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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. Lucky I’m still young enough to borrow a few denari from the folks lol. The best tip from my point of view would be to avoid unnecessary expenses.

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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 ? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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 (!)

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The Small Business Blog

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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DECEMBER 29, 2008

Of course you’ll need a skill in order to do this, and the knowledge to market yourself. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 22, 2008

Keep overheads to a minimum, review and change your suppliers if there not giving you the best value for money and service. 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. Promote your value for money. Cheapest isn’t the best.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

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. Remember, there are only 24 hours in a day, so let other people help you. Bear in mind that your time is money!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Of course, there are more effective ways to market and you have to pay for it. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! But good thing you clarified it.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

How’s that for great service. There have been free accounts software products before of course, but unlike WinWeb they’ve failed to build a sustainable base of users. M Jonathan Kempson Said on June 27th, 2008 at 10:13 am Interesting to read about WinWeb. Poses some interesting challenges for Quicken and Sage among others.

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The Small Business Blog

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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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. 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. You can buy all the books, and read all the blogs, but starting your own business is something that has to be driven by you; your drive, enthusiasm and vision for you business.

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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. If doing your accounts is going to tie up a lot of your time and you are a small outfit, wouldn’t it be more profitable to outsource, even if you could do it yourself.

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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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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

Of course we wouldn’t want our business to fail, SME or multinational, we want our business to grow but running a business also means you are ready for the possibilities of failing. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Service Untitled

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Clients and customers love the personal touch and having the ability to comment on an issue; the problem arises however, when no one from the company responds back or follows up on a complaint, lack of service, or even a social issue. Customer service and the impact of social media There is absolutely no getting away from social media.

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The Small Business Blog

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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Of course it all depends on the type of work. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Alex Said on June 13th, 2008 at 3:16 pm Working at home we save our time.

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