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For example, one of these mentors runs one of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Here are a few examples: • An employee conducts him/herself inappropriately with your competitor – wouldn’t you rather a friendly call from your competitor to inform you so you can nip it in the bud? This example shows that competitors do not have to be ruthless rivals.

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by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 25, 2007 I’m answering three questions here, emailed to me during last week, so excuse the long headline. I will give examples and will let you fill in the rest for yourself. Examples are rent, some employee costs, property taxes, telephone, heating and interest/bank expense.

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by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 14, 2007 I had the above question emailed to me over the week-end. You need to pay attention to your credit control all the time, if you can’t do that get someone else to do it for you, outsource it to a virtual assistant , for example. Q & A: What do you mean by credit control?

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It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). 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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Google Alerts are also a great source of information by providing email updates of the latest relevant Google results (news, web etc.) Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example. based on your choice of query or topic.

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For example, if you are an independent financial advisor (IFA) then a good ‘big fish’ for you may be an accountancy firm who has many clients that will have financial and investment needs. those businesses that you could build mutually beneficial relationships such that over time you may be able to cross refer. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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We have been training a large number of virtual assistants in all aspects of our service offerings for months and we are very confident we can provide a professional and extremely cost-effective service to all our clients. As an example, Bookkeeping will start at £9.85 Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Allowing staff to work flexible hours is an example; at WinWeb.com my staff work from home, with flexibility and consideration for their families needs. For example because I don’t have any authority over them I can only suggest rather than tell them to do something. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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These examples and 40 million more are generated on the MBA Writer web-site by Mike Shor (Humor), he writes: Automatically generate sentences ready for inclusion into your business memos without all of the thinking!! Say something profound today. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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There are unlimited examples om the internet. Andrew Johnson Said on June 18th, 2010 at 9:53 am Interesting thoughts; although as a professional CV writer I believe that one of the most inportant aspects to this service is the one to one personal service. just use the big search engines. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. 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. 10% off on orders over £50).

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Do not over-charge for your services. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. 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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If an area such as accounting is your weakness, rather than wasting time learning the skill it may be more cost-effective and time efficient to outsource the service. Developing markets are a key example of an opportunity and a threat may be a new competitor in your marketplace. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. This way the client cannot refuse to pay you as long as you satisfactorily complete the contract. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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For example, if you learn about products that are doing well in other countries then you may be able to adapt them for sale here if no-one else is doing 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.

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An ideal example of people in this category are parents, childcare is hugely expensive and allowing people the flexibility to work from home means you can gain the staff others are missing out on! We worked very well together via email. I consider these groups to be an untapped work source that could be an asset to your small business.

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If he or she is stuck in the mindset that the business is too small to aggressively compete with and win customers from larger competitors then it will always suffer from a lack of drive and self-belief. It is also generally a big mistake to think that you can save money by under-investing in technology. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Stefan Töpfer Said on November 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am Laura, As this example shows you that will not prevent some unscrupulous people to scam others, our name, reputation and business suffers greatly because of this. I’ve read on several trademark resource pages that this is the best thing to do for a business name.

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by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 29, 2007 This question was emailed the other day, and I must say, in my mind this is only half the question – but first things first. 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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For example, having to fire people because the economy is in recession is no fun for anyone and quite easy to prevent in most cases. I have seen some good examples, longer working hours fewer working days is one example that has proved working when trying to cope with the recession. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Industries like fast food, for example, have turnover of well over 100%. 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. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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Examples of teams are: Work Teams Sales Teams Customer Service Teams Virtual Teams I would suggest that small business owners need to form teams around their small business and start-up business , like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, too.

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Pay attention to the reason why your customer is buying your product – if it is for a regular event you should make note of this and contact them again prior to the next time it takes place and offer them a discount. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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For example, “small_business_bookkeeping.jpg” instead of a digital camera’s default “123.jpg” 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. jpg” will be more effective. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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7 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 7 Responses to “ Takeover Disasters &# Chris Burgoyne Said on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 am As a real example to this, I worked for a large UK company who purchased a company based on the culture and sales figures. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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For example, we need dating agencies and web-sites to find partners, because we are too busy to find a partner in what used to be a “normal way&# , and in this sense we have to be thankful for the service dating agencies and web-sites provide. It is almost the weekend now, and I’m off to see 10cc, or what is left of them.

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If you are charging £18 per hour as an example and you are doing 100 hours of work. For your customers and you will be ideally to increase sales. At this point, i cannot really think of any example. Anyone knows of any other examples that people really need to charge by the clock? I would be keen to know.

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Wayne Hancock Said on August 15th, 2009 at 9:38 pm I think one good example of success through passion is Pret a Manger. 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. Passion will help you if nothing else can help.

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Seems to me that a lot more SME are using google services now. For example, many hedge funds run their entire operation with only ten to twenty employees. Where i think WinWeb really excells is offering services to companies that have needs similar to larger businesses but do not have the transactions to justify using SAP or Oracle.

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Whatever business you run you can get into financial trouble without it being your own doing – a big customer goes bust. Here you could say if the company had enough reserves it would have survived, but an early start-up will not have the resources to survive – there are many more examples where this is also true.

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This is a question that is very much based on individual circumstance; I, for example, started my first business whilst at university and have been doing so ever since! 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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For example, a purchase of petrol. 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. One of the best ones is to realise that in double-entry terminology, Credit = From and Debit = To. Credit Bank Debit Petrol.

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Shaun Lawrence Said on November 11th, 2009 at 2:25 am Those are good examples of questions. 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. Clients need to ask questions. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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While technology allows to make certain things less expensive and often even provider a better product for less money – see WinWeb OnlineOffice as an example – services like accounting are knowledge based and as such not easily provided cheaper. With cheaper, meaning less, accounting service comes bad service.

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I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. 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?

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Testing can be as very simple as you may ask your customer how they came to know about your product or business. Add Full Contact Details: It should be easy for your customers to contact you. Every single literature, email, box or brochure of yours should have your full contact information. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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