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Business Travel Is Back: How to Maximize Your Miles

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Either way, you’ll want to have a dedicated card for business expenses to make it easier to separate them from your personal spending for accounting and tax purposes. One of the first questions to answer is whether it makes more sense for you to use a personal or business card to pay for travel and other expenses.

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Tackling Business Strategy: 6 Tenets of Building a Scalable Brand

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Work with a professional graphic designer at the planning stage of your business and consider all the possibilities for future growth. That logo may look fine close-up on a business card. For instance, a pet food supplier would be a candidate for Emma to avoid as she may one day expand into pet foods.

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Must Have Gadgets for the Modern Entrepreneur

The Small Business Blog

At the core it offers the user an always on, easy way of keeping in touch with colleagues, clients, suppliers and anyone else they may need to deal with on a daily basis. Gone are the days of stacks and stacks of business cards in a suit jacket pocket, now all you need is a trusty smartphone to keep all your contacts and leads organised.

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Top 5 Tips for Giving a New Business a Kick Start

The Small Business Blog

Have a consistent logo across your business card and company stationery. Take testimonials from all your early customers to start building credibility for your business. Create a website that will inform visitors all about your product or service. You can then direct all enquiries towards your website. Build a brand.

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The Great Calendar Debate - Paper or Electronic - 21 Experts Weigh.

Stephanie LH Calahan

Recommended Tool: Smart phone (I use the Nokia E71 & also recommend a Blackberry) [link] is a Hand-held Device great for Business Professional Pros of Planning Tool: Easy to use. Keeps all your appointments, contacts and email in one spot so it's all synched up. Never forget an appointment or task.

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How much money do you really need to start your micro business.

The Small Business Blog

People want flashy premises, business cards etc. They should focus on spending their limited budgets only on things that will generate them business. Once this business is being generated regularly only then should you look at the “luxuries&# Poker Promotions Said on May 24th, 2009 at 2:59 pm Your article is interesting.

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Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Sigang McGough Said on March 23rd, 2010 at 2:25 pm A convincing argument for starting a business even when on a budget. I started my business with £50. I managed to get online, set up a website, buy business cards and letter heads and still have cash left over. Great post. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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