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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Encouraging your customers to pay on time
- Nothing can drive a business down faster than customers who don't pay their bills as agreed. When you sell to customers on credit you are making an agreement with them. You will provide them with goods or services in exchange for their payment within the terms you agree upon. Period.What I'm seeing more and more of is businesses using their suppliers as banks. Taking 60-90 days or more to p...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 record keeping mistakes business owners make (and how to avoid them)
- If you interviewed business owners of failed businesses, a majority will tell you that they didn't understand or feel comfortable dealing with the "book work". Your ability to understand and perform day to day accounting tasks in your small business is a critical success factor. Here are some tips to help you avoid the most common mistakes business owners make.Top 10 Record Keepin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Real world accounting for small business owners
- If you're like me, you love accounting. It's so fascinating and such an ingenious system. Don't you just think that Double Entry Accounting is the most beautiful creation of all humankind?Okay, let's get real. You probably think accounting is boring and best left to pencil pushing geeks (like me!). I mean?BOOORRRRING! Total Snooze-fest!Well, my friend, I'm about to introduce you to R...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to avoid the most common reasons for small business failure
- The life cycle of the typical small business is short and painful. It starts out with a dream and ends with a whimper. And in between, a struggle of Herculean proportions is played out as the owner tries to figure out why the business isn't succeeding.Depending on which survey you read, up to 80% of small businesses fail. Most fail within the first five years and those who survive the first...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business crm is here to stay
- If you ask most small business owners what priority CRM has in their short-term business plans, chances are you'll get more than one blank stare. The fact is that most small business owners don't even know what CRM is not to mention how significantly it can benefit their growing company. This prevailing ignorance of small business CRM (customer relationship management) usually stems from just a fe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Professional car care businesses you can start
- If you are in the professional car care business you may be looking to expand your business, for that no one can blame you. But which add on service makes the most sense? You will have to make an honest assessment of your current clientele and decide that for your self. If you own a fixed site detail shop, a car wash or a mobile automotive appearance business there are many options to look at. May...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Detailing business options
- So you want to get into the auto detailing business and are not sure what options are right for you? It is a difficult choice indeed and there are so many options. Let me tell you a few having been in the industry some 27-years, we have seen a lot of businesses come and go and we have seen what works.If you have space and a large shop with Ziebart, Detail Plus or a Detail Guys Super Center ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Business debt collection letter writing secrets
- Debt collection letters--an overview"Debt collection letter" in the singular may be an oxymoron, since unfortunately, one is rarely enough. You should have a series of letters to send to deadbeat clients, each one becoming a little more insistent. Here are some ideas for a five-letter series.Don't make your first letter look like a collection letter at all. Make it a friend...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small businesses you can start in automotive
- There are many choices when thinking about a small business involving your favorite hobby, cars. What about a Mobile detailing franchise? Yes they too are available. As a matter of fact there are many such choices and each is a little different let me explain.The Detail Guys had a portable turnkey franchise with portable detailing trailers and or truck mounted units. Their web site is www.d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reclaim equipment detailing industry and npdes, epa, storm water rules
- It behooves every professional mobile auto detailer to stay up with the reclaim equipment necessary to comply with the NPDES, EPA and storm water rules. Every company has a responsibility to not pollute the water supplies. If you are an auto detailer perhaps I might be able to assist you in complying without breaking your bank. There are inexpensive ways to keep your waste wash water out of the st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Concrete cleaning discussed at world of concrete expo 03
- If you are in the pressure washing business and are serious about what you clean on the ground floor, I suggest you attend the WOC. The WOC is the World of Concrete Expo in Las Vegas, which is held once per year. Each year it grows and is now one of the largest trade shows in Las Vegas. We spent two days walking the halls, meeting vendors, potential customers and learning about new materials, clea...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dont wait - sell the future now!
- Just as you are about to say "good-bye" to your hair stylist, you get the question, "shall we make our next appointment?"Most businesses sell products or services that are cyclical in their "need" curve. In other words, the client has need of your product at regular intervals of time. Examples are a veterinarian (varying amounts of time between "needs"...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to find success in the import export business
- Take advantage of world politics today and start your own import export business. Are you organized, efficient, and ready to make your future in an opportunity all your own? Import Export Business Opportunities are expanding and there is room for you!In the early nineteen eighties, one of the most popular things in Soviet Russia was American made blue jeans. Exporters made money hand over f...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting up as an electronic repair authorized service center
- If you plan to upgrade your workshop into an Authorized Service Center, this should guarantee plenty of work and a secure future. Setting up from scratch as an Authorized Service Center is not an easy job. Your workshop need to meet the manufacturers' requirement first before they can appoint your company as an Authorized Service Center.? Good track record ? Manufacturer expect a company to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pressure washing business; steam cleaner fuel maintenance
- It is essential that you fully understand how the fuel system works on your hot water pressure washer or steam cleaner. If you mess it up it could catch on fire and if you are not right there to put it out, you could potentially lose your machine. This type of equipment has been known to explode and Hydrotek out of California actually has a CD Rom video of a machine exploding when a fuel leak is i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Boston suburban areas a good choice to run a business
- BioTechs even with the latest news had shed over 1000 jobs two years ago, as it was reported by The Financial Times, WSJ, and Bloomberg that only 17 of the nearly 1300 BioTech firms were actually profitable. In 2002 the number of jobs were in the 30,000 range in Biotech. 600 layoffs came from Millennium Pharmaceuticals. And the VCs are were barely interested as they hardly even look at tech deals ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Boston market; mobile auto detailing
- Boston itself covers 50 square miles of concrete and traffic, well city limits actually exactly 46 square miles, the entire metro area can be and is often over stated at 1100 square miles, but more realistically about 380 in our humble opinion. And you know some of that is water. And MASS is called MASS because of the number of communities and cities, similar to all the PA cities, townships, commu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Comparing boston area for a mobile car wash business
- The Boston suburbs seem to be rich with possible locations to wash cars and a mobile car wash would be well served in that market. The customers have good jobs, high paying salaries and indeed demand such personal car washing services. They desire these services at home and at work. The economy is strong and many high paying jobs exist there. Housing and growth in the real estate of single family ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Routine maintenance of high pressure hot water motors
- If you run a pressure washer business you need complete uptime on your equipment, break downs can be costly if your billing rates are $100 to $150.00 per hour. If you are bidding by the job there are times when it is absolutely a great profession to be in. That is if your equipment is working properly. Here are some preventative maintenance for your high-pressure hot water skid unit.Air Cle...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pressure washer companies and steam cleaner maintenance
- If you run a pressure washing business it is a must that you understand and take care of your equipment. It is your livelihood. Proper maintenance is a must. If your equipment does not work; you make no money.Your steam cleaner machine is really called a hot water-pressure washer. There is a difference although the public is unaware of this fact. Even the phone book will list it as a steam ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Mobile car and truck washing vehicle placement
- To maximum potential profits and dollars in a mobile washing business it pays to set up in your mind in advance the best and most strategic place to park, before stopping to wash. You will obviously want to park your rig in a location that allows you to do as many cars as possible without moving the vehicle. For instance; let us say that your hose for water is one hundred plus feet but your vacuum...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Excuses franchisees make; when they violate exclusive territory agreements
- One of the biggest excuses franchisees of home based and serviced based franchises make when violating their exclusive franchise agreement with their franchisor and fellow franchisees is: My Family Works There. As a franchisor, I cannot believe how many times neighboring franchisees steal each others clientele or work outside their exclusive franchise area. This jeopardizes trust within the franch...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Environmental pressure washing in pennsylvania
- If you run a mobile car wash, mobile fleet washing company, mobile auto detailing business or a Pressure Washing firm in Pennsylvania there are things you should know. Pennsylvania is serious about cleaning the environment.http://www.gggc.state.pa.usThey have a plan and a vision and they are dead serious about keeping their water ways clean after all the years of debris.http:/...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dispute resolution; competing with other franchisees
- If you are in a franchise and have a territory dispute with another franchisee you need to prevent a lawsuit use dispute resolution techniques to resolve the dispute. Competing with other franchisees is a subject that franchisors would prefer not to need to talk about. This is a real problem for some types of franchises. For instance mobile service businesses and home based franchises.There...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cabinet refacing business opportunities
- With all the cabinet refacing business opportunities out there, you could have a home based business that grows in this expanding industry. You've wanted your own kitchen updated, or talked to friends and family who have put out thousands of dollars remodeling theirs. It is an industry that will expand continuously, as homes are getting older and people want a new modern look.This business ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do franchisors have exclusive territories
- The reason we Franchisors call it an exclusive territory is because we will not sell that area again to another franchisee. That is your area to market and to conquer and to generally obtain as much market penetration as possible. If you are a home-based business or mobile franchise then this is a serious issue. You can put as many service units in your area can support and try to make the most re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Franchise territories are generally delineated on a map; why?
- If you own a mobile service or home based franchise your exclusive territory will be delineated on a map in the attachment of your franchise agreement. You will be assigned generally a single city, county or region and another franchisee or team member of the same system will not compete with your although may be right around the corner. You will only drive or be required to service clients as far...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Franchise territories for mobile businesses; why limitations
- In franchising an individual desirous of their own business will sign on with a franchising company and use their brand name, know how and expertise to make a living. The franchisor will generally assign an exclusive territory with limitations. In our franchise company we have mobile service units, which clean cars and we have to have territories to prevent in-fighting from franchisees which might...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business vendors; getting the best service
- If you are a small business you know that you must rely on your vendors to make sure you have everything your customers need. Lack of vendor support can lead to upset customers or even loss of your business. Be pleasant and courteous to all vendors and potential vendors. Try and treat vendors like your favorite customers treat you. Do you remember recently when you went out of your way for a custo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Home based franchise; what about future expansion?
- As a franchisor I am always asked by new and existing franchisees about future expansion. I find this to be a most wonderful question because I admire the strength of today's entrepreneur. With all and over regulation we still see hard chargers willing to battle the Tsunami of laws, rules and regulations as the debris rushes ashore. Indeed, with the Hurricane of lawyers presently in practice and E...