The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

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. Get references, if you can. Anybody who has been in business for 12 month or more should be able to give you at least one or two references. Do It Online. Don’t abdicate.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Check their references first. 5 tips for Sourcing Employee Training for Small Businesses by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 09, 2009 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Ask corporations – often they have training courses or accreditation for their products.

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JULY 2, 2010

those businesses that you could build mutually beneficial relationships such that over time you may be able to cross refer. When developing your networking strategy, he believes that there are two main groups that you should be targeting: Your Big Fish – These are the people or groups that are potential referral hubs ie.

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 13, 2010

You can work in the same industry, refer clients to other organisations if there is an overflow and share resources. Sally Johnston Said on January 20th, 2010 at 6:38 am This is an interesting marketing strategy! This example shows that competitors do not have to be ruthless rivals. Interesting blog article Stefan.

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APRIL 20, 2010

VB, Stefan Sandra Mitchell Said on April 21st, 2010 at 5:21 pm Many women have seized the opportunity that you refer to Stefan, they’ve started their own (small) businesses to provide services to the small business sector. Thanks for your comments, hope to see you here again. The rise of the mumtrepreneur is testimony to this.

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APRIL 13, 2010

I was referred and contracted to him. One of my bigger web design projects was for a very reputable Houston plastic surgeon that specializes in Body Lifts and Other cosmetic procedures. I never actually met him face to face. We worked very well together via email. Its amazing to me to think about how it worked so well like that.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I would recommend to keep a website content friendly to both search engines and humans, with good, quality content (over quantity of content) and add some related images, charts/graphs, videos, links to more detailed reference information, but not make your articles/posts too long. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Small Business Bootstrapping Techniques by Stefan Töpfer on Oct 01, 2007 I often refer to “ bootstrapping “, when I talk about small business, you may very well be asking “ What the hell is bootstrapping?&# One blog I follow written by the CEO of a startup refers to being scrappy. what you do to bring in the money.

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MAY 10, 2006

It used to collectively refer to companies too small to be attractive for the major Enterprise Software providers – and of course the same held true vice versa: I assume most readers of this blog are in small businesses, and for you the rule has been that "enterprise software" is too expensive. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 10, 2007

The result was immediate, looking thru my log files today, I stopped at the search term listings and saw many references to “ recession &# in it. At the same time they announced the economy outlook to be weaker as expected. Next up one client asked me about “How to run his small business in a recession?&#

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JULY 14, 2006

Class 2 NIC As a self employed person you are liable to pay Class 2 NICs ( this used to be referred to as paying ‘your stamp’ ), but you only have to pay this once your profits are above £4,465 (current year running to 5 April 2007). Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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But in that new dynamic though, you reference relationships between people and trust and teams and things of that nature. They have an international client, an international supplier, an international technology, something that crosses borders. My wife refers to it as the great domestication. You can cross borders pretty easily.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In reference to your point 6 i completely believe that at some point businesses should be self sufficient however there are a lot of product/manufacturing related industries in trouble because of it and to some degree it is their own fault because they should be self sufficient. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 31, 2006

Simply because the needs of a $100M company, which SAP and Oracle consider a "small" business are not even comparable to a 6-10 person company – traditionally referred to as SOHO , while recently a new term is popping up: VSB – very small business, the absolute "S" part of SMB. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 8, 2006

third party references 2. Diarmuid ODonovan Said on September 18th, 2007 at 2:40 am I refer to the post from Dennis Would you trust an unqualified Doctor? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. I’m more in favour of creating a shortlist of 3 and insisting on 1. Hopefully not! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Label Function: Because I communicate with various groups of people for both of my work and my personal interest i.e. social network, suppliers, HARO, cooking recipe, jewelry design inspirations, etc. Again We both can access/ edit these documents anytime anywhere. That's why I found the label function very practical.

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Free information doesn’t pay for health insurance or holidays. Blog better by interviewing a better blogger Reply John Soares ( @TheJohnSoares ) March 12, 2010 at 9:04 am I think nearly all businesses will benefit from having at least a brochure site that they can refer customers to, and that can bring Internet searchers to them.

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AUGUST 16, 2007

References always reveal the true colors. LOGO DESIGN EXPERT Said on August 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm @Aruba Outsourcing can be black and white. The most important thing in finding the right person is his online or local reputation. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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