Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Shashi Bellamkonda has a great post on the Smartblog for Restaurants on his tax-free lunch plan.    Key quote from his blog post: "President Barack Obama and Congress could join together to pass a law that allows any taxpayer spending $1,000 at restaurants in 2011 to write off that amount." His plan is simple. 

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 4, 2016

Are you an author, coach, restaurant, or other small business? I’m sure many of the business owners who have elected to do so would argue that they are doing just fine relying on the free social media platform as their home on the web. Like many free things , it’s likely costing you business. Listen up.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 16, 2018

From computers to apps, and everything in between, doing business costs money. Microsoft Office , Adobe Acrobat and more could cost hundreds of dollars per user, only to be obsolete when the next version of the software was released a year or so later. Doing business can be expensive. Software Subscriptions.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 2, 2012

.    - Social Media, which allows food trucks to create an audience and keep them up to date on their location, new menu items, etc.    - The Great Recession, which has made it much harder to finance and start a traditional restaurant.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 31, 2012

  And the response from brick and mortar restaurants is a classic example of how incumbent industry participants tend to respond - by using their political power to try and fend off the innovative new firms. The main one is the use of a low cost, flexible and agile delivery platform - the truck.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 14, 2016

The tagline for the event sets a theme for world famous keynote speakers from the world’s top ad agencies, production houses, global tech and social media giants and the who’s who of world famous brands. While the city is busy with tourists all year round, head away from the coast to find some of the best bars and restaurants in town.

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Allwork

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And so success at poker was almost like do it at all costs kind of thing. And there’s as much likelihood that I’ll be meeting someone and doing some work over in Dallas, because I’m in Fort Worth in Dallas this week, working in their office or maybe at a restaurant. I might riff on that on a social media post.

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Service Untitled

AUGUST 25, 2011

As he was preparing to take off from the airport at Tampa, Florida, Shankman tweeted to Morton’s Steakhouse Restaurant that he wanted a porterhouse steak waiting for him when he arrived at Newark Airport in New Jersey. Still the benefits of this grandiose scene can at least be a lesson in the importance of listening to social media.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 20, 2010

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Say you have a competing restaurant a few blocks away. Build your own network!

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Service Untitled

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Low levels of service are inexpensive, but the high costs of customer dissatisfaction, the lost business, and the money spent to process and repair the damage, takes its toll. High levels of service are expensive, and it costs more to provide those services, but the costs for dissatisfaction issues are much lower.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

JUNE 17, 2011

Save a restaurant and we'll add contact information, menu pages, reviews, a link to make reservations and we'll even notify you if there's a Groupon or Living Social deal for that restaurant.   Great, so how can people get started and what is the cost?   Wow that is great!

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

We need to know about the latest advances in technology, we need to know where the best restaurants are and we need to constantly refresh our soft skills. Attending training courses that cost money can be a difficult sell to some organisations that do not think their support staff require additional training.

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Service Untitled

DECEMBER 17, 2013

It’s well recognized amongst all business owners that it cost more money to find new customers than to keep the customers we already have while trying to attract more clients to climb aboard our growing organizations. The ultimate satisfaction for customers is receiving the best product at a reasonable and competitive cost.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 24, 2014

Amazon’s $20 increase for Prime members certainly drew a lot of derogatory hoopla this past week with social media and forums all buzzing with criticism about the 25% hike. Say it anyway you want, but the best part of any kind of loyalty program is the money a customer saves versus the cost of the rewards’ programs.

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The Small Business Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants. E-Mail me or follow me.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? It’s good for you and good for your customers who don’t have to pay excessive costs.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? E-Mail me or follow me. Build your own network! 1 week ago More updates.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? Other than that your setup cost should be low, if you have computer, ADSL, and telephone.

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Service Untitled

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Good thing for social media and Twitter however, but will that solve all of the problems we can’t quite condense to 140 characters or less? Instead company policy intended to streamline and reduce costs wind up costing an organization more money.

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Recruit CRM

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This means you'll have to check out their social media profiles such as Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, go through their work samples on their blogs, Medium, Dribble, GitHub or more. Also is situated near restaurants where you can enjoy your favourite food. Your Research Needs To Be Spot On Wait. When works best for you?

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On The Job

AUGUST 12, 2010

It’s seen as part of a job to socialize and make connections. If you’re in a bar or restaurant, it feels socially acceptable to drink. Office of Personnel Management estimates that the cost of alcoholism in the workplace is between $33 billion and $68 billion annually. Is Using Social Media at Work a Good Idea?

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The Office Professionals Place

JUNE 17, 2010

If this was a formal business dinner meeting, these minor indiscretions could cost you and your company a valuable business connection. If you practice good etiquette, not only will your guests remember you in a positive manner as a representative of your company, but the staff at the restaurant will remember you as well (good or bad!).

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 20, 2008

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Other Great Business Blogs Social Media for Business WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Martin Everard Benefits Of Building A Home Business Is There More Financial Hardship To Come? On-Demand Small Business Infrastructure™ allows you to run your business online.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

She was the founder of an award-winning, modern-Chinese fast casual restaurant in Shanghai, and her work has been featured in The New York Times , BBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal , Fast Company , Fortune and more. Gao uses her experience as a chef to share meaningful flavors that open people up to new ideas and conversations.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

JANUARY 30, 2013

Some ideas are free, cost effective, and some are very, very generous. -Do The below perks or extras address mind, body, and soul and can be paid for by the company or by the employee to make their life easier by the company offering a service onsite.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

For example, the service you expect from McDonald’s is going to be much different from the service you may expect from a five-star restaurant. Engaging customers with social media while building customer service Customer loyalty generally follows outstanding customer service. At a local.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

When they look to hire a freelancer, they want someone dependable who’ll do an excellent job for an acceptable cost. That’s probably not an accurate impression people should have of you, but it’s like walking into an empty restaurant at dinnertime. It makes you wonder if the food’s any good.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 7, 2011

If 2 out of those 6 hours are given away, it just cost me 33% of my potential income. Especially since at the time, I had not yet incorporated marketing and learning costs into my rates, leaving me zero buffer to even offer a discount for returning clients. Eeek, that’s higher than tax! Overworked and underpaid?

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Productivityist

MAY 12, 2016

You don’t go to a restaurant and order “half a pound of burger”, you just order a burger. The cost of entry to build an audience around any topic is $0, no matter what your preferred way of sharing is, whether it’s talking, writing, pictures, or singing (that might get a bit weird though). As humans we like to consume things in units.

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Brilliantly Better

APRIL 26, 2010

I found out there were many different methods like as (1) social media like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Twitter (2) posting comments on other blogs/forums (3) posting articles on popular article directories like Ezine and Hubpages. A lot of time was spent in the first few year on getting the word out.

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Brilliantly Better

DECEMBER 24, 2010

The post describing this minimum survival kit got quoted on various blogs pretty fast and it also played really nice on social media. It’s located close to my home town in Romania, near Ocnele Mari and it has a church, a football field, some restaurants and playgrounds. Survived To An Ants Invasion.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Businesspeople understand investment, as opposed to cost. Prices always tend towards marginal costs. We cost the government less in sick time and health care, and we help support the economy with the money we make. Another freebie, is to use your social media to spread the love about Men with Pens to your friends and colleagues.

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