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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hosted pbx, is it right for you?
- "Order Now!" "Your Business Will Fail If You Don't Have This New Technology!" "Your Competition Has This Tool, Why Don't You?" Does any of this sound familiar? Does it make you cringe? It seems to be impossible to keep up with all the new trends in business today. It's hard to know which trends are just flash in the pan gimmicks and which are valuable tools that your ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Contract cleaners ? a guide for business part 2
- In the first part of this article I put forward 7 questions that I believed were important to ask of your potential cleaning company. In this article I will explain the relevance of the first two questions and the answers you get to you as a business. What is your staff turnover? When the top 150 Cleaning Companies in the UK were asked this question the answer came back ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The greatest challenges the internet consultant faces!
- While there are few career paths that some would call perfect, being a consultant comes pretty close to having it all. Yet while it is one of the best ways to earn a living, there are challenges and pitfalls that are sometimes overwhelming and unexpected.When analyzing, identifying and exploring the most specific challenges high on the consultant's list, there are probably a few that would ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get approved for a franchise
- Deciding to start your own franchise is just one of the first steps to getting started. Buying a franchise is a lot like dating. You and the company have to be a good fit. The company you are considering starting a franchise with must fit your needs, and you must meet the guidelines they have set up.You may be thinking, "I have the money, I will just sign up and get started." It's...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you need accounting software for your small business?
- If you're anything like me then you dislike with a vengeance doing your accounts and taxes.So how can you make this process easier, less painful and cut your accountancy fees?Well buying an accounting software package is one way.First of all you need to decide whether you are going to keep your accounting records manually, that is using pen and paper, or whether you are going ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Measuring your way to success
- Are you a motivational speaker who consistently gets rave reviews yet your ratio of speaking to return rate is not where you would like it to be? Perhaps you are a trainer whose delivery is complimented time and again, and yet you are only being asked by 10 to 20% of the clients you see for a repeat performance?Are you starting to think that there is something wrong with your message or del...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 cardinal rules for business growth
- After over 30 years of participating in hundreds of businesses, competing in at least as many different industries, with companies marketing both products and services, you begin to develop and accumulate some fundamental businesses axioms or "rules of thumb" that seem to make more sense everyday and gain more value in business practice as your career continues to advance and evolve....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is this the way its always been done?
- Let's face it, we all tend to get stuck in doing things 'the way they've always been done', and creating products, or services, in a similarly conservative mode.But there is another way. Why not take a new look at your business. Take the opportunity to have regular creative thinking sessions in order to break the mould. Just one session could start off a new trend.The best way to do ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The types of skip trace accounts
- First, we need to define the different kinds of skip trace. There are three basic types of skip trace accounts, they are:The Typo AccountThis account is really not a skip trace account. The reason that the information is not correct for this debtor is because their information was erroneously inputted into your record system. A common example of this is- John Q Debtor 123 Main St and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - We know who they are
- Am I the only one that does not have an "A" button on my computer? I have looked on the keyboard, monitor and hard drive I can not find that darn thing anywhere. Nobody will tell me where it is.You know the one I am talking about, right? No, not the one between the Caps Lock and "S" key.Let me explain. You can go up to some people and tell them that you are a skip...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to prevent home business burnout
- As a home business proprietor, you may already realize why avoiding "home business burnout" is so important. Even if you have only been working your home business venture for a relatively brief time, you may have already been aware of the need to maintain your energy levels and reduce your stress levels while you were involved in your other employment. Many people learn from their life experience ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Entrepreneurs go virtual!
- With the massive explosion of start-ups and home businesses developing, you'll be hard pressed to not know of someone going down the entrepreneurial route. Nowadays you can set-up shop and start trading in a matter of days, and the preferred choice for the neo entrepreneur is a service called Virtual Offices.I myself, run and operate a Virtual Office company based in Central London and have...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have you thanked your competitors today?
- Competition in the business world is often viewed as a negative thing, but it doesn't have to be. Competition can benefit you, your competitor, and especially your customer!Let's look at some of the ways in which competitors can help you:1) They prevent you from becoming lazy and overly comfortable in your business practices. It's easy to feel confident and relaxed in your business i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to make your business image stand out above the crowd
- Traditional advertising methods are still being used for almost 90% of businesses today. The number one problem with this, is that all everyone else seems to be following the same old methods.No matter how expensive, does your advertising look and sound like a lot of other advertising? If you take a look at your business card design, flyer design, brochures, letterheads, web page design and...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Round pegs in round holes: the amazing secret of succeeding in any business every time!
- Success is the desire of everyman on the face of this earth. There is no normal human being without this yearning. Unfortunately, statistics shows that just about 4% (some even quote 2%) of the human race experience real success. I hope your dream is to be among this 4%. The fact that you are reading this article right now shows your desire. My purpose is to help you succeed.Now if you must...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 rules for small business success
- 1. TargetYou are not all things to all people. Decide on your niche--narrow your focus and broaden your appeal.2. Be DifferentIf your competitors are doing it, don't. Stand out from an overcrowded marketplace where so much of the advertising and products look the same.3. Build a TeamDon't hire an employee to fill a position. Employ a person to be part of a team t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to increase the cash flow in your private practice in 30 days
- If you have a busy private practice, chances are you also have pockets of cash lying around available for the plucking. It simply hasn't been collected yet, and may even have been overlooked. Here are 10 ways to increase your cash flow over the next 30 days.Collect at the Time of ServiceInclude in your upfront discussions your expectations on payments. Establish that you are paid at ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be nice to your payroll department
- Ok, so next to the taxman, your company payroll department might well be the most criticised people on the planet. Of course, when your pay is accurate and on time then you love the payroll people with a passion but when things go wrong it is a completely different matter. Rightly or not the payroll professionals come in for an awful lot of abuse if your pay is not perfect.I have had experi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3.5 million people and a possible uk home business opportunity
- Has this ever happened to you... 'John, you have a lot of mail this morning dear'. Stunned as a goldfish you walk over to the kitchen table and pick up the envelopes. Each one is a quality envelope that has an address label with your name on it. You flick through them and the labels are more or less identical. You open one, then another and you can then start to feel what the others are about. Mor...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Low cost or highly funded start up
- Many new ventures are preoccupied with all the money they are going to make, rather than how they are going to the about making it. Set realistic goals by setting realistic steps-discreet 'doable' actions, each of which connects to the next one in some logical progression.At some point you have to walk through the wall to get to the other side. But don't just 'do it' until you have a good i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find some sample payroll check stubs on the net for easy reference
- Starting a business? For many people, the bravery to venture out on your own is the ultimate dream, you're your own boss, you make your own time, and your dreams of making it big in the independent business lives on. But don't forget there are many responsibilities. As the business grows so is the need for manpower. This means salaries to pay and records to make and keep. Maintaining a pleasant wo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Get free payroll forms download from the internet
- Having a successful business means also having a good working relationship with your employees, and nothing more makes it sour than having problems with the payroll. You can't expect them to work gratis, employees expect to be paid and compensated fairly. If this is done, the working environment will be pleasant and the employees will be more productive. Many company's experience labor problems be...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using excel payroll sheet to make payroll system easier
- For the employees, payday is the brightest day; they finally get the compensation they so well deserve for the services they rendered. For the employer, this could be nerve-wracking, not because they don't want to pay their employees, but because some employers have a hard time calculating the payroll. Some have systems that are too complicated for them, while some are just not experienced enough ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The key to a successful business
- Where would a business be without a business plan? A business plan sets the course for the future of the business. It gives the business owner or manager a sense of direction, listing the objectives and goals of the business from the outset.Writing a business plan requires a lot of time; a successful business plan cannot be a rush job. Once an idea for a business has been developed, researc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business stress buster: completion not perfection
- Completion not Perfection Five Keys To Doubling Your Productivity and Boosting Your EffectivenessI frequently meet with business owners and executives who feel overworked and undervalued. Many of them are highly gifted and are in fact contributing a huge amount of work, energy and brilliance to the companies they own or work for. The problem is that many business owners and execu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business support equals survival
- Support is critical for your small business survival. You may shy away from the thought of having an advisory board to guide you through your rough spots, but having a group of professionals who are willing to be your sounding board can mean the difference between success and failure.Your board should be made up of seasoned professionals in non-competing businesses. You should:- Sele...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If you want to be remembered...
- Send handwritten notes. That applies whether you're a guy or a gal. It's not about being touchy-feely, it's about maintaining good business relationships with the people you know and the prospects you meet.Think about this. When you get your mail, what's the first envelope that gets opened? For most people, it's the envelopes that are genuinely handwritten (not the direct mail "fake" stuff ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - But weve always done it this way
- Sacred cows take a long time to die. We get comfortable in the way we do things and lose sight of how they could be improved. Here's an interesting story.A woman was in the process of fixing her special holiday ham. She cleaned it and then took a huge knife, lopped off both ends of the ham and placed it in a pan. Her daughter, who was learning how to cook asked, "Now Mom, why did you do tha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What your small business can learn from the doctor
- Most doctors never distinguish the difference between customers and patients. That's why they have waiting rooms instead of reception areas.Walk into most any doctor's office and you'll see numerous chairs -- typically full of people waiting to see the doctor -- and signs that tell you what you can't do or must do (e.g., you must wait 3 days for a referral, you must present co-pay before se...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Small business publicity -- worth it?
- You bet it's worth it. Publicity via news releases, along with building relationships with reporters and editors is really good for your small business.As one who is adamant about "it's not who you know, it's who knows you," news releases play a big part in that awareness. Plus getting publicity helps establish you as an expert in your specialty. Amazingly, much of the news we read in the n...