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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Marketing |
3 KEY MARKETING STRATEGIES TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS Copyright 2002
Bob Leduc
Each of these 3 marketing strategies creates permanent growth
for your business -- and obstacles for your competition. You can
use them repeatedly to add new layers of income to your business.
1. SET UP JOINT PROMOTIONS
Identify the characteristics and activities of your most
profitable customers. Look for other non-competing businesses
already reaching them. Then devise a way to set up some joint
promotions. This proven ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012 | Business |
If you are looking for a business venture to get into, then a cleaning business opportunity could be right up your street. In today's busy world more and more people are turning to hiring house cleaners to take care of their homes. The cleaning business provides several options and opportunities to start and run a successful full or part time business, big or small.
People want and need all types of cleaning, from regular full general house cleaners to laundry specialists, carpet and upholstery ...
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Sunday, January 29th, 2012 | Computers |
There are quite a few software programs available for the small business owner. Some of the expensive software programs of the past were very large and intended for large business concerns. The small business owner was often overwhelmed by the complexity of them and by the cost. Lately, there have been programs that have been designed for the small business owner. Although most of these business programs are broad based and cover all aspects of the small business, some have become directed at ...
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012 | Law |
It's important that your business be on the "up-and-up" right
from the start. Taking care of the legal issues associated with
starting a new business will keep you out of hot water in the
future.
Here are the first steps you need to take:
1. Register Your Business Name
Your business name must be registered if it is something other
than your full legal name. This is a way of informing the public
that you will be doing business as (DBA) an assumed, or
"fictitious" name. Generally, a search is ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012 | Internet |
Most people have no idea how to put their online business ideas into practice in order to make money online. If you want to make money using the internet you must have a goal. Without that, you cannot set targets, and without targets you will fail - period! All businesses must have a goal and must set targets that will be the foundation of their business plans.Nothing could be more true than the old adage that a failure to plan is a plan to failure. As a simple goal, decide how much money you ...
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | Shopping |
Copyright 2005 John Jantsch
A prospective client asked me to view his web site and give him
some advice on how to make the site better. Unfortunately, his
site was such a mess it became the inspiration for this article.
One of the primary reasons to have a web site is to attract and
educate visitors. However, this obvious concept seems to be lost
on many web designers. The way your site is designed, what's
there and what's not there, including what's in the unseen HTML
code, can have a great ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Health |
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Is Technology Robbing our Kids of Good Health? Today's kids are
technologically smarter than we were at their age, but in some
homes technology seems to have taken control of our children's
lives. Many parents don't realize the underlying effect it's
having on their children's health.
Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear a news report on
childhood obesity. With our children coming home from school,
sitting in front of the computer or spending time playing video
games it's no wonder ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 | Business |
Top 10 Lessons for Small Business Success
As learned from my Twin 2 year olds
Small business success is very similar to learning to walk, talk
and spell. The basics have to be understood before moving on to
the next step. I am blessed to have twin 2 year old girls in my
life and am amazed constantly how much I learn from them on a
daily basis. As I watch them run around and explore, I find
myself realizing just how much my observations apply to being
successful and happy in life and in ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012 | Finance |
Do you remember when real estate financing meant you saved up
enough to put 20% down on a house, and then you got a mortgage
loan for the other 80%? Well, you can still do that, but there
are many more options now. Here are ten of them.
1. Gifting programs. In some parts of the country, builders
fund foundations that give you a portion of the downpayment, so
you can get into a home with as little as 3% downpayment from
your own pocket. FHA and other lenders have so far approved of
or allowed ...
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 | Advertising |
In what will be hailed as a new frontier in marketing "Role
Playing is about to become a major force." Heed the words of
Sear Rhykan, the marketing Guru. This is marketing taken to its
next level!
Players will be given roles as advertising executives,
newsletter writers, movie critics, copy writers, brain surgeons,
kalamazoos, average Joe's, test drivers, and on and on.
Other players will take the parts of the notorious "Big Box
Store Owners", Mutual fund salesmen, real-estate guru, used ...
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Business |
Copyright (c) 2008 Linda Feinholz
"I'm too small to be a Leader. We don't need to spend any time on that!"
Those were the words from my small business client, Paul. He didn't mean that he was too short. He meant that in his mind, his $4 million business was too small to need a 'leader.'
After all, he wasn't running a computer software company or a car manufacturer, 'just a local services business.'
He brought me in to work with his management team on improving their overall performance. The ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012 | Business |
I decided to open my own website to help others to avoid my earlier mistakes. I have worked online from home for sometime and lost valuable time and money, not to mention my hopes that were dashed and my plans had to be shelved indefinitely. Now I am my own boss and there is no one to breathe down my neck.
To my good fortune, I have discovered three fool-proof sites, with a proven income opportunity, that anyone can work from home and earn. I call them "fool proof" because you just can't lose ...
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012 | Finance |
Today, there are more than 23 million businesses operating as sole proprietorships or partnerships. This accounts for more than 80 percent of all U.S. businesses, according to BizStats.com. Do these structures protect small business owners from certain liabilities, or if a suit was brought against them, could their assets be at risk?There is a common misconception that limited liability companies (LLCs) or incorporated structures are absolute safeguards against personal liability. As a result, ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 | Business |
Small business accounting plays a crucial role in deciding the success of a business enterprise. Financial matters related to small businesses are a little different from that of the large business firms. So, if you wish to administer your business in a proper way, understating of these accounting matters are mandatory. Optimum utilization of funds, correct business activities, right credit allocation and timely evaluation of competitors along with effective decision making are all necessary ...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | Marketing |
Finding Your Home Business Niche Copyright © 2003, Stone Evans,
The Home Biz Guy http://www.wealthsystemonline.com/pluginprofit
When some folks begin to think about a business of their own,
they know in that very moment what kind they are going to start.
Then, there are the rest of us...
Knowing that we want to have a business of our own is not
enough. Many of us have struggled with the important question of
what type of enterprise we would like to start.
Franchises offer a simple pre-packaged ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012 | Business |
There is a coming home-business boom. You may not read much
about it, since home business activity takes place quietly, but
it's coming nonetheless. All of the elements are there to
support this quiet boom. Layoffs are increasing. Home-equity
gains of the past few years provide the modest capital needed
for a home-based launch. And people are getting tired of
reporting to offices where salaries are frozen and advancement
opportunity is narrowing as people hold tight to their current
jobs.
The ...
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012 | Health |
Hearing is one of those things we tend to take for granted.
Unless we lose our hearing, it's not something we think about
the mechanics of very often. We put more thought into the
arrangement of our surround sound speakers than our hearing. As
a result, if we develop hearing impairment, we don't take into
account some of the hearing aid options available. Though not
all hearing loss can be treated with hearing aids, the most
common forms of hearing loss typically can be treated.
Hearing aids ...
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Saturday, January 14th, 2012 | Business |
You want Business Management Software that sees to all your business needs.
Many companies are looking for new and improved ways to increase the sales within their company and one way this can be accomplished is by Business Management Software. If your business is very busy and you often are having problems staying on top of all your contacts and business leads then business management can help to assist you with organization. Whether your have large or small sales team it can be hard to keep ...
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Friday, January 13th, 2012 | Advertising |
Online Success
Isn't online a magic invention? Surely it is, just imagine how
many people can share their thoughts or open their businesses or
run any kind of activity through their personal web sites.
Online gives a huge worldwide potential to any idea converted
into a web site.
But, even the most perfect web site can be dead. Hope you did
not face it with your web site, but online experience shows that
you can pay for making the fanciest web design in the world, you
can have amazing ...
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | Self Improvement |
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If you have been shopping recently for affordable fine art
either online, at art fairs or galleries, you've probably come
across the term "giclée". This process can produce lovely and
fairly accurate reproductions of fine art, usually at very
affordable prices. "Giclée" (pronounced "zhee-CLAY") is a French
term referring to the small spray from the ink-jet printer. The
emergence of high quality ink-jet printing as the major method
for fine art reproduction has brought with it some ...
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | Business |
Q: I'm curious. What is the dumbest business question you've
ever been asked? -- Norris W.
A: Shame on you, Norris. There is no such thing as a dumb
business question. OK, that's not exactly true. There are dumb
business questions and I do get quite a few of them. Not through
this column, of course. People intelligent enough to actually
use a computer and surf the World Wide Web would never submit
dumb questions now, would they. OK, that's a lie, too. I've
gotten a few head-scratchers in ...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | Finance |
Accidents can happen anywhere even at locations where people can be very comfortable like a massage table. Getting into these business franchises for massage parlors can provide a good amount of profit. However, they would also need to have massage therapy insurance for massage franchises to keep it secured form instances of accidents and others. All they need to do is to find the right services that will help them get the best insurance that they need while giving them the best ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012 | Finance |
An example of seller financing: Years ago I bought a rental
property, and nine months later sold it for 15% more, without
fixing or improving a thing. The easy terms are what sold it. I
took $1000 down, and I still get a payment every month, with 9%
interest.
Four Reasons To Offer Seller Financing
1. To get a higher price. As you can see from the example
above, buyers pay for easy terms. From the buyers perspective,
he gets a place for almost nothing, that the renters will pay
for. He comes ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012 | Finance |
Small business loans are highly sought after in the business world. Notwithstanding the promises of banks and other lending institutions regarding their availability, they are very difficult to get. A point could be made that banks and other lenders actually want fledgling businesses to fail. The reason being - supporting businesses that come through unharmed after the first two years following their set up offer greater opportunities and lesser risk.
The first two years are doubtless the most ...
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012 | Marketing |
The question of IRA vs 401k leaps to mind when setting up a small business retirement plan. Do you know the differences between plans? What does the Internal Revenue Code allow and restrict? Why should you even care? Because if you sell
fixed indexed annuities and want to capitalize on one of the hottest specialty markets going today (setting up retirement plans for small business owners with 1 to 9 employees), you'll want to brush up on IRA vs 401k and other important considerations.
First, ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012 | Finance |
Financing a home with bad credit is a common problem for people.
Over 25% of homes in the US are financed through sub prime
lenders, who offer financing to high-risk borrowers. While sub
prime lenders charge higher rates and fees, through comparison
shopping you can find a competitive financing offer.
Check Your History
Check your credit score to know what type of rates you can
expect. If you have a score of 600 or lower, a down payment will
be required between 5% and 20%. You should also check ...
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012 | Sports and Fitness |
We all want to achieve the toned and slender look that working
out gives our body, right? Strong and sleek and ready to be
shown off ' what's not to love! Unfortunately, achieving that
gorgeous body can sometimes be harder work than it would be in
an ideal world, and working out can just get plain old boring
after a while. And while the incentive to exercise is always
there, it sometimes simply isn't strong enough to drag us
through those predictable, repetitive sessions. Who isn't
jealous of ...
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 | Business |
Processes for developing personal training business ideas are most often one of the first activities a future business will engage in after the decision to start up the business is made. It's always a good thing that a personal trainer has gotten ready to deliver training. Once that's in the bag, the actual real work of business can then begin.
Deciding to start a business is always a cause for celebration. But what sorts of effective and timely ideas can be generated to get the business off ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 | Business |
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Tune Up Your Vision to Ignite Your Business Claudette Rowley
Copyright 2003
"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your
heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks ...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012 | Business |
HOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR STARTING A BUSINESS
Copyright © Kevin Purfield
The task of raising money for a business is not as difficult as
most people seem to think. This is especially true when you have
an idea that can make you and your backers rich. Actually,
there's more money available for new business ventures than
there are good business ideas.
A very important rule of the game to learn: Anytime you want to
raise money, your first move should be to put together a proper
prospectus.
This ...
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Sunday, January 1st, 2012 | Business |
In all business whether it is big or small the different account process to handle the bill payment and invoices are nearly same. This account process is of two types: account payable and account receiving. Since these account process deals with cash flow so it should be handle carefully. In this generation Y there is several technologies like online bill payment, electronics invoicing which helps to removes the tedious paper work. But practically till today it has helped but cannot remove the ...
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