make you play hide-and-seek when you try to obtain information. Ideally about 3-5 clicks to purchase.

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