Your customers' ideas can be your greatest inspiration...or the source of your failures. These ideas are better left at the bottom of the suggestion box.
Internet and social media marketing have been a boon for small business. But that doesn't mean old fashioned people to people marketing can become an after thought.
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Placing a value on your business is rarely a simple matter, but an independent appraisal can offer a very different number than what you might come up with.
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Money-Saving Strategies for Workers’ Compensation
The owner of an asbestos-removal company in New York was sentenced to prison for failing to pay workers’ compensation premiums, according to a July 2009 article in the New York
Cash-Strapped Businesses Turn to Purchase-Order Financing
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How to Package and Sell Services Online
How can you package and sell services online in a way that leverages the precious resource of time but offers tremendous value to customers and doesn’t compromise service qualit
How Much Pro Bono Work Is Too Much?
How much pro bono work should you accept? How should you choose the customers? And how do you ensure these friendly freebies don't land you in the scope creep sinkhole?
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For the smallest of small businesses, the Americans with Disabilities Act is not a concern. For the rest, ADA compliance is good business.
5 Small Businesses That Made It Big With The Help Of Reality Shows
Appearing on reality television might be one of the biggest breaks you can get for your small business. Here's what to know, and how to make it happen.
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Using a Card, Not a Vendor Credit Line, for Business Purchases
Getting credit terms (aka trade terms) with vendors is usually a savvy move but, depending on the circumstances, paying with credit or charge cards can be just as smart. Securin
When to Outsource for Your Small Business
The big bucks are made not on one person’s efforts alone, but the efforts of many. Today we will look at the inherent characteristics of outsourcing.
Self Directed IRA + LLC = Checkbook IRA
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The Value of a Business
Placing a value on your business is rarely a simple matter, but an independent appraisal can offer a very different number than what you might come up with.