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Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch | THE SMALL.

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Book Review: Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 02, 2007 You know when you read something and you think “ I knew that! &# or “ Why didn’t I think of that before? You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

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Restructuring – a word used by BIG Business to lower cost, fire employees and squeeze suppliers. « Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business. The proposed moratorium would last until the General Election, which is expected to take place in May. .

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Top 5 Tips for Writing a Staff Handbook

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Review the handbook at regular intervals to examine whether it needs updating. Make sure you include a disclaimer stating that the handbook is not a legal document. Every employee must receive a copy and should sign to state they have read it in full. If you have additional tips, please share them in the comments section.

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Small Business Checklist: Business Process Outsourcing | THE SMALL.

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This will allow you to stay in close touch with your supplier, and get real time up-dates and feed-back – there are other benefits too. If it becomes a distraction, deal with it immediately, if need be change supplier. Anything else could and probably should be outsourced ( see: outsourcing options for small business ).

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Top 5 Basic Advertising Tips

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Frank Said on March 21st, 2010 at 9:58 pm Another tip is to align your advertising activity with your public relations activity and if you can, negotiate a review of your product or editorial alongside your advertise campaign. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Checklist: Business Costing | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Mark-up – make sure you review your mark-up on a regular basis to protect your margins. Many small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer-, Professional-, Personal businesses, fold because they don’t look after the money. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Top 5 Tips for Hands-On Leadership | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Keep stakeholders (customers, staff, suppliers etc.) Let me know when your book is out I could write a review. Even if you have brilliant staff, standards will inevitably start to slip if you are not around to keep an eye on things. Make sure that you understand every detail of your business, right down to the everyday minutiae.

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