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5 Ways Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners Are Bootstrapping Their Companies

Small Business CEO

Luckily, there are a number of affordable tools and strategies that cost little but deliver big, which is ideal when your business is on a budget. With social media and similar forms of marketing, this is a fun and highly cost-effective strategy. Try open source websites like WordPress.

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Set Yourself Apart from the Competition » Make or Break Moments

Make or Break Moments

I’m familiar with Elance but a colleague who had a similar project told me that she’d had great success with oDesk - so that’s where I started. I thought I would prefer someone from the United States and Canada but I soon learned that they were the highest cost and not all had experience.

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Six Ways to Get More Juice from Your Freelancer | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

It might cost a bit more but it tells freelancers you believe in their great work and you believe in them. Everyone wins, and it’s a simple, zero-cost, low-effort gesture that makes all involved feel good. Do use sites like Elance. Use social media. Let freelancers do their job. 6) Thank them. .&#

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