The Small Business Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Let me give you some pointers here, but please remember you can always do more on the cost-cutting front in any 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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Make sure they know exactly how your products and services can help their business succeed. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. When you offer deep discounts you not only devalue your products or services, you devalue your brand. Number 3 is also especially relevant.

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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. Ideally about 3-5 clicks to purchase. Check out our BusinessServices page for details.

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AUGUST 15, 2007

Bad debts – look at your past performance, come up with an average monthly figure and mark your products and services up accordingly. Buying – keep control of your spending, make one person sign off on all purchases, ideally that person should be you. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Here are some of the biggest mistakes made by companies during takeovers: Inadequate due diligence – You need to have done extensive research into the finances, existing contracts and liabilities of the company you are buying in order to avoid lawsuits, extra expenditure or loss of sales. As for the culture. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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MAY 16, 2010

Don’t purchase containers to store more documents and files – throw away as much of your old stuff as possible instead. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Keep track of your time as dilligently as possible to prevent getting sidetracked. Be ruthless with your filing.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

« Small Office Administration 101 SOHO/SMB Unaware Of Security Risks » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 8th, 2007 at 6:34 am and is filed under Entrepreneur , Franchise , Freelancer , Lifestyle , Personal Business , Self-employed , Small Business / SOHO , Sole-Trader , Start-Up , Work/Life Balance.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Look at researching prospects, making initial contact, presenting the product and closing the deal. As business owners we always strive to make it as easy as possible for our customers to purchase our products or services and another way to further increase sales may be to consider extending credit to customers.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Small businesses are using the recession as an excuse and there was no reason to stop spending if: 1- Your business did not need to borrow money 2- You did not need your customers to borrow money to purchase your products 3- You personally did not need to borrow money. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

This applies to all aspects of your business – for example you could save around a thousand dollars by purchasing a very cheap computer for the office. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. It is also generally a big mistake to think that you can save money by under-investing in technology.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

An impartial advice line for people purchasing consumer electronics. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. A café for aspiring filmmakers to congregate and show their work to receive feedback. A clothes-sharing website for high-value items such as shoes. A YouTube channel reviewing local restaurants.

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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! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 11, 2007

So, I think this is a fantastic product. Winweb is a really great product! Within reason, cost should not be a purchasing factor. Morgan Newall Said on May 27th, 2009 at 12:06 am Hi, just found OnlineOffice for the first time through this post, looks like a great product. I will have to give it a look.

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OCTOBER 17, 2007

Accounting Software Strengths Easy to use by non accountants requiring no previous accounting knowledge and is basically a list of sales and a list of purchases on preset excel spreadsheets. For example, a purchase of petrol. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Credit Bank Debit Petrol.

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MAY 13, 2010

I, for one, have encountered a rude, curt or abrupt salesperson and gone out of my way to not purchase something from them. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. It is difficult to say but in small business we can learn a lot abut the importance of public relations through this story.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

At the same time over 60 % of all high street purchases are researched online. If you don’t have a website and a ‘potential’ local customer, looking for your service or product, will not be able to find you. As always this list is not exhaustive, but I hope it will give you a little overview. — ST.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2007

New Small Business Startup Idea: Virtual Import/Export Assistant by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 You may speak more languages and have market segment knowledge about a certain product or service. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name. Or you could help the foreign business to import into your country.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

Enter the details on a form on the Purchases & Sales pages of ‘Cashbook’ to record any invoices to or from your business. Use the balance outstanding column, on the Purchases & Sales pages, to check how much money you owe or chase any money owed to you. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or services name.

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MARCH 14, 2023

We start tracking every purchase to try to stay accountable. But don’t get so caught up in tracking finances that you forget to live a little. Try putting your phone out of sight (and touch) for 10 minutes of uninterrupted productivity. But that can be overwhelming. Improve yourself by indulging a little.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

I would also add that a business owner needs to bootstrap as much as possible right now, and to avoid any large purchases that are not bringing money in the door. Try and buy products or services towards the end of the month when sales people are trying to reach their quota and are more willing to cut you a deal.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2008

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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OCTOBER 2, 2007

Having looked into the options we have decided to purchase the Interwatch Security system. Celia Hyde Said on November 14th, 2007 at 6:22 pm I recently read a study by Hewlett Packard which found companies that gave their staff the option to work flexibly increased productivity by up to 400 per cent.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I love Apple products – while it is true you need to be good at Unix to get the serious stuff sorted – they usually work fine. It’s universally almost impossible to get a company to pre-ship a replacement for an expensive product. I told them if I wanted a PowerBook I would have purchased one.

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The Small Business Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

While LiveNet is an online marketplace for your services and products , which allows you to promote your business to others and find others to help you with work you need to have done. CM2 offers direct opportunities for mapping companies to promote their products and services through a online collaborative platform.

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Suz Amaro is the creator of the Vivesmart, a philosophy and ecosystem that accompanies more than 300 business owners to build a more productive and happy lifestyle. Ferrell’s student-based team has earned 12 Business Professionals of America awards and five Student Production awards. Kim Anthony. Yvette Gavin. Jolie Glassman.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

For me, professionally, I share your financial freedom model with money providing the currency to afford living a comfortable lifestyle with the occasional extravagance. It’s more like what you have described for yourself – not having to budget and think about how much is in my bank account before making a purchase.

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