Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 16, 2018

Doing business can be expensive. From computers to apps, and everything in between, doing business costs money. Often, critical business needs are put on the back burner in order to stay on budget. Did you know there are business-focused sites that are there to save you money?

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Success

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Many are not shelved in the self-help section, but each will open up new roads into your wide-open future. When the tribe gets fed up with Seagull’s constant barrel-rolls and high-speed near-misses, the elders exile him to the ends of the earth. The universe offers an infinite number of opportunities, but also opportunity costs.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 17, 2013

You will find that paper intended for letterheads, business cards and brochures is much higher quality than that intended for tissues and notepads. According to the EPA, paper that winds up in landfill sites produces methane gas which is one of the main contributors of global warming. The price can be up to 20% higher.

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Eco-Office Gals

OCTOBER 7, 2013

So collating top tips, useful tools and powerful marketing strategies, we bring you the ultimate small business guide to saving on your marketing costs and going greener. You will have to include social media icon ‘buttons’ though (a minimal development cost) so your customers can go straight from your website to your blog.

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Office Dynamics

JUNE 6, 2013

And, since Seamless saves clients up to 30% on food related costs, making administrative professions the office hero, really impacting their company’s bottom line! Calculate how much you can save with Seamless.

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Recruit CRM

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Cold emails might lead to an empty worksheet that fills up during the weekend. Your agency might even want to sign up for a mass emailing software or even build your own to target a large number of prospective clients at one go. Phone Calls For Follow-Up Following up is critical. You may try sending out cold emails.

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Step It Up VA Coaching

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Consider “leasing” your home office to yourself as your business grows to subsidize your mortgage, and simplify your taxes. If you work at home, you should assign a portion of your utilities costs to your business – especially electricity and internet service.

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Eco-Office Gals

JUNE 24, 2013

More businesses are jumping on the green bandwagon, and you can increase the eco-friendliness of your office and promote that lifestyle to customers too. From flyers and business cards, to posters and notebooks, making recycled paper a part of what you do can save money for your business and help the environment.

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Denise Aday

APRIL 10, 2013

Trade show season is in full-swing this time of year Trade shows can be a cost effective way to showcase your business, learn new industry information and network with potential customers. If you’ve done a good job of working a show, you’ll come home with handfuls of business cards. It is irritating to say the least.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

MAY 27, 2011

Do you even remember signing up for everything? Now, take a look at your business card, brochures or other social media profiles.    The other day I was in a meeting and saw a card that had the back covered with 2 different QR codes and the front had a few different urls. . 

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Small Business CEO

MARCH 2, 2010

What’s more, they are proven concepts that will help to increase your business’s recognition, pool of customers, and most importantly, your bottom line. Forget the Traditional Business Card. households have business card magnets on their refrigerator. As at least 80% of U.S.

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Ian's Messy Desk

JANUARY 15, 2014

That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. The cost of storage media keeps getting less and less. Don’t pile it up, telling yourself that you’ll deal with it when you have time.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MARCH 1, 2012

That doesn’t mean throwing it in the recycle bin as soon as you receive it, but you need to know where things will end up after they hit your desk. It adds up. The cost of storage media keeps getting less and less. Don’t pile it up, telling yourself that you’ll deal with it when you have time.

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Professional Assistant Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

You can post up to 80 different job sites, such as Workopolis , Monster , CareerBuilder and many more, just with one submission. It only costs $59.99 By The Professional Assistant on Monday, November 26, 2007 Filed Under: Job Seeking A re you worried about online identity theft online? Resume Rabbit will make all of this disappear.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online. Making your small business carbon neutral. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP. Benefits of Online Software for Small Business.

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Small Business CEO

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Business licenses, taxes, insurance, COBD (Cost Of Doing Business) – aren’t mentioned here as they so often vary from country-to-country, state-to-state, province-to-province. We all know cleaning businesses exist. Did you know that they cost virtually nothing to start? Adult Paper Route. Franchisee.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Effective Small Business Planning Strategy Planning your small business is the best way to avoid costly mistakes. Making your small business carbon neutral. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control.

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Ian's Messy Desk

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Have every group member place their business card into a bowl or container. Then, everyone draws a card other than their own. When generating or responding to ideas, participants assume the persona of the person on their card and respond from their (assumed) point of view. Blow up balloons, and tie them.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. What is Small Business Infrastructure? How to be successful by focusing on your core business. Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Ask me your small business questions, I will answer them ASAP.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 23, 2009

How to Use Both For Optimal Professional & Personal Productivity (guest post by Meggin McIntosh) A question that often comes up in workshops as well as on my blog is this one: How do you suggest people use their calendar (planner) in conjunction with the tickler (1-31) files? "The Ph.D.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

Small Business Bootstrapping How to start your own small business with no or little money. Outsourcing Options For Small Business Focus on your business, timeshare professionals. Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. What is Small Business Infrastructure? Build your own network!

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Brilliantly Better

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Business Cards Are Nice Too Now, what do you do if you have some human powered work force, some OCR software to do the dirty job for you and a lot of audience (Shoeboxed is pretty popular, you know)? So, the next logical step was to give you a complimentary service, in the form of a business card transcribing service.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JULY 1, 2011

Powerfully Productive businesses know that effective follow-up is critical to success.    Working at the time as a technology consultant, I knew small business owners like me had a lot to juggle in their lives and in their businesses and needed better, more affordable tools to keep up with it all. 

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Even if he never made one sale through his website, he still needed to have one up there. Almost every large company dealing with millions has a website these days, and these companies have it as an established fact in their minds that having a website is part of business. The more money it costs the more stable you look.

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

When Justin Lambert sent me this follow-up post (you did read his first post , didn’t you?) In a previous post, I wrote about how public speaking can boost your freelance business to the next leve l – almost instantly. One portion of that list is made up of hot prospects that faded lukewarm for reasons unknown.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I personally use a Franklin Covey planner because I love the look of the pages, but many other companies make planner pages with the same set-up.  Thinking Through A Pen As a writer, I enjoy being able to open up my planner to jot things down. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up.

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Service Untitled

JULY 15, 2010

The saleswoman found a selection Jane loved and worked up an estimate. “As I was getting out my business card, I asked Jane if there was ‘anything else’ concerning her about purchasing the carpet. Jane replied by asking me, ‘How much would it cost me?’

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We work tirelessly to put up good content that people can use to improve their income, and we don’t get paid a penny for it. We want you to learn, to better your business, to succeed. That’s our goal with each and every post we put up on this site. There’s a new free post that goes up every day.”

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Just come up with 3 or 4 niches that you actually give a damn about. One of the best benefits of spreading into other niches is how you’ll come up with out-of-the-box ideas on how to one-up the value you offer to your existing customers in your main niche. Like carrying a business card. & marketing.

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