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MARCH 16, 2010

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. VB, Stefan Chris Said on March 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 am Thank you for the great post, to Nicole, I recommend reading Reworked, a new book from the owners of 37Signals.

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Shop around : Make sure you are getting the best deals from all you suppliers- right down to your electricity, broadband and gas bills. If your business has an inventory make sure you source the best suppliers at the right price, and don’t be afraid to haggle ! Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Learn from the experience and then move on to your next potential customer. Plan your sales targets in advance and track progress throughout the year. This helps you to continuously evaluate your sales performance. Don’t obsess over missed sales opportunities. Give incentives to staff for making sales. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MAY 13, 2010

It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. Nobody really learns anything real about business, only about life… VB, Stefan Issa Crea Said on May 15th, 2010 at 3:33 am Is this the same thing as personal branding? Nice sharing. I love the analogy.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That said, I’m a firm believer that a bit of ‘gut feeling’ on the right person goes a long way – I’ve hired many people over the years and sometimes the candidate who is ‘technically’ the best, doesn’t always fit in to the organisation – that’s just something you learn over time though.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Learn about how your company structure affects pay. Top 5 Tips for Paying Yourself by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 01, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. If possible, get some advice from your accountant regarding the level of pay you plan on taking from the business.

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JULY 13, 2010

It might take time, but you will learn a great deal about how to, and how not to, do things! Networking not only allows you to meet potential clients but you will also learn valuable lessons from people who are more experienced in the business world. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 14, 2010

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Make sure you have a consistent message across every advertising medium that you use. Talk to the newspapers / radio or TV stations that you plan to advertise with, they can often advise you. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 2, 2010

Many small businesses struggle to find finance, especially with the financial climate being as decidedly frosty as it is at present. Jp14 Said on March 5th, 2010 at 10:36 pm Another common thing is to keep learning. Hiring people comes with fixed costs. If you can outsource work to freelancers, then do. Not an excuse not to succeed.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Cash-flow – compare your cash-flow fore-cast with the actual numbers on a regular basis and learn from it, it’s not about being spot on, but about knowing what happened so you can control it. Mark-up – make sure you review your mark-up on a regular basis to protect your margins. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JULY 27, 2010

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. Although these sectors will be crowded, at least there is a guaranteed market there for you to fight for a share. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Although he never finished high school, Scudamore loves nothing more than learning. Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Today they have 95 franchise partners across North America and are in 47 of North America’s top 50 cities.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

If you are no longer personally growing and learning in your role it can cause your business to stagnate. Have you developed a resistance to adopting new ideas or taking risks? It is possible that you may have been at the helm for too long. Try to surround yourself with people who will challenge your thinking about business matters.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You might be surprised how much you can learn about your people and your business! when I was managing people I learned fast that setting an example got the most response and number 4 helped keep people fired up. If you want them to be engaged, ensure that you’re engaged. Be accessible – today’s workers value face time.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Not only that, you have someone that is learning the latest and greatest tech practices. On the tech side, you can hire graduate level students that are looking for teaching experience. Sometimes you can get them for free, other times it is vastly cheaper than what you would get with a professional organization. Thanks for the list!

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MAY 18, 2010

If you want to build a business it’s important to learn how to let things go. Carl Said on July 6th, 2010 at 4:33 pm In business it is difficult to disconnect emotions from judgment the two don’t mix. Stefan Töpfer Said on July 6th, 2010 at 4:43 pm Hi Carl, great comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 20, 2010

When you begin employing staff you need to quickly learn how to not only manage them, but also how to help them achieve their best. Allow your staff time to come to you with ideas or questions; you’ll learn a lot about your business and might even discover an avenue you’d never thought of taking. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 23, 2010

« Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers Budget 2010 – The Saviour for Small Businesses? As a customer I always appreciate a smile, a thank you and personal service. So why shouldn’t I strive to give my customers the same? The answer is that I do. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 20, 2010

As I have mentioned previously , I am looking to help small businesses to hold conversations, engage with each other and learn from what is happening in the big business world. Small business owners need to consider ‘online’ an extension of their market place and learn to communicate well within that environment.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Learn how your small business can capitalize on these unmet needs and find and master your own niche market. No large retailer can be all things to all people, and there are always going to be segments of the population whose needs for particular products and/or services are going unmet. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Lessons from recession will help SMEs’ future roadmap courage and… : Learning lessons from recession important for future upswing SMEs should graduate from growth by default. Plenty of Indianapolis-area companies are for sale. … Addressing the need gap of SMEs’ needing small funding, R. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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APRIL 27, 2010

I look forward to reading your pitches, and learning more about your small businesses! All I ask is that you respect this offer, and don’t post any links to ‘dodgy’ websites, any such links will be promptly removed and the user reported to Facebook. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

So now I had my supplier with whom by this stage I had built up a good base for a trustworthy supplier by way of emails. Get your suppliers to advertise in it! I believe these online workers can earn much more if they just give enough effort and want to learn new skills. I am not her only employer though.

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Ann White Said on January 31st, 2008 at 2:58 am Following a proven path, and learning by doing is a better way than trying to figure out how to reinvent the wheel. I reckon that an over commitment to fixed costs (property and plant) and poor use of cash (inventory stocking etc) are as much to blame as weak marketing. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 13, 2008

But saying that, we are still learning and growing. I have learned a lot just from the info posted here! Don Said on August 9th, 2008 at 1:38 am When my business partner and I first started out, we didn’t plan enough just because we didn’t know any better. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

You learn to enjoy that and understand that they are doing that because they are hurting – after all we are destroying their business model, which made them all very much money. I think that when the reputation of our industry is at stake we need to work together. If Sage will do that remains to be seen? Sponsors Advertise Here?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I came across one company from Canada which took SEO optimisation into their own hands and learned through experience and extensive testing a few proven ways to boost Google’s rankings of your website. Encourage other sites to link to yours – this may be a well known strategy but it can’t be reinforced enough. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

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. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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APRIL 16, 2008

If you consider the skills potential of parents, if each parent would only contribute one hour on average per week to their learned professions. The truth in my opinion is more the fact that we often block this remote working possibility from our minds, but why? This would be a staggering number of man hours per week. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG » Blog Archive » Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch Said on November 4th, 2007 at 10:24 am [.] But, I have learned from each and every one of them. In common business lingo, bootstrapping means using your personal funds in order to finance the business.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

You can buy all the books, and read all the blogs, but starting your own business is something that has to be driven by you; your drive, enthusiasm and vision for you business. and have started out on their own well in to their working life. If this describes you, I would love to hear from you. It’s harder than anyone can think of.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Mel @ Make Rain Said on July 31st, 2009 at 10:55 am Wow this is great to know going to have a look at it as I am busy learning how to use pastel, maybe this is something that will come in handy and maybe a little easier to use. Thanks for the super informative post. I found it very interesting and insightful. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Another tip I have is to learn to say ‘no’ Too many people especially in this economic downturn are too afraid to say no to tasks or turn down work if they are a freelancer. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. You also need to ask for more resources if you are snowed under. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Skills needed: You will need to be very good at graphic design and it will help if you know how to print T-shirts already, although you could learn. Although this is a competitive market, if you are talented and customer focused enough then you can become successful. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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What have I learned yesterday? 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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By discussing these issues everybody in the company knows what is going on, “em-powering&# them to understand my vision and decisions, while at the same time giving me the opportunity to learn where my vision for my business has not made it to my staff. So I can work on my communication skills to do a better job in future.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

At the same time business failure is far less an issue, as the risk associated with these ventures is very small, with the right mental attitude of the entrepreneur towards failure, the learning effect of a failure can be enormous. Emerging economies like China, India and some others are learning from the U.S. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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