How Most Business Owners Sabotage Their Success
Owning a business is a challenging endeavor. If you're like many novice small business owners, you've taken numerous risks with your time and your money, only to see all of your efforts producing little or no result. This can leave you frustrated and ready to give up. That's no surprise.... Read More
The Failures Guide to Small Business Success
How many "get rich schemes" have you joined? Or have you invested in numerous legitimate business endeavors only to have them not work for you? Have you started you business and now facing a complete shut down? Do you consider yourself a failure? Are your loved ones pressing you to... Read More
Collaborative Negotiating: A Win-Win Strategy
COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATING:Collaborative negotiating is a win-win strategy that can focus the resources of the people involved in the process towards strengthening results, productivity, quality, creativity, and innovation in problem-solving. To use the collaborative approach to negotiating you will have to agree on the aim of negotiations. Before any sort of... Read More
Your Ideal Client ? A Key Concept for Solo and Small Business Marketing
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."--Bill CosbyHave you ever had clients that were more trouble than they were worth? Maybe they were always late to pay, or didn't do what they said they'd do. Maybe you just had a... Read More
Starting a Business in New Hampshire
Hew Hampshire car wash market. Well we have visited every city in New Hampshire over the population of 10,000 at least twice, the larger ones four and five times talking to many people in various industries. Landscapers, brick layers, Heating and Air, Plumbers, Car Dealers, Professional People, Politicians, wood be... Read More
The Number of Pages in the UFOC in Franchising is Still Growing Today
Today required franchise disclosure documents are over 200 pages generally. How many pages do you think the Uniform Franchise Offering Circular; UFOCs were 35 years ago for these ten-foot tall pillars of the franchising community like Kroc, Monhan and Rosenberg founded their companies? They were of course the founders of... Read More
Small Business - Is The Accounting Profession Ripping Them Off?
My 16 year-old daughter said, "Gee Dad! You look just like an accountant" And she wasn't being complimentary. Accountants are perceived to be boring, stodgy and conservative. Over the years we've been the butt of many jokes. I've heard them all. Why did the accountant cross the road?... Read More
Market Makers Play a Significant Role in Reverse Mergers
One overlooked individual in the process of taking a company public through reverse merger is the market maker. The market marker is critical especially if the company is going to be listed on OTC Bulletin Board or the NQB. Pink sheets.Once the private company has decided to go public and... Read More
Chamber Membership will BOOST your Business
When is the Chamber ideal for your business?Joining a Chamber of Commerce is likely the best thing any business or individual can do. Chambers provide many benefits to members. They host networking events, normally called business after business. They also hold local trade shows that draw businesses from other communities,... Read More
Challenging the Gospel of Growth -- Must Business Grow to Survive?
A cherished business doctrine is that growth must be a primary business purpose: "grow or perish" is a mostly unquestioned truth. At South Mountain we favor certain kinds of growth, but not expansion for its own sake, which author Edward Abbey described as "the ideology of the cancer cell." We... Read More
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Top Ten Resolves for Building Your Business in 2005
1. Resolve to build a consistent network system.Since referrals are... Read More
Small Business No How - Dont Give Away the Farm
You're pretty proud of yourself! After all, only four months... Read More
Building Marketing Momentum For Your Small Business
The success of your business depends on your ability to... Read More
How To Start A Blind Cleaning Business Quickly And Easily
Starting the blind cleaning business is one of the best... Read More
Cash Flow: Why Chaos Equals Poor Cash Flow
Recently one of my customers told me the chaos swirling... Read More
FTC Franchise Rule if Enacted will Trigger Hardship for Private Sector
The FTC Franchise Rule maybe changed, as the Federal trade... Read More
The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Small-Business Owners
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a... Read More
Sex Up Your Business Growth
A top executive called up me late in the night.... Read More
How to Successfully Avoid Becoming One of The 80% of Small Businesses That Will FAIL
It's a commonly quoted statistic: 80% of all small businesses... Read More
50 Ways to Save Money
There are countless ways to save your business money. Unfortunately,... Read More
Operational Aspects on P and L Statements of Mobile Services Businesses
What kinds of things effect mobile service businesses P and... Read More
How to Give FREE Advice and Make Money
When is advice free and when should you charge for... Read More
Eight Ways To Improve Your Companys Cash-Flow ? TODAY!
Cash is the lifeblood of any business. As humans need... Read More
10 Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners
As a successful small business owner,you're accustomed to long hours;... Read More
The Virtual Assistant
As a small business owner, outsourcing work to Virtual Assistants... Read More
Take a Break - Have a Pity Party
Pity parties are nothing new. In fact, we do it... Read More
Are You Running Your Business or Is Your Business Running You?
Being a small or home-based business owner can be loads... Read More
Specialty Advertising in C-Stores
It appears the mini-blimp indoor theme and concept is making... Read More
Franchise Companies Come and Go
Each day we hear of companies entering the franchising industry.... Read More
Top Ten Blunders Business Owners Make
In today's marketplace the words 'job security' have become an... Read More
Becoming Recession Proof
A lot of business owners I've spoken with lately have... Read More
13 Steps to Protect Yourself from Your Bank
The success of your business is critically dependent on how... Read More
Choosing a Truck Wash Location in Nevada, Case Study
There are several well-known truck washes in the Great State... Read More
Web Based CRM Systems: Get Mobile; Get Results
Everyday more web based companies enter the business scene. The... Read More
Personal Success - Take a Break from Business
Have Some Time to Yourself One of the most important... Read More
Do You Want Your Own Fully Programmable ERP? - Part 2
In the first article we mentioned the main characteristics that... Read More
Small Business Marketing Series ? Choosing a Niche Market
Many smaller businesses choose niche markets for various reasons and... Read More
De-Ionization Decisions in Mobile Car Washing
Many mobile car wash operators would like to add de-ionized... Read More
4 Areas Where Your Business is Losing Money
In my 18 years of consulting I have heard it... Read More
Do Home Businesses Complicate Small Business Debt Collection Laws?
The home-based business market, sometimes called the SOHO (small-office/home-office) market,... Read More
QSR Quick Service - Fast Food Restaurants Labor Situation in United States
One of the major complaints in the QSR Quick Service-Fast... Read More
Sexual Harassment - Its just not on!
Sexual Harassment is a disturbing part of employment life in... Read More
WARNING to Home Based and Small Business Who Want to Buy Television Cable Advertising
Most small businesses will not even try to advertise on... Read More
Finding the Right Virtual Assistant for Your Small Business
Articles abound advising the business community how to properly screen... Read More
Starting a Virtual Assistant Business
If you're organized, smart, capable and willing to work with... Read More
Pressure Washing Companies; Pricing Dock and Deck Cleaning
If you own a Pressure Washing Company and wish to... Read More
Pressure Washer Companies and Steam Cleaner Maintenance
If you run a pressure washing business it is a... Read More
Making Direct Mail Work for Small Businesses
If you own a small business, then you know the... Read More
Are You Running Your Business or Is Your Business Running You?
Being a small or home-based business owner can be loads... Read More
There Is Security in Change... But Use Caution
It has been said that the only constant is change.... Read More
Fleet Washing Expansion Considerations
Many times small businesses want to expand their businesses and... Read More
Private Investigator Tactics
A Private Investigator is a professional trained in the art... Read More
Small Business Owners - They Owe You The Money Why Dont They Pay?
Doesn't it frustrate you when you've given good service, sometimes... Read More
Small Business Marketing, According to Seinfeld
What could Seinfeld possibly have to do with marketing a... Read More
Local Search and Internet Yellow Pages - A Whole NewVocabulary for Small Businesss
Buyers want both online and local information about where to... Read More
Too Many Lawyers in Franchising Today
Attorneys and Lawyers are ruining the franchise industry. It is... Read More
Self Serve Car Washes in the United States
In the 2003 Auto Laundry News Survey it was determined... Read More
To Buy Or Not To Buy: Lawn Mowing Business
TRUTH IN THE LAWN MOWING INDUSTRYWe do not wish to... Read More
Small Business Marketing: Specialize or Generalize?
There have been many great points raised on both sides... Read More
Setting Up a Pressure Washer Rig to Clean Concrete
Maximum efficiency in the cleaning industry is a key to... Read More
Look Out for that Great Accountant
There are many factors to be considered when you are... Read More
Small Business Savvy: Reaching Key Big Business Decision Makers
As a solo entrepreneur or small business owner, one of... Read More
Discover How You Can Start Making Your Small Business Dream Come True
As a teenager I worked for my father's small business.... Read More
The End -- Fireworks or Fizzle?
Seems as though there are a lot of business closings... Read More
Are You a Small Business Casualty?
When a person knows and knows not that he knows.... Read More
Small Business Success - It?s a Matter of Confidence
I was floored! I couldn't believe what they were saying!... Read More
How Micro Loans Can Mean Macro Success for Your Business
"Inch by inch, row by row...that's the way my garden... Read More
Doing Business With Friends: Five Tips for Preserving the Friendship... and Your Sanity!
My colleague, Jane, recently lamented to me an all too... Read More
Why Do Franchisors have Exclusive Territories
The reason we Franchisors call it an exclusive territory is... Read More
The Number of Pages in the UFOC in Franchising is Still Growing Today
Today required franchise disclosure documents are over 200 pages generally.... Read More
Making a Donation to Bring MORE Business
How a donation is different from a sponsorship and what... Read More
The PR Commitment to Small Business
We're birds of a feather, public relations and small business.... Read More
Loose Lips Sink Ships - The Fastest Way to Put Yourself Out of Business
I agree that knowledge should be free, but the next... Read More
Get Out Of The Rut And Back On the Track
Do you sometimes find yourself just going "through the motions"... Read More
Increase the Wealth in Your Community
Many of us have noticed how some nearby communities seem... Read More
Small Business and Branding ? Why and How?
When we speak of branding most of the time people... Read More
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