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MARCH 14, 2010

This may not work and of course you are not guaranteed of a positive review but at least the advertising team will advise the editorial team of your advertising activities and this will create synergy across both activities. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 11, 2010

An unexpected problem which requires your immediate attention and of course money could arise at any time so you won’t be able to put in practice these tips. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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JUNE 15, 2010

I will of course keep trying to outsource as it isn’t possible for me to hire a lot of people and I still need help but how do you assure that the people that you hire cares about the project you give them ? Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 16, 2010

There are many SWOT analysis tools out there, I would, of course, recommend the one from WinWeb! « Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips Top 5 Tips for Learning More About Your Customers » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under SME-Blog , do a SWOT plan.

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MARCH 20, 2008

Yesterday I had a very special experience in as much that I was kindly asked – thanks to Phyllis Mercer – to be a guest judge at the Year 2 BTEC National Business Course for their business plans. During the course of the day I listened to 16 business plans, I was supposed to be a bank manager (!) Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This development was by popular demand, as a number of customers requested this functionality. This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. How’s that for great service.

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DECEMBER 29, 2008

Of course you’ll need a skill in order to do this, and the knowledge to market yourself. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 30, 2007

If you read this and think this is all b s – and you may be right, of course – let me know why you think you need to borrow money? But you are right of course that funding can also be a problem because of poor planning. I suggest anyone wanting to become self-employed to take the time and really read up about planning.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Only allow yourself a certain amount of time for tasks that can become time consuming, such as reading and responding to email. There will, of course, be times when deadlines need to be met or work just has to be done that will make even the most well organized small business owner feel that they are not managing their time effectively.

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OCTOBER 2, 2006

by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 02, 2006 After spending a couple of hours on online support on Saturday and Sunday, following our new Plug-in CashBook (find Demo here) release, you may be mistaken to believe that I was helping my customers to use the new plug-in. In my last post about CashBook I said it needed AccountsOffice+ or OnlineOffice.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Of course, there are more effective ways to market and you have to pay for it. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. But good thing you clarified it. What you said is great advice. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 22, 2008

Defend your prices in terms of value for money to your customers and then get them to do it for you to potential new customers. Extend your value for money by keeping your customers informed I use an email newsletter to great effect. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

Have been on a sage course to consider doing our accounts in house and have to say I found the package so involved that I don’t think its cost effective time wise. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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JULY 27, 2006

You can of course run your vat on what is called an ‘invoice basis’ This method involves you claiming vat back on expenditure and paying vat on sales when the invoices are raised, irrespective of when payment is made. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Of course, there are external pressures on us all, and mortgages to pay and families to support have to play a major role in how we develop our businesses. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Of course it all depends on the type of work. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment. Spending as much time will my baby girl as possible is my ultimate goal, it drives me on and keeps me motivated.

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. I deleted well over fifty feeds and email newsletters and ended up with just six. They have to stay on top of everything. Go on a wild rampage.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Should our camera pick up motion we are sent an email, SMS and phone call – which is great for us. Of course we don’t need a study to tell us what is already perfectly obvious: flexible working isn’t just desirable from a personal and social level, but makes good business sense too. Well don Interwatch Security!

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MAY 31, 2006

Of course several Open Source packages are available completely free, which is a perfect solution for the cost problem, but frankly most of these packages are by geeks for geeks; i.e. you really have to be quite IT-savy to implement, integrate, upgrade them, and as we stated most small businesses simply do not have that type of resource.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

So if you are thinking about starting, growing or running your small business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses , but are worried about if you can be successful, worried about failing, worried about giving up your job, etc. than bootstrapping is for you.

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