Loose Lips Sink Ships - The Fastest Way to Put Yourself Out of Business
The internet gives us a false sense of many things: security, popularity, and most importantly anonymity. People are too quick to blab; not realizing what they post is being indexed, linked, viewed, and monitored.
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Not Listening Can Hurt Your Small Business
Most small business owners seek advisors who can help them improve their businesses. But they can only benefit from the sound counsel if they listen to the expert's guidance.
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Over Disclosure Hurts Businesses
Many investors and business ethics professionals are calling for more transparency and regulators are calling for more disclosure. Yet in the franchising industry this can spell disaster indeed.
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The Inside-Out Business Plan™ -- Your Small Business Plan in 10 Easy Questions
Writing a business plan for your Solo Entrepreneur business doesn't have to be a daunting project. If you can answer 10 straightforward questions about your business, you can be ready to go.
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Why You Need A Virtual Assistant
Are you overwhelmed running your business? Are there not enough hours in the day? The more your business grows, the more administrative tasks you have; the more time you spend on administrative tasks, the less time you have to generate new business.
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Will Adding a Car Wash to Your Fast Lube Add Additional Crime to Your Facilities?
The Reality of Crime in the Auto Care Business: A Study of Demographics in America
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Work is a Four Letter Word
I love work, I can watch it all day.
I am not scared of work, I have been known to approach within arm's length of it on a number of occasions.
How often have you heard these remarks?
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You Are Invited
Here is another dynamite article of how to use business cards effectively. Remember your card can be used for many different things as long as it gives a consistent message.
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You Don't Yet Know What You Don't Know
Even if you have done the research, talked to professionals,and written a business plan you won't start learning what you don't know until you open... then you start learning!
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Your Practice is Only as Valuable as Your Referral Base
What if there was a way that you could broaden your referral base and get many doctors sending you a few new patients every month to create a more long term stability, so when one goes on vacation the stats don't crash? Read on.
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Do You Love Food? - Then Maybe Opening a Restaurant is Not Such a Crazy Idea
The restaurant industry in the United States employs an estimated 12.2 million people, making it the nation's largest employer outside of government agencies
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Do You Make These 7 Deadly Cash Flow Mistakes?
Managing cash flow is every small business owner's most important function. Avoid these seven deadly mistakes to make sure you aren't creating cash flow problems in your business.
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Recognizing Employees' Contributions Can Go a Long Way
Human resource surveys indicate that wages are not even among the top five motivating factors for an employee. What does rank as one of the highest factors is being recognized by their employer for their contributions.
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Small Business Success - It's a Matter of Confidence
I was floored! I couldn't believe what they were saying! But there they sat -- three of the biggest film stars of our age -- telling the world they had issues with confidence. I was watching an inter...
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Window Cleaning Business Future Challenge With Self Cleaning Glass
Self-Cleaning Glass and it's effect on the window cleaning independent small businesses and franchises.
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Data Loss - Can Your Company Survive? (Most Do Not)
Data. Most people think it is a term relegated to the kingdom of geeks. However, in todays world your data is your life. Chances are every piece of data you might ever rely upon to make an importan...
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Employee Induction - Are you Inducting your People - A Practical How To
We are all busy today. In today's fast paced marketplace it is easy to neglect the small important things!
Recently we assisted an organisation prove they had complied with their obligations. This was where an employee tried to bring a claim for severe stress.
The employees claim was based around not having being inducted into their job. The business was able to demonstrate a clear process of induction and won!
The temptation is that you hire someone and put them straight to work; after all there are bills to pay, customers to service, paperwork, sales, marketing and on goes the list. You can protect your business.
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Making Direct Mail Work for Small Businesses
If you own a small business, then you know the value of affordable and effective marketing. Unfortunately, many traditional and online advertising methods are becoming quite expensive. This article w...
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Q and A: Personalized Birthday Cards from Paul Leonard
Interview with personalized birthday card creator and entrpreneur Paul Leonard of BirthdayCards2Go.com.
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The Step Zero Effect
The key to organizational focus and helping those who need what you do is knowing, precisely, what you do well -- and what you don't do well.
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Business Debt Collection Letter Writing Secrets
Writing a debt collection letter is one of the most important skills of any small business owner. Do you have what it takes to get the money you've earned? I have a confession: I'm a business writer who's let clients get away with not paying me--a huge sign of failure of my writing abilities. You see, I never learned one of the most important writing skills for any self-employed person or small business owner: how to write a debt collection letter.
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How To Create A Business Note That Is More Attractive To A Note Investor
You are selling your small business (business value under $1 million for this article). You would like the buyer of your business to come in with an all-cash offer, or be able to qualify for an SBA guaranteed loan.
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Lack of Vigilance Can Harm the Bottom Line
The easiest way to lift profits is to cut the fat out of costs
Cost cutting and profit increases can amount to much the same thing if handled correctly. Cost cutting does not necessarily mean the slashing-and-burning of budgets on a 'let's-see-if-this-works' whim, nor does it mean the intense scrutiny of entertainment expenses in August, before reverting to three-hour lunches in December.
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Shocking Experienced Copywriter Reveals Little-known Secrets To Closing BIG Ticket Deals!
Hogwash! That's what I say to people who tell me that their business is purely and solely a "cheapest price business." People who stubbornly insist that "MY business is different" are right, but n...
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Too Many Lawyers in Franchising Today
Attorneys and Lawyers are ruining the franchise industry. It is too bad too, because franchising represents over 400,000 businesses in our country and accounts for just over one-third of every consumer dollar spent in this country. By over regulating and over lawyering the industry we are weakening our free markets and suffocating our up and coming entrepreneurs.
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