Franchises Offer Shortcuts, But Not Control Franchising can be a great way to start a business career, but you should make sure you're not just trading one job for another. Unless you plan on being an absentee owner, which I highly discourage, you are gong to be working in the business just as an employee would, so be sure the business you choose doesn't turn your lifelong dream into a never-ending nightmare.
Franchising Pros and Cons Some folks offered helpful insights and suggestions on how to pick a franchise and a few things to watch out for, while other emails came from current franchise owners asking me to help them sell their operations to Anthony R.
Entrepreneurs Ask: What Can a Virtual Assistant Do For Me? Freeing your time is a key element in continued business success. Hiring a professional Virtual Assistant (VA) can free up your time and energy, allowing you to focus on growing your business and generating revenue!
Entrepreneurs and Franchisors Watch Out New Franchisors and Entrepreneurs need to watch out as they enter into the world of franchising. What advice can I give to a new franchisor, I was asked today by another entrepreneur with a wonderful new concept; what are the tiger traps that lay ahead?
Survival Tips For Your Small Business No matter type of business you operate you've got to know how to keep your business alive during economic recessions. Anytime the cash flow in a business, large or small, starts to tighten up, the money management of that business has to be run as a "tight ship."
Cashing In Your Chips & Pastures New No, I'm not talking about gambling or dairy cows - although business is often referred to as a gamble, I'm referring to your exit strategy. That time when you decide to 'play no more' and go off and practise your golf swing. Yup, I'm talking about selling your business...
The Responsibility Conundrum - Where art Thou? Mr. Ms, 'not me' is often on holidays in your business. Yes come rain or shine they attend the workplace and put in the day for you; coffee to drink, gossip to catch up on, spying on management and colleagues, frequent toilet breaks, long lunches, long phone calls and let not forget the email needs to be checked and replied. Off course the home business needs more customers so a few phone calls here and there are quite appropriate so they think!
Franchises Must Meet Legal Definition to be an Actual Franchise All franchises must meet the legal definition of a franchise no matter what they call it before it is an actual franchise. This is the Federal Trade Commissions take on the franchise rule. It is not illegal to call a company a franchise even if it is not one and if it is not it does not have to follow the rules.
Should I Franchise or Not? A reader of one of my online sessions asked should he franchise his business or not. He had set up a service business and was getting ready to expand and wanted to know if franchising was a good potential strategy for this. How do I franchise my business.
1-2-3 Steps To A Successful Joint Venture A successful joint venture marketing effort is the goal of many small businesses, and is a great way to increase market visibility and profits. Joint venture marketing is rising in popularity everyday, but it does take some skill, good planning and foresight to execute. Here are the steps a business owner should take to be successful in this arena…
Asphalt Paving: Striping Your Parking Lot As you may already know, asphalt paved parking lots do need maintenance from time to time. One known asphalt paving maintenance technique is to have your parking lot re-striped.
Awning Cleaning Business Case Study: Entrepreneurship 101 It is most fascinating to study how entrepreneurs spot opportunity in the market place. "My name is Lance Winslow and I am a serial entrepreneur, I admit I am addicted and need help." . . "Hello Lance." Let me explain how I formed one of my companies which became a franchise system
Indiscretion Can Kill Your Business If you want your business to succeed, your indiscretions need to stop. Remember Mom's old adage "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything"? Your Mom was right! Learn strategies to monitor your indiscretions.
Three Ways to Add Leverage to Your Small Business Leveraging allows you to achieve your desired objectives with more speed and less effort. Read about 3 of the many ways in which you can employ leverage in the running of your business.
Small Business Secrets: Self-Confidence Can Be Arranged You can arrange to have the self-confidence you need by arranging support structures and encouragement and designing situations that feed you the confidence you need. Learn how!
Small Business Success Secret: Focus on Your Genius Work? Do you know what your genius work is? It's the highest and best use of your time. It's the best leverage your business has in the marketplace. You're doing your genius work when your activities are producing the greatest results in the shortest period of time.
Are You Satisfying Your Customers? Customer service is at an all time low, with services topping the list in terms of customer dissatisfaction. We've all had experiences to reinforce this. What...
Website For The Company Store If your company own one or more stores, you might be wondering if it would be a good idea to have a website. You might also be wondering if a website for the co...
Never Met A Man I Didnt Like In order to make your small business soar, consider taking a lesson from one of America's entertainment legends - Will Rogers. His homespun views are as relevan...
Picking Your Home Gym Equipment Make sure your equipment purchasing strategy is one that is well
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Making a Great First Impression First impressions are vitally important to anyone seeking a job. Why? Because once that first impression is made, everything else that follows is not as signi...
Self-Limiting Beliefs: The Inner Enemies of Progress Are illegal aliens taking over your mind? Are you held back in life by self-limiting beliefs? These subtle enemies are the root cause of many failures. They kee...
How to Work a Trade Show to Find Companies to Buy Trade shows are excellent opportunities to define companies that may or can be for sale. You may never get an easier opportunity to approach a senior executive ...
Hispanics and Obesity - The Worrying Truth What is the link between Hispanics and obesity? Are people of Hispanic origin more prone to obesity than others? Respected Hispanic trend watchers feel there is...
McDonalds Supply Chain of Potatoes McDonald's buys its potatoes from corporate farmers in Idaho not the commodities market; therefore it limits its exposure to price gouging that might have occur...
Exercise Bikes – Discover The Magic There are two types of exercise bikes available. The upright bike resembles a typical road bike but they are stationary. The pedals are below the rider and puts...
You MUST Be Visible As a small business owner, you MUST be visible. If your business isn't visible to potential clients and customers, then you might as well close the doors. Here'...
Tips For Choosing Great Flower Girl Dresses Flower girls are generally the first part of the wedding party to walk down the isle, and because of that, they will make a strong first impression on your gues...
Keyword Tracking Keyword tracking allows a site owner to know what keyword searches are resulting in sales. Search term information can be logged into a database to see which ke...
Do You Get Attention With Your 30-Second Introduction? It's one of the most important marketing tools you can have in your toolbox. Are you prepared with a crisp, concise, and powerful statement to introduce yoursel...
Exercise The Right Way - The Standing Calf Raise It is crucial that beginning bodybuilders are shown how to perform the core exercises correctly. This article provides step by step instructions for the Standin...
Motivating For Higher Performance Employee motivation is probably the most important single manageable factor for success and profitability of all the facets of specialty store retailing. It is...
Five Steps to Accomplish Your Goals We live in a busy world where our time, priorities and energy are constantly challenged. The reality is that there is simply not time for everything and we don'...
Top 10 Little Used SEO Strategies There are millions of web sites trying to get listed in the top 20 to 30 spots on the major search engines. That's a lot of competition! So if you're having a h...
Payday Loans - Bridging The Void Between Paychecks Payday loans have worked extensively to become the most convenient form of loan borrowing for a short span of time. They can be expediently returned when the pa...
