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How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business.

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However a recession can be a excellent time to spend money too, providing you have the cash to spend – here are some tips on how to spend & save at the same time: Always ask for a better price , no matter what, always ask. If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal.

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

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Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. If only more people would learn the value in such information. There are many who increase prices because of less business and then go out of business because the competition is lowering prices.

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Reducing Overheads Can Save A Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

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 ! In this economy, every price is negotiable.

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Don't charge by the hour! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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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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New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant.

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But remember you are working with 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 , you need to keep the price low for them. I am not her only employer though.

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

What have I learned yesterday? Carlton Nicholson is offering to make your hatchback car into something special, at a price of cause. Emmanual Opanuga is opening a shoe store chain , focusing on customer care while understanding the price pressures in this business. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

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fixed prices for compliance work as part of the selection criteria. Jason Holden Said on March 4th, 2009 at 11:09 am As you say, at least it’s over, and I very much doubt it is an isolated case, but maybe it does highlight you need to take care when choosing an advisor, and not to be price driven as some people are?

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