What are the risks involved in your proposed business? Do you have any idea what risks you will face as you open your business? The Babe of Business blog has a posting on some places you can search to...
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Are you blogging yet? I have already mentioned blogging in a few entries and now here is an article from the New York Times that discusses blogging for your business. Blogging is an excellent way to...
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Should you become a Brick and Mortar, E-Commerce, or Brick and Click Operation? The Blogtrepreneur has a great entry showing some of the pros and cons of each of the different ideas and gives you...
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How many times do you seem to get caught up in other people's emergencies? From the Declutter blog is a time management tip from Meadow DeVor. Many times we seem to get caught up in other...
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How do you achieve success when working from home? The Home Business Blog has 3 things that successful people have done that work from home. The first thing is that they worked hard and smart. The...
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Entrepreneurship is the road less traveled. This video is basically a power point presentation on what it takes to become an Entrepreneur and some of the things you will face as you begin the journey....
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Do the people you do business know what you do for a living? I am a big fan of Zig Ziglar and in one of his selling tapes he mentions that everyone you know should be informed what you do......
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The New York Times has an article about how some small retailers are seeing their size as a selling point. In today's marketplace you need to have your own niche. That niche is what will give you...
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Do you have your domain names registered? Brent Leary over at the Small Business Trends blog goes over trying to get a domain name registered. These days it is becoming more difficult in find the...
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Do you belong to a networking group and did you get a return on investment this past year? The Start Up Spark blog has an entry talking about your networking and what kind of return did you get on...
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The Babe of Business posted eight ways for you to increase business. Usually after the middle of January, business will slow down till after tax season (unless you are a tax advisor or accountant)....
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Having good business relationships is vital to the survival of your business. You will need to build relationships with others on a daily basis. Even if you are working from home and doing everything...
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Ok, I know what you are going to say, but yes here comes another entry on organization. The Bootstrapper Blog has a great entry having links to 100 articles about organization. Now why am I hitting...
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When doing your business plan one of the most important elements that can have no mistakes is your executive summary. An executive summary is a sales tool for your business plan. The quality of your...
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Filed in archive Sales
by John Dornoff on December 20, 2007
Are you building rapport with your customers? Rapport is the first and most important part of the sales process. I know many don't like to think of themselves as sales people but when you run your...
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Do you have health insurance? The Startup spark plug has an entry about health insurance and what small business owners think about the Democrat's ideas. Can you afford health insurance? Do you...
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How do you plan to advertise? Small Business owners because of their limited finances need to find the best value for the dollar in everything they do and that includes advertising. It put ads on...
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Are you ready to run your own business? You are tired of working for someone else, you don't like the way they are running things and you know you could do it better so you decide to start your...
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How clean is your desk and desktop? The Bootstrapper Blog has another great entry, this one on turning your desk into a productivity zone. First on the list is keeping it tidy. While this may seem...
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Are you paperless? A week or so ago I talked about saving your files to an online sight after the Bootstrapper blog showed 50 sites that will do that for you. Today we will continue that as Small...
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Are you dreaming or are you planning? That is the question being asked by the Sales and Sales Marketing Blog in a recent post. In previous entries I have talked about the importance of strategic...
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Do you know yourself enough to find that right niche? Rob from the HomBizBlogger has a nice article about finding your niche in the marketplace. While this blog focuses on the internet, the...
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Would a tablet computer help you in your business? Tim Berry has a blog entry at Small Business Trends were he talks about what he likes about a tablet computer over a standard laptop. The biggest...
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Filed in archive Start Up
by John Dornoff on December 13, 2007
How prepared are you to start your small business? An Enthusiast Entrepreneur Kicks Off a T-Shirt Business is an article from the New York Times that shows how one woman is starting a t-shirt business...
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Do you have your dream team in place? The Gritty Virtual Assistant has a post on her blog called Building Your Business Dream Team in 5 Easy Steps. I have mentioned before how important it is for you...
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