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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

If the supplier knows you are ready to buy for the right price they will cut you a deal. Promise to buy from one supplier for better payment terms, like 60 or 90 days. Getting a better price is especially easy to do right now, since suppliers are tripping over themselves to get business. Get better payment terms by negotiation.

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JULY 30, 2010

by Stefan Töpfer on Jul 30, 2010 Fellow blogger John Crickett is busy writing a new book: The Big Book of Business Ideas , and he needs your help. John Needs YOU! John needs business owners to use as case studies and some ‘from the trenches’ advice on starting a business like yours. What do you have to do? Sponsors Advertise Here?

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Even if you need the service or product from your supplier, check others all the time, insurance, telephone, utilities, etc. I have been running a small marketing consulting business and following these basic tips has gotten me through a recession, paid my dept and now financing my MBA. Analyze your fixed cost every month.

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JANUARY 1, 2010

We will open the book. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.&# New Year – Small Business Quote of the Week by Stefan Töpfer on Jan 02, 2010 A small business quote keeps you thinking, inspired and entertained. “We Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

Ethics And Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 9:26 am and is filed under Accountants/CPAs , Question & Answer , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Suppliers , start-up in business. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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AUGUST 30, 2007

Thanks Rob Smorfitt Said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm Is a lack of finance not a symptom rather than the cause of SME failure. Is a lack of finance not due to poor planning, uncontrolled growth or a poor business? As you suggested, they fail often blame a lack of finance for their failure. this a financ eproblem.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

One small business financing alternative is the private lender. Flaherty wants code of conduct for credit, debit cards : Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is proposing a voluntary code of conduct for credit- and debit-card companies that could mean savings for consumers and small businesses. 2010 may be no better. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Restructuring – a word used by BIG Business to lower cost, fire employees and squeeze suppliers. « Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business How To Make This Recession Work For Your Small Home Business. . ‘Restructuring’ or Cost-Cutting For Small Business Enterprise With WinWeb OnlineOffice. — ST.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2008

« Book Review: A Bit on the Side by Jasmine Birtles Introducing: The Small Business Bookshop » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am and is filed under Finance , find funding. you must also start thinking about your finances to be able to support your business.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.

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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. If it becomes a distraction, deal with it immediately, if need be change supplier. Anything else could and probably should be outsourced ( see: outsourcing options for small business ).

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MAY 30, 2010

Keep stakeholders (customers, staff, suppliers etc.) Let me know when your book is out I could write a review. Even if you have brilliant staff, standards will inevitably start to slip if you are not around to keep an eye on things. Make sure that you understand every detail of your business, right down to the everyday minutiae.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Seen as an expert in her field she has released a book entitled “ The Zen of Social Media Marketing”. I was lucky enough to catch up with Shama this week, and spoke to her about why she wrote the book, and what’s in it for small businesses. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The recent downturn has made companies think twice about who they are dealing with and has made them potentially more likely to switch suppliers. Turbocharge Your Sales by Stefan Töpfer on Feb 03, 2010 With better economic conditions coming soon, there couldn’t be a better time to brush up on your sales skills. Perhaps to your firm?

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AUGUST 23, 2007

Even if you have staff – outsourced of employed – doing your bookkeeping and organize the payments for you, you need to make the decisions of when your suppliers get paid, so you can control your cash-flow. Am I in control of my spending or have I abdicated this function to someone else? Sponsors Advertise Here?

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AUGUST 15, 2007

» « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007 at 6:46 pm and is filed under Business Checklists , Finance , plan cash-flow. « Small Business Checklist: Getting Payed Grow your small business – success or failure will follow. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MAY 12, 2010

Thanks to the sacrifices made by many these banks now enjoy plentiful profits and bonuses – a stark contrast to those whom have financed their survival. Project and Order Financing: Banks need to be made to provide the needed finance for SME’s in order to fulfill contracts and orders. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

CIT Group Files for Bankruptcy Protection : Small Business Loan Giant Has Struggled for Months to Stay Afloat; 5th Biggest Bankruptcy Filing in History Free cash for your business : When hunting for cash, desperate small business owners may find themselves sucked into buying books and software packages promising “Billions in Free Grants!&#

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Suppliers will probably thank you for short meetings, so they too can get more done. Remember this is a rule for internal meetings, for meetings with customers this rule does not apply – within reason of cause. The customer should determine the length of the meeting. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Keith Said on November 17th, 2008 at 6:46 pm Oh my word, book keeping, not my strongest point ! Make sure if you are starting a new business get you book keeping and accounts sorted from day one, and make sure that you only get advice from people you can really trust. WinWeb’s Free Accounting Software For Every Small Business.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2009

« Ideas – Small Business Quote of the Week Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 7:27 am and is filed under Business Checklists. Check out our BusinessServices page for details. Sponsors Advertise Here? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MARCH 17, 2008

This is because: It will be one of the most important decisions you ever make, both for the company and your own finances In order to continue the success of the business following a transition of ownership meticulous planning is required You will wish to make as much money from the sale as possible! Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 9, 2010

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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JANUARY 24, 2010

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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MARCH 7, 2010

Categories Announcements Balderdash Business Books Business Checklists Business Ideas Business Quotations Comments Customer Service Guest Blog How to … avoid growing pain be eco-friendly be successful bootstrap choose your office deal with taxes do a reality check do a SWOT plan do bookkeeping. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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