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MAY 16, 2010

Don’t purchase containers to store more documents and files – throw away as much of your old stuff as possible instead. 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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I, for one, have encountered a rude, curt or abrupt salesperson and gone out of my way to not purchase something from them. 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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JUNE 20, 2010

Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. You need to convince them that you can help cut costs or beat the competition. Keep following-up over a period of time.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. 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! A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

As business owners we always strive to make it as easy as possible for our customers to purchase our products or services and another way to further increase sales may be to consider extending credit to customers. This can not only increase sales but also build customer loyalty. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

rich Said on November 27th, 2009 at 12:06 am also try to make it easy for customers to find your products. Ideally about 3-5 clicks to purchase. And don’t get me started on those sites that make you play hide-and-seek when you try to obtain information. if a big site, include a search box. clicks to sale) to a minimum.

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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. As for the culture.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

MSMEs may get procurement preference in PUSs soon : Most of the public sector units will have to source at least one-fifth of their purchases from the micro, small and medium enterprises, if the recommendation of a task force headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s top aide is accepted. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Enter the details on a form on the Purchases & Sales pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any invoices to or from your business. Use the balance outstanding column, on the Purchases & Sales pages, to check how much money you owe or chase any money owed to you. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JANUARY 29, 2009

This applies to all aspects of your business – for example you could save around a thousand dollars by purchasing a very cheap computer for the office. 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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OCTOBER 26, 2009

At the same time over 60 % of all high street purchases are researched online. If you don’t have a website and a ‘potential’ local customer, looking for your service or product, will not be able to find you. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST.

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MARCH 17, 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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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. Buying – keep control of your spending, make one person sign off on all purchases, ideally that person should be you. Keep up to date – update your cost sheet on a regular basis.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

8 Comments » | Trackback | Share This 8 Responses to “ Smart Business Start-Up &# nmartin Said on April 9th, 2008 at 3:57 pm I saw your posting and thought you would be interested in some advice from my client, Wireless Toyz if you are thinking about starting a business or purchasing a franchise. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

« Twitter, better late … Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. They had even agreed to offer me a free case with a certain number purchased – a good incentive I had aimed to pass onto my prospective customers. With all these add ons, my wholesale unit price was increasing.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have known people to go in blindly, purchasing an expensive site, before knowing what their internet strategy is, simply because they are intimidated by technology and a consultant told them that was what they needed. &# Liz Said on October 21st, 2007 at 3:03 pm Hi Stefan This is a great list. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

Accounting Software Strengths Easy to use by non accountants requiring no previous accounting knowledge and is basically a list of sales and a list of purchases on preset excel spreadsheets. For example, a purchase of petrol. One of the best ones is to realise that in double-entry terminology, Credit = From and Debit = To.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Within reason, cost should not be a purchasing factor. 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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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I would also add that a business owner needs to bootstrap as much as possible right now, and to avoid any large purchases that are not bringing money in the door. Getting a better price is especially easy to do right now, since suppliers are tripping over themselves to get business. This is definitely not the time to buy a new desk.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Small businesses are using the recession as an excuse and there was no reason to stop spending if: 1- Your business did not need to borrow money 2- You did not need your customers to borrow money to purchase your products 3- You personally did not need to borrow money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I mean, I don’t need certification and i’ve only learned to do home staging business right at home with a little help from a book guide I purchased online. I’m lucky that my clients don’t ask me to show them any home staging certificate and why should I? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I told them if I wanted a PowerBook I would have purchased one. Several other customers were watching me and hearing the Store Manager explain why they did this. What makes customer service stink isn’t that suppliers make mistakes. I was livid, no one called me to say this was happening or anything.

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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Having looked into the options we have decided to purchase the Interwatch Security system. 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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