Doing Business With Friends: Five Tips for Preserving the Friendship... and Your Sanity! Have you ever thought about contracting work or trading work with friends? You just know your best friend, Jill, would be the perfect person to write copy for one of your clients? Or that John will give you tickets to the theater if you do one small copywriting project for him? Preserve your friendship AND your business reputation by following these simple tips.
Pressure Washing and Hospital Accounts Most pressure washing companies never look into some of the best niche markets. One, which you may not have thought about is Hospitals and if you run a pressure washing company it can mean good steady income. When contract cleaning you must figure out the needs of your clientele; Hospitals have special needs, which are not common to other businesses and if you are careful to address these needs you will be well served.
Reverse Merger: Have They Taken the Reverse out of Reverse Merger? Not only is the price extravagant, he will also take the reverse out of Reverse Merger, by insisting on a stipulation that you won't do a reverse split and reduce the number of shares outstanding. By reverse splitting the shares you are reducing his 10%. Which was the original intent of the reverse merger
5 Tips for Hiring a GREAT Bookkeeper Bookkeeping…the "dreaded" word is something we all have to worry about. Business owners rarely go into business to deal with the financial aspects of running a business. It's easy to understand why! Who wants to do all those boring record keeping functions? Not many. Therefore, one of the first things most entrepreneurs do is hire a bookkeeper. Though hiring a friend, relative or anyone who isn't experienced with the basics of bookkeeping may be a recipe for DISASTER!
Tips and Tricks for Legal Debt Collections If a customer owes your local business money, it's hard not to feel angry, like you want to do anything possible to get your money back.
Genius Time… It Matters Are you challenged to focus on growing your business instead of simply working in it? Identifying your "Genius Time" will increase your productivity and allow you to achieve you long-term priorities.
7 Tips To Improve Your Cash Flow Cash is King…That is what everyone tells us and it is true! You cannot function successfully in any business without proper cash flow. So if this Cash Principle is so well known, then why is it that so many businesses struggle? Sometimes the obvious is not always so obvious when you are entrenched in running the day-to-day aspects of your business. Here are 7 Tips to Improve Your Cash Flow!
Financial Fundamentals - What Every Small Business Owner Should Know! Business owners rarely go into business to deal with the financial aspects of running a business. It's easy to understand why! You are passionate about the products or services you provide and want to focus your time there. The financial aspect usually falls to the bottom of the "desired responsibilities" list. It is critical to the long-term success of your business that you understand some of the Financial Fundamentals of being a business owner.
Small Business Debt Collection Laws In your small business debt collection laws will eventually become important, as your debt grows and some clients do not pay. To collect small business debts legally, you must send a written notice that collections have begun, within five days of first contacting the debtor for collections. The letter must include dispute instructions.
Do Home Businesses Complicate Small Business Debt Collection Laws? The home-based business market, sometimes called the SOHO (small-office/home-office) market, is booming. As more and more B2B businesses expand into these markets, they may find themselves walking a fine line between B2B and B2C.
Justice In Action Ideas and tips on maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit and risk-taking leap of faith you had when you began your small business.
Small Business Checks – Money Saving Options Getting the most out of your office supplies means checking out the best vendors. Small businesses have the opportunity to have the control in most situations. You get to make the important decisions, and get to take the fall when they are bad. Checks are not the most complicated supplies in your office, but they will save you money versus hiring a company to handle it for you. There are some good ways to go about the process of setting up your accounting department, even if you are the whole department.
Do You Microbifer in Your Cleaning Business? Microfiber cloths and mops are fabulous, but are they right for your business? Here's the pros and cons you must read before you invest.
How to Prepare for Your Start-Up Venture! You have a great idea for a new business and you're sure you can make it work. But what do you do with all those ideas and how do you start putting them into action?
Build Credibility with Expertise Next to an audit, nothing frightens retirement plan sponsors more than a notification letter from the Dept of Labor regarding inadequacies in their responses on the Form 5500 or 5500-EZ filing. Inadequacies that, if not corrected within 30 days of the date of the letter, would subject the
plan sponsor to substantial fines and penalties, not only from the Dept of Labor but from the IRS as well.
Small Business Savvy: Reaching Key Big Business Decision Makers As a solo entrepreneur or small business owner, one of our key challenges can be reaching key decision makers in larger companies. Getting to the right person who can seal the deal can be a frustrating experience, especially if you don't have a game plan. Here are three ways to connect with the right people.
Small Business Newsletter Dilemma: Which Day Do I Send? If you're just ramping up your small business email newsletter, you might be wondering what day you should send it to your opt-in list. After all, you want it to get opened and read and you know your prospects may be weeding through a ton of email clutter. What to do?
Build Your Small Business by Building Relationships Building relationships to build your business is just like planting a seed to grow a tree. Seeds that grow and develop are in fertile ground with the water and sunlight that they need. Relationships that thrive and turn into customers, alliances or referrals have been nurtured over time with these techniques. Read more about this…..
Updated Bathrooms Pay When You Sell Your Home Many home owners look for ways to add value to their homes through improvements. One of the best ways is to have a go at your bathrooms.
Your Site in Major Search Engines, in Record Time In the past months I've heard a lot of buzz of excitement about Blogging and Pinging. The rumors said it seduces search engines (SE's) to index your pages in re...
2 Ways to Start Burning fat Quickly Fitness guru Adrian Bryant shows you how you can burn more fat before 6am. then most people do in a week!
Tips for Buying Digital Pianos and Keyboards Buying a digital piano could be a very delicate attempt, especially if you have no idea about pianos in the first place. This article is written to help you out...
The Art of the Business Card If you want to make sure your memory is excellent, create a business card that is designed to help. Read through this article on how your business card can lead...
How To Increase Your Web Profits by Cutting the Hype Writing pleasing and 'profit-pulling' web ads, whether it be for an Ezine, Blog, web site or email promotion has become something of an 'art'. This article exam...
Awakening To The Simple Blessings Of The Now Well, it continues to amaze me how wonderful life can be when I allow myself to simply be present to NOW. My life of late has taken on a particularly beautiful ...
Choosing Your Wedding Rings One of the most important steps in planning your wedding, is choosing the wedding ring set. Finding the right rings could actually be considered the most critic...
Conflict Response Styles and Strategies in Your Home The first major challenge when it comes to conflict is that we are taught to win at the expense of others. When we get into a fight or disagreement, it's as if ...
Supply Chain Management 101 Answering the question of what Supply Chain Management is, is as simple as breaking down the phrase into its component parts. Supplies are those inputs that a ...
Is Your Success Predetermined? Your on-line success is based on your efforts and yours alone. Sure there are many tools that help you, but it is still you. If you are going to succeed.......
RSS, Feeds, and Aggregators It can be very daunting for the Internet neophyte with all these terms, technology and hardware. That's why I wrote this. Because I don't want people to be afra...
The Benefits of Goose Down Comforters Goose down is incredibly insulating, while still lightweight and breathable. That is why bedding made from goose down is such a popular choice.
The Great Plan of Insurrection A theory, an ideology, and a plan for the working class to effectively organize and satisfy their interests in the social world.
