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Making Good Relations with Clients
The most important parameter for successful entrepreneurs is the human relations you generate. It is important that your clients or potential clients you meet feel you are more than capable on a professional level, but you also need to generate a human contact. It is easy to focus on the business at hand, trying to dazzle your clients with your knowledge.Read more…What Every Pet-Care Business Owner Should Have in their PR Tool Chest
Any type of public relations or promotion depends on a full arsenal of tools that you will use to get the job done. Any time you start out to build something you use tools. When my husband and I built our deck we used lots of tools – from electric saws to hammers!Read more…Small Business Opportunities - Make Money Fast In Costa Rica!
If you have a sense of adventure and want to run a business with low costs, bigger profits, less taxation (with government encouragement!) and enjoy sun, sea, sand, surf and rainforest - then you should consider a small business in Costa Rica.There are several ways to take advantage of this opportunity, with a service industry to the growing US population, or one that simply takes advantage of lower costs and taxation.Read more…BellSouth Doesn't Want Our Stinkin' Money!
A recent article (dated 7/11/2006) in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution noted that BellSouth plans to cease its status as “carrier-of-last-resort”. The company complains about how horrible it is to be the last choice for customers, and has began to warn builders that, if they choose to start with another company, they had better let their home buyers know that BellSouth won’t be available should the consumer want to make the switch.Let me make sure I understand this: BellSouth is letting people who won’t care who provides the service in three years know that they are going to refuse to serve someone who actually wants them.Read more…Niche Market or Generalist?
Niche markets offer a great way to target specific clients and build a marketing strategy. The problem is that when we think about niche markets, we typically think about specializing in one particular product or service. It is important to remember that niche markets also mean targeting one particular industry or type of client.Read more…Business Journals - A Strong Business Planning Tool
Business journals, or diaries, are an excellent way to record your business growth and progress. Business journals are extremely valuable in providing you with some amazing insight. By recording what you have done you can reflect and see where your time is going, where your growth spurts have occurred, what’s working and what’s not.Read more…Small Business Startup - The 90/10 Rule
Small business startups require a lot of work. You might however, be surprised by what type of work should be taking up the majority of your time. Computer consultants, when they contemplate small business startups, tend to focus on the technical aspects of the business.Read more…Six Important Tips To Improve Your Cash Flow
There’s a common statement amongst business people at all levels and that is ‘Cashflow is King’. Most people who follow this little metaphor have learned that little in business survives without it…It is sometimes so, so easy to get caught up in the roundabout of business. There’s marketing advertising deadlines, new products, administration, staff issues, recruitment, selling and then more selling: You also need to focus on the cash collection of those sales.Read more…Keep Them Coming Back
Keeping the wheels of progress turning for your business often involves finding new customers and new markets to engage. A wide variety of means exist in getting your message before these new faces. Never forget though that you’ve got someone who already knows you and likes what you do…your current customers.Read more…Cash Flow Terminology and the Business Owner
Small business owners often fail to understand the consequences of inadequate cash flow management until the harsh realities of business life kick in. Typically one significant occasion is when insufficient funds are available within the business to meet the business liabilities.It may be that business plans have been developed, income statements prepared and cash flows projected.Read more…Online Data Backup: Better Protection for Small Business
As a small or medium sized business owner you may already be backing up your company data. If you are using a tape or other media based solution you are probably already aware that it takes time and diligence to manage the tape rotation schedule. Here are 5 benefits of an online remote backup solution.Read more…23 Easy Ways For Pet-Care Professionals to Pull in Top Clients
1. Define them – from their shoes to their underwear. Knowing who you can serve best saves you time and money. When you’ve clearly defined the customer who is going to be the perfect fit for you and your service, you’ll stop marketing to everyone, wearing down your shoes and your smiles by going everywhere, talking to anyone and advertising everyplace.Read more…Hiring Your First Employee
If starting a business is like giving birth, then hiring your first employee may well be compared to choosing your child’s first babysitter. It’s a decision that is critical to the overall health, well-being and future of your company—and it can be a traumatic experience.It’s important to get started with the right procedures.Read more…What Does Your Company STAND For?
I recently added headers at the top of my website pages and just about each header is a question…to get the reader to think or go “hmmm”. If you are a company that gives back to your community, ask yourself, “What does my giving STAND for?” If you can answer this firmly without having to think about it, good for you!Read more…Make the Most of Your Business Downtime This Summer
It is not uncommon for the summer season to be a slow period for many business owners. This shouldn’t be a time to sit back and ride it out. Take advantage of this time to do those things that oftentimes get put on the back burner or at the bottom of the priority list.Read more…On Site Oil Change; Viable Business?
The question for anyone who wishes to start a business is; what kind of business should one start? Well if you mechanically inclined and love cars, but do not have $100,000 to start with, what kind of a business might you like? Perhaps you have considered a Mobile or On Site Oil Change Business.Read more…Trust in a Large Coorporation
In case you haven't seen the news, three Coca Cola employees attempted to sell the formula for an up-and-coming drinkto the Atlanta-based company's rival, Pepsi. The blogs are popping with the subject; a simple search will show you what I mean. However, I think Jeremy at Ipkat nailed the crux with his blog, It's Not Secret, Silly.Read more…How Do You Plan On Making Your Money?
How do you make money? How do you not let money use you? Well let’s take the first question?Read more…Business Problems? Is My Business in Trouble? How Can I Tell Before the Worst Happens?
It is a well know fact that many businesses fail within the first few years – so how can you make sure that your business is not failing at the moment. Here’s a Business Health Check for you.Sit down quietly in your office, with your records to hand and work your way through this business health check.Read more…Information and Trust in Your Small Business
How much information is enough? That is the question that a recent blog post at INC Paradise prompted me to ask.The blog entry describes a survey done by Business Objects and highlights the fact that only 11% of workers claim they "always have all of the information that they need to confidently make decisions.Read more…
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