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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

In fact, a couple of projects in the Toastmasters leadership track manual can be used for that purpose. The benefits they get out of it is the experience, a completed project, and possible new members to their local club. They will, more often than not, do training for free to groups. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 15, 2010

And I often find myself working late to finish client’s projects on time. 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 ? I am the owner of a small business myself.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Stefan Töpfer Said on April 17th, 2010 at 3:17 pm Hi Nicola, most businesses are not thinking about this either – maybe you want to bring it up in the next meeting – it makes for better working and a better lifestyle. My commute is about 1 hour so almost immediately i’m getting 2 hours extra done during my day at home.

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The Small Business Blog

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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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

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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JUNE 29, 2010

You quickly find these attributes make the difference between a successful project and just pissing your money and credibility away. 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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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

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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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 19, 2008

Other forms of partnership are a Limited Partnership (which is more complex to set up and gives limited input in managerial decisions, but limits liability) and a Joint Venture (similar to a normal partnership but lasts for a limited period of time or for the duration of one project). This makes the business a separate legal entity from you.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Put those things on your not-to-do list and pay people to help you with the stuff that doesn’t produce the sales and lifestyle success you desire. Todd Duncan , sales expert and co-author of The 10 Golden Rules of Customer Service: The Story of the $6,000 Egg. For health? Say “yes” when you want to say “no.”

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 30, 2010

VB, Stefan Sharon Watkins Said on May 11th, 2010 at 4:15 pm I don’t know how many times I have had projects due and have wasted time with piddly tasks. When it comes to business projects it is just best to get them done and over with and move to the next item. Before I knew it I was rushing to get it done.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Chris Said on January 7th, 2009 at 1:41 pm Your tips will surely help business Outsourcers, cause it gives a company the opportunity to complete a needed project. If a business owner could consistently behave in line with the tenets, there’s no way he couldn’t be called a success. Great post! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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AUGUST 16, 2007

These relationships are for finite projects or to fill a cap, due to permanent staff illness on a temporary basis – they are limited by time or project. Remember, the contractor you hire today, may hire you tomorrow on a project he or she is working on – networking is the way to go. Until then, it is a must.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 12, 2010

Project and Order Financing: Banks need to be made to provide the needed finance for SME’s in order to fulfill contracts and orders. I consider it fair and just that equal opportunities are given to SME’s when it comes to public sector projects. Any growth financing needed in this respect should also be financed.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

I run a small business advising companies on improving their projects and programmes through better meetings. 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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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2008

Given the current fascination with 300% grow startups – writing a business plan boils down to cash flow statement and projected earnings. If whatever you are selling is a one-night-comes-wonder (see: Million Dollar Page, see: Craigslist) then business plan is of no use. Nothing else matters so far. You said it true.

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MAY 19, 2010

They work on projects, they do their own customer service, their own customer management, their marketing and networking, their project scheduling, admin and bookkeeping. Perception is projection – people see us in the way we project ourselves to them. They have to stay on top of everything.

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JULY 2, 2021

You face multiple responsibilities, hundreds of project tasks, tight deadlines to meet and not to mention the expectations that lie on your shoulders as a manager. This can be anything from building visual reports , sending internal communications, sales, and customer service to managing project tasks.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 31, 2006

SMEs are showing great interest towards Online Payroll (Eg:- Greytip Online, Intuit etc), OnDemand CRM (Eg:-Salesforce, Impel…), Cloud based Project collaboration tools etc Leave a Reply I would love to hear from you, please let me know what your take on my blog post is. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 4, 2024

What happens is this: Thanks to the chaotic environment and harried lifestyles society has made the norm, we cannot figure out how to strike the right balance to achieve everything we want to achieve. Others feel the need to start on projects immediately.

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Suz Amaro is the creator of the Vivesmart, a philosophy and ecosystem that accompanies more than 300 business owners to build a more productive and happy lifestyle. She has more than 20 years experience in business, healthcare and education with master’s degrees in Health Services Administration, Education, and Human Organizational Systems.

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