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APRIL 29, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – Weight Loss Consultation by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 30, 2008 In recent years there has been a far greater emphasis placed on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Many people wish to get fit and lose some weight and you may be able to help them do this whilst also earning some money.

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This sounds like the fantasy version of the e-commerce lifestyle that’s sold in Instagram ads, but it was reality for my wife and me when we lived in Mexico in 2019. Any less and you attract too many needy customers. More, and they will expect white-glove customer service. Or a service? You need help.

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MAY 30, 2010

Keep stakeholders (customers, staff, suppliers etc.) You must set an example with your work ethic. I would add something to number 4: set an example with work-ethic, your attitude and how you communicate ie. Leo Thornton Said on June 1st, 2010 at 4:28 pm Yeah I agree that you have to lead by example.

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OCTOBER 25, 2007

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. Let me give you an obvious example to make my point. What are “Fixed Costs&# ? Why should I keep my “Fixed Costs&# as low as possible?

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JANUARY 13, 2010

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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AUGUST 24, 2007

Most businesses do not expect small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses to negotiate payment terms, so you have the element of surprise on your side – and it makes you look more professional. EX: 1% 45 days Net 60 1.5%

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AUGUST 24, 2007

Most businesses do not expect small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses to negotiate payment terms, so you have the element of surprise on your side – and it makes you look more professional. EX: 1% 45 days Net 60 1.5%

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

It’s relatively inexpensive and can be very effective is used the correct way (and there are many examples of companies misusing social media!). Use all methods of social media to spread the work about what your company does and get as much coverage as possible this way. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 13, 2010

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! Tap in to an undiscovered work source – There are groups of people for whom working in an office is not a practical. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It also sets a great example with the sales team. And nothing says “I really want your business” more than a CEO who makes the effort to meet with potential customers. Look at researching prospects, making initial contact, presenting the product and closing the deal. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 21, 2007

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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MAY 20, 2010

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 26, 2007

In both cases it is true to say, it does not matter what kind of small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants, you run. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 2, 2010

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 16, 2007

I should remind you that when I talk about small business, I mean 1 to 5 people businesses, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professionals, contractors, freelancers, self-employed, sole-traders and virtual assistants. « The Week Ender: Finding that Home Business Idea!

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APRIL 8, 2008

Consider forming a partnership with websites relating to the local area in order to offer discount coupons for your service (e.g. 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!

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MARCH 11, 2008

Do not over-charge for your services. Online Examples: Babet Style Consultancy – an example of the services you could offer. Notes : Ensure that your advice is tailor-made to each individual and that it is job specific so that they can actually use it to advance their career. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 16, 2010

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 6, 2010

I also think another issue to consider is small business people doing tasks inhouse that they should outsource like their bookkeeping for example. Focus on the things you are good at and outsource the things that you are not. I would add that an inability to listen can be cause of failure. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 20, 2010

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. Competition analysis is not only important when you’re launching a business but it’s important not to become complacent and keep a watchful eye on the competition.

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JULY 27, 2010

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. Although these sectors will be crowded, at least there is a guaranteed market there for you to fight for a share. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 13, 2008

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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 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. With employment getting more difficult to find the quality of C.V.’s

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JUNE 6, 2010

For Example – Ads in women’s magazines discuss the weight-loss and calorie burn from cross-country skiing. Create Curiosity: Your business advertising is not going sell your product or service. You should not make advertisement just everywhere. Always focus the message to the target group. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 24, 2007

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 29, 2009

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

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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OCTOBER 13, 2007

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. Hope this helps, otherwise get back to me. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The truth is that charging by the hour is terribly customer unfriendly and is therefor very bad for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants.

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 1, 2008

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. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 30, 2007

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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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

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

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For example, a purchase of petrol. Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping.

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APRIL 21, 2008

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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I could give you many more examples, but you get the picture. There are many more examples. 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!

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