The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/11/03 by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 03, 2009 Here is this week’s news round-up for home business, micro business, sole-traders, freelancers, self-employed and any one who is interested in small business news from around the world.

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 28, 2016

This is what I came up with: You are fine with someone else owning your business name domain and using it instead of you. You also don’t care that an email address that ends with your business name is viewed by everyone as much more professional than one that ends in yahoo or gmail.

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On The Job

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

That means in addition to ramping up your networking efforts, you need to immediately take steps to clean up your online footprint. I also learned some disturbing information during my research : Most people only check out what's online about them several times a year. Google covers most of the Web, but MSN and Yahoo!

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Office Organization Success

MARCH 19, 2015

the follow-up to do. They’re so busy trying to keep up with all the information that they’re being hit with that they don’t actually get around to any implementation and so they stay stuck. Likewise, unsubscribe from online groups such as Yahoo & Google groups that no longer serve you. the client calls to take.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 1, 2008

Small Business Start-Up Idea – T-Shirt Design by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 02, 2008 There is always a great demand for custom-made T-shirts, ranging from sports teams in need of new kit to event organisers wanting promotional shirts to give away. The estimated cost to start this business varies from £5000 up to around £15,000.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Techcrunch's Jobs, Robots, Capitalism, Inequality and You nicely sums up many of the negatives associated with the technology replacing jobs.  Yahoo's Whoa: That Police Officer is a. There's been a regular stream of articles about robots and automation taking jobs from humans of late.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 2, 2019

She has been featured in Yahoo Online, Inc.com, SUCCESS Magazine, Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Magazine, Business Insider, and more. It’s hard to find the time to sit down to read and learn more. It’s Jaime’s new brand that delivers business owners the dream they signed up for when they started their business.

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Office Organization Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

They’re so busy trying to keep up with all the information that they’re being hit with that they don’t actually get around to any implementation and so they stay stuck. Likewise, unsubscribe from online groups such as Yahoo & Google groups that no longer serve you. You’ll only be tempted to check them! Don’t follow the shoulds.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 2, 2019

She has been featured in Yahoo Online, Inc.com, SUCCESS Magazine, Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Magazine, Business Insider, and more. It’s hard to find the time to sit down to read and learn more. It’s Jaime’s new brand that delivers business owners the dream they signed up for when they started their business.

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Productivityist

OCTOBER 2, 2019

She has been featured in Yahoo Online, Inc.com, SUCCESS Magazine, Entrepreneur, Women’s Health Magazine, Business Insider, and more. It’s hard to find the time to sit down to read and learn more. It’s Jaime’s new brand that delivers business owners the dream they signed up for when they started their business.

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Job Advice Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

Clients come to understand why the typical strategies in finding a job so often fail, and learn what to do instead, why, and how, yet never hiding or sacrificing who they are. She’s been on PBS’s Frontline, Smart Money magazine, articles for CareerBuilder, MSN Careers, Yahoo Hot Jobs, and the New York Times, among others.

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Success

JANUARY 12, 2024

He runs the largest and most influential workplace social media platform, where he’s worked for nearly 15 years—and he’s learned a thing or two along the way about career building. He later worked in management at Yahoo and serves on the board for Intuit and the Paley Center for Media. With the U.S. With the U.S.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 1, 2013

Unfortunately, most people wait and only do training when there’s a specific need—when they’ve already fallen behind and they’re trying to play catch up. 3. It keeps your skills up-to-date and razor sharp. When you learn a new skill or strategy, put it to work immediately. As adults, we learn best through experience.

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The Small Business Blog

JUNE 20, 2010

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. Keep following-up over a period of time. If only more people would learn the value in such information. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

OCTOBER 31, 2009

He takes about 12 steps, squats and rejoices in his accomplishment, then he gets up and walks another 12 steps and squats again to repeat the process. I know the newness of it all will be gone soon and it will just be a normal thing that he is a little walker, but for now it is cute to see him learn this new skill. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Andrea Kalli

AUGUST 17, 2010

Thanks to the comment on this thread by user “cychiu&# , I learned that the contact form plugins use php mail() function, and that not all webhosts allow that. Often, business owners find themselves so caught up in their paperwork or their day-to-day operations that they forget about… Continue reading the rest of this article.

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Office Organization Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

You also want to have in place a sign-up box to your ezine on your blog either in the sidebar or at the bottom of every post. Learn how YOU can create an efficient and organized office in 7 EASY steps, and receive free how-to articles at [link]. You want your blog posts to be spontaneous wherever possible. Share and Enjoy:

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 20, 2010

It works well when it is a co-worker who sits closest to you, but depending on how your office is set up that might not be possible. She had to set up an away voicemail message and fortunately had kept a script of what her away message usually said, She worked for a doctor so it was important that the proper referral numbers were given.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JULY 1, 2010

I have been on some interactive sites where assistants ask questions and get answers and I learn from them as I have some of the same questions. Lunch n learns are also a good way to learn from each other. Administrative newsletters or bulletin boards where you can post tips or suggestions is a good way to learn.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

APRIL 5, 2010

He will have a quick conversation with a staff member and set up a meeting, but not tell me anything about it. laughs* I had one boss who was absolutely forbidden to schedule his own appointments because he would foul up his calendar so badly. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 27, 2010

If you haven’t been immediately struck with inspiration, then coming up with a concept for your small business can be difficult and frustrating. However, there are some tried and tested methods you could use to come up with an idea that suits you. Firstly, you could try doing some research into current start-up trends.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some people in the office were trying to get the remote working as we had a PowerPoint presentation coming up and were calling it things like remote thingy , remote slide clicker, wireless mouse so I finally asked, "Does anyone know what the official name for that thing is?" 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning!

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Andrea Kalli

APRIL 27, 2010

While there are tools available to detect backlinks to competitor websites — Yahoo’s Site Explorer comes to mind — often they do not tell the whole story behind a website’s success. In addition to locating your competitors backlinks, focus on learning about them organically. keep it up guys!

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The Small Business Blog

MAY 13, 2010

It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story. Nobody really learns anything real about business, only about life… VB, Stefan Issa Crea Said on May 15th, 2010 at 3:33 am Is this the same thing as personal branding? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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The Small Business Blog

JULY 13, 2010

A large amount of start-ups fail due to lack of research about the marketplace they are about to enter. It might take time, but you will learn a great deal about how to, and how not to, do things! The aim of this initiative is to help business start-ups to find their feet and make their own path in their business journey.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MARCH 13, 2010

I take the bus to work and I often see people getting on a busy bus and then going through their backpack or purse looking for their bus tickets and holding up the line. I like to be prepared and I find life just works better for me at home, work and even on the bus, when I am organized and ready for whatever is coming up. no tickets.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 10, 2010

Another time I was trying to find a full-serve gas station to fill up, but there was nothing to be found. It was expensive,but when I brought it home I had to do all the work to get it up and running. He loved it and I believe ended up doing his job better because of it. I remember when self-serve gas stations first started.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 12, 2009

I started this blog to share the knowledge I had picked up over the years either from other administrative assistants, my bosses or from trial and error. Bring Forward System or Using Tasks in Outlook Have a system to follow up on items your boss has asked you to do or things you know you need to do. Lets enjoy our day together.©

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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

JANUARY 13, 2010

Brian Scudamore dropped out of high school in 1989 with $700 (£400) and a beat-up old pick-up truck to start his company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Although he never finished high school, Scudamore loves nothing more than learning. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Interesting blog article Stefan.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

MAY 1, 2009

If you are a new hire, take the time to learn and ask questions. A colleague and I were discussing this very thing as we have seen it time and time again with new hires trying to succeed and who end up making some avoidable mistakes by jumping in too quickly and making decisions before having enough information. 411 Look Up 411.ca

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 31, 2009

© Copyright Patricia Robb 2010 31 January, 2009 Housecleaning in Word 2007: Customizing your Dictionary Something you should do every once in awhile is to clean up your dictionary in Word. I have the software at home, but havent gotten the gumption up to load it yet. 411 Look Up 411.ca 411 Look Up 411.ca

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

Quit the day job and take the plunge, or build up steadily until you have the security you need to enter fully in to the world of the self-employed? That is why I will always say there is no iron-clad correct way for a business start-up to progress. SOHO/SMB/SME/Micro , start-up in business. These people are the 5-9ers.

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Laughing all the Way to Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

I did do research however and read as many articles and books on the subject that I could and then I tackled the article and actually learned something while doing it. Writing on a subject you know nothing about is a good way to learn something about that particular topic. 411 Look Up 411.ca " Warning! I look like that!!

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The Small Business Blog

JANUARY 31, 2010

Learn about how your company structure affects pay. « Keeping Track and Keeping Up: Are You Focused? Bruce Said on February 6th, 2010 at 7:27 pm Many small busineeses in today’s economy it ends up where the owner either takes no or very little pay just to keep the business afloat. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Laughing all the Way to Work

JANUARY 15, 2010

The topic was on personal branding and they were making recommendations to executives on how to polish up their image. I can even make reminders to him for his personal events (green) like lunch with a friend or picking up dry cleaning. ► August (4) Managing your Boss's Inbox Nice ways to say, "Hurry up!"

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The Small Business Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

Learn from the experience and then move on to your next potential customer. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Plan your sales targets in advance and track progress throughout the year. This helps you to continuously evaluate your sales performance.

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