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It’s your job to make sure your 2009 financial statements don’t send bankers running for the hills. So how do you protect your company from being crushed in the crunch come time
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Telecommuting has its benefits, but a company that allows its employees to telecommute does face some unusual dilemmas. One of the most crucial is how to handle meetings.
The web isn't the only avenue for developing and building a successful brand, but it's increasingly becoming the most important for an array of businesses big and small.
Sometimes it's smart business to go with tried and true solutions to common financial questions. But what if those old solutions don't provide the right answers?
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How to Preserve Critical Vendor Relationships
Monitoring cash balances is essential and withholding payments until the last moment may be necessary, but be careful: being slow to pay may alienate you from vendors.
How Taking a Sabbatical Can Help Your Business
It seems counter-intuitive for us to take (what some may see as) excessive time off from our businesses in order to prosper and grow. But it works.
12 Steps to a Loan Renewal in 2010
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How to Staff Customer Service for an Ecommerce Business
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Cyber Crime: Can You Afford to Ignore It?
Do you have a business continuity plan? If not, you’d better keep reading. Your company’s financial well-being depends on it.
Secrets to the Best Online Meetings
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Smart Web Design Will Boost Your Brand Building
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Multi-Level Marketing
Statistics show that Mary Kay, Amway, and other multi-level marketing plans are scams. That is, if you believe statistics.
How Businesses Can Cash in on Long-Lasting Fads
It might sound like an oxymoron, but identifying lasting trends can improve your relevancy while strengthening your core business.
Improving Sales Forecast Accuracy with a PERTy Formula
Borrow an estimating tool from the US Navy to help bring your sales forecasts in line with your sales reality.
The Art of the Reminder
Don't just remind vendors, clients, and employees of their obligations. Remind them why they agreed to those obligations in the first place.
Is Your Marketing Campaigns Working?
Improve your sales and marketing efforts with a few quick and easy charts and graphs.
7 Effective Tools for Managing a Virtual Team
Managing a virtual team can get complicated, fast. Here's how to keep it simple.
Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn: Where Should You Be?
Everyone says you should be on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Should you be?
4 Ways to Defend Your Phone from Hackers
You may have lots of sensitive business data in your voicemail inbox. How safe is it?
8 Expert Tips for Building Effective Email Lists
An email list can help promote your business and reach your market simply and effectively. Before you get started, here are a few things to consider.
Turn Your Business Into a Money Machine
When it comes right down to it, every business is a money machine. Some are just better designed than others.
10 Small Business Money Myths to Reconsider
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