The Small Business Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Shop around : Make sure you are getting the best deals from all you suppliers- right down to your electricity, broadband and gas bills. If your business has an inventory make sure you source the best suppliers at the right price, and don’t be afraid to haggle ! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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JULY 26, 2021

Yet taking this approach to a corporate decision-maker immediately creates objections such as, “We’re happy with our current suppliers.”. Nor do they want to learn about your offering unless they know, from the outset, that you bring value. Google their names to learn as much as you can. Do your homework before you make a call.

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JULY 25, 2022

I’m no stranger to setting lofty money goals : At 9 years old I became cognizant of the idea of college—a seemingly far-off milestone that my parents described as “important” and “expensive”—and decided I needed to proactively save money for my college education. People are often shocked to learn I don’t have a debit card.

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The Small Business Blog

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. It’s expensive to develop your own resources so it makes sense to share. Think of the motor industry.

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

Learn everything you can about your competition, their products and how they advertise. Web development as well can be pretty expensive. Make sure you have a consistent message across every advertising medium that you use. Talk to the newspapers / radio or TV stations that you plan to advertise with, they can often advise you.

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 20, 2010

People often say to me that their small business doesn’t have a website as it’s too complicated, takes up too much time or is too expensive. 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.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This allows you to “tag&# expenses to products, departments, services or projects – giving you the opportunity to analyze the true cost of a department or any project. The new cost centre module is excellent for tracking expenses so that we can see which department or project the cost belongs to.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Skills needed: You will need to be very good at graphic design and it will help if you know how to print T-shirts already, although you could learn. The set-up cost for this business is one of the more expensive ones due to all the equipment that will be required. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

If a start-up funds the development of their company through internal cash flow and are cautious with expenses, the company can grow with low-risk to all those involved. Jp14 Said on March 5th, 2010 at 10:36 pm Another common thing is to keep learning. Simple ideas on how to bootstrap your small business start up are: - Work from home.

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Stephanie LH Calahan

DECEMBER 2, 2009

  Keep reading to learn what my colleagues and friends had to say about the "Great Calendar Debate."   If you aren't particularly tech-savvy, you might feel more comfortable using a paper planner, rather than having to learn the ins and outs of an electronic diary system. say, to heck with that.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Then it is going to be more expensive, therefore, fixed pricing will be more ideal. 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. Then you need to consider implications of time. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

BST: Kathrine also did not get one of the supervisors to call me – so I guess Apple has decided to ignore me – lesson learned. It’s universally almost impossible to get a company to pre-ship a replacement for an expensive product. What makes customer service stink isn’t that suppliers make mistakes.

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The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2007

High profit home business Said on April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm Bootstrapping is great also because with success does not come huge expenses that can’t be endured with the ups and downs that come with any industry. But, I have learned from each and every one of them. It does not mean you can’t realise real profits either.

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 8, 2006

Price may be driven down by some; however, we refuse to compromise on fees as they are set a realistic middle of the road, not the cheapest nor the most expensive rate. Once you reduce your fee you reduce the quality of what you do which in turn attracts a lower level of client, but then I guess it depends on who you want for clients?

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BioTeams

JULY 31, 2005

Bioteam have members who are external to the main organisation including suppliers and customers. A pest is somebody who intends to achieve their goals at the expense of the rest of the team – no matter what the cost. As well as addressing the problems of staleness this is also crucial in terms of organisational learning.

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Small Business CEO

JULY 19, 2013

If your small or medium-sized business has only one finance manager or at least a smaller group of finance managers, chances are, handling every record of your company’s day-to-day expenses (on top of all their other duties) might get overwhelming from time to time, especially during earnings reports season.

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