The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Whether the aim of your business is global domination in your sector, or to run a lifestyle business, putting your business on the map is essential. Whether your target market is local, national or international, the only way you are going to get customers and make profit is by making sure that people know about your business.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

They all have to do their part by providing excellent customer service. Without exception, all of your staff need an in-depth knowledge of the product or service that you provide. Explaining it to potential customers should become second nature to them. Everyone in a small business is part of the selling team.

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JUNE 20, 2010

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. If only more people would learn the value in such information. Excellent list in all.

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MAY 18, 2010

by Stefan Töpfer on May 19, 2010 While we all hope to make our customers 100% happy all of the time, and this must of course be what we strive for, there will be occasions where a customer is less than happy with the service you have provided. If you want to build a business it’s important to learn how to let things go.

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MAY 13, 2010

It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Digistar Solutions » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 7:30 am and is filed under Customer Service , Development , How to.

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MARCH 14, 2010

Try to focus on the benefits of what your product can do for the buyer, rather than its features. Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. thanks for your advice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Doing any of these things will not only make your workouts more productive, but they will also be more fun. Robin Sharma , leadership expert and author of The Everyday Hero Manifesto: Activate Your Positivity, Maximize Your Productivity, Serve The World. Alan Dwelle , former SUCCESS production manager. Increase productivity.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 21, 2008

You will find that many companies have been “reinventing&# the wheel and been very successful, in-fact that is what made them successful, i.e. IKEA with their value co-production sales and marketing action. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Thanks for your good points.

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MAY 20, 2010

When you begin employing staff you need to quickly learn how to not only manage them, but also how to help them achieve their best. Allow your staff time to come to you with ideas or questions; you’ll learn a lot about your business and might even discover an avenue you’d never thought of taking. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

That said, I’m a firm believer that a bit of ‘gut feeling’ on the right person goes a long way – I’ve hired many people over the years and sometimes the candidate who is ‘technically’ the best, doesn’t always fit in to the organisation – that’s just something you learn over time though.

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You can be working long days and a great deal of work to do, but not being productive with it at all. Being productive means working smarter, more efficiently, and moving things forward. Here are 9 highly effective traits of a successful manager that will increase your productivity in no time. Learn to prioritize.

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 15, 2007

Bad debts – look at your past performance, come up with an average monthly figure and mark your products and services up accordingly. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

This article can then be used to promote a new product, service or just to raise awareness of their brand. I look forward to reading your pitches, and learning more about your small businesses! Everyone that I talk to seems to think their products or services are the greatest thing since sliced bread.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

Learn about how your company structure affects pay. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Top 5 Tips for Paying Yourself by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 01, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You might be surprised how much you can learn about your people and your business! Do you not think that listening, involving and, possibly, implementing ideas from team members is, often, enough to increase motivation and productivity? Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Ask corporations – often they have training courses or accreditation for their products. Not only that, you have someone that is learning the latest and greatest tech practices. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Check their references first. Thanks for the list!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

OnlineOffice is aimed at the 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 client. How’s that for great service.

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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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The Small Business Blog

JULY 13, 2010

It might take time, but you will learn a great deal about how to, and how not to, do things! Networking not only allows you to meet potential clients but you will also learn valuable lessons from people who are more experienced in the business world. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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AUGUST 28, 2007

This is often a sure sign of loss of management control in a small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses. Leaflet Distribution Said on November 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am I have to wonder how many meetings of any kind are actually productive ?

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

If you are no longer personally growing and learning in your role it can cause your business to stagnate. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Have you developed a resistance to adopting new ideas or taking risks? It is possible that you may have been at the helm for too long.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Although he never finished high school, Scudamore loves nothing more than learning. Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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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. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Some entrepreneurs find it easier to look for gaps in a market and attempt to fill them.

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JULY 20, 2010

As I have mentioned previously , I am looking to help small businesses to hold conversations, engage with each other and learn from what is happening in the big business world. Small business owners need to consider ‘online’ an extension of their market place and learn to communicate well within that environment.

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Choose a product or service. Following your passion vs. the technical approach Physical or digital products? Or a service? Create Customers Attract your first customers Keep them coming back Step 6. No physical inventory, if you choose to sell a service or digital product. You need a niche.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

No large retailer can be all things to all people, and there are always going to be segments of the population whose needs for particular products and/or services are going unmet. Learn how your small business can capitalize on these unmet needs and find and master your own niche market. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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APRIL 16, 2008

If you consider the skills potential of parents, if each parent would only contribute one hour on average per week to their learned professions. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. This would be a staggering number of man hours per week. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

If you are talking to a customer who wants to use your service or product to gain a benefit from using you, let him/her know what the benefit is. We tend to get so caught up in the features, that translating that into how a product/service contributes personally to myself is overlooked. Thanks for the reminder. -AC

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JANUARY 13, 2008

Value Co-Production For Small Business. Having a plan helps if success of your product or service is dependent on many external factors. But saying that, we are still learning and growing. I have learned a lot just from the info posted here! Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 You may speak more languages and have market segment knowledge about a certain product or service. You could offer your services for a particular country and become their Virtual Export Assistant for that country.

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JUNE 29, 2010

It’s like they took the Office suite and eliminated everything that drives me nuts about MS products. We work through a reseller network to deliver outsourced help desk and pc management services to small and mid sized businesses. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Do I think Sage has great products? After all I’m the most intelligent and extraordinary Founder and CEO of any online software & business services company, my products are ‘obviously better, more secure, more reliable, more cost-effective and more easy to use’ – but then you knew that!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I came across one company from Canada which took SEO optimisation into their own hands and learned through experience and extensive testing a few proven ways to boost Google’s rankings of your website. Small businesses will load their web pages up with photos of products without realizing that the search engines cannot read the photos.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

Now you can learn what went wrong and understand your business better, it will force you to rethink and face facts. You will be amazed what you can learn about the financial dynamic in your small business within one hour, that is often all it takes to get started. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Burden of Safety Law Imperils Small Toymakers : The law requiring safety standards for products used by children is costly for handcrafters and small businesses. &# from Web sites with names like NeverPayItBack.com, or hiring consultants who promise to find them gads of money. All they’re likely to get, though, are empty promises.

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MARCH 2, 2010

All of these actions will increase awareness of your product. Jp14 Said on March 5th, 2010 at 10:36 pm Another common thing is to keep learning. they would rather have someone come to them in person and explain the product. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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