Top 5 Business Data Cloud Storage Tips

Top 5 Tips for Small Business CRM (Customer Relationship Management)

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Talk to everyone who comes in contact with your business. If they purchase from you, find out why. If they don’t want to purchase from you, you should definitely find out why! 2. Try t...

Top 5 Tips for Small Business Payment Processing

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Allow customers to purchase from you in the way they want to, rather than just limiting them to one method. For example, if you only accept payment in person at your shop then you are excludi...

Building Trust With Your Customer

Recently, I read 12 Most Simple Ideas To Build Trust With Me As Your Customer, a post by Andy Hanselman on 12most.com. To read this article in its entirety, do visit 12 Most.

A Bias For Action – Vital

Successful Business Ownership Many commentators point to ‘innovation’, ‘nimbleness’ and ‘flexibility’ as advantages entrepreneurs and small business owners have over their BigCo competitors. This is often true but I think more important is a ‘bias for action...

Competitive strategies for small business

The danger of trying to undercut competitors. How can we add value in different areas? This was a question posed on Twitter last week and my immediate response was: “Don’t compromise & undercut competitors, offer something special/better in areas such as customer service, added extras...

 

The S Corp Deadline Approaches: Is It Right For You?

If your business is a corporation, you’re already aware that March 15th is the most critical tax deadline of the year. But March 15th is an important deadline for another reason…it’s the deadline for electing S Corporation status.

Small Business Hiring: Things Are Finally Looking Up

With large companies not stepping up to the plate as “job creators,” small business owners have been under a microscope, with polls and surveys monitoring our hiring actions and intentions as closely as Punxsutawney Phil gets watched on Groundhog Day.

Case Study: A Reluctant C.E.O. Hires His First Sales Rep

To help him develop a strategy, Mr. Woronka decided to retain a sales consultant who recommended that he hire a full-time sales rep immediately. But he went against the consultant's advice. ...

The Patent Problem for Startups

Let me start by saying I'm a believer in openness and sharing. The concept of owning ideas seems to stifle innovation, and in particular, the emerging re-mix culture we're seeing explode seems like it's on a collision course with owning and controlling IP....

Welcome to the Party: Blogging

By now, You have probably heard that you NEED a blog.  Blogging for business is not only crucial to keep your website fresh, but to show your customers and potential audience who you are, what you do, and what you know BEST. Right now, you may be saying that sounds easier than it really is.  It is actually not that hard once you find your inner groove.

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